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Paging Dr. Burke to the shut up phone

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Moderator1, Jun 29, 2007.

  1. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    http://www.accessatlanta.com/entertainment/content/shared-gen/ap/TV/People_Isaiah_Washington.html

    Racism led to firing, he says.
     
  2. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Whether it's true or not, he definitely needs to STFU...
     
  3. Big Buckin' agate_monkey

    Big Buckin' agate_monkey Active Member

    Yet we've come so far, what with two black head coaches in the Super Bowl.

    Edit: Updated to include sarcasm font.
     
  4. alleyallen

    alleyallen Guest

    Over/under on any Washington apologists chiming in on this thread?
     
  5. D-3 Fan

    D-3 Fan Well-Known Member

    What apologists? They ran away faster than the faculty at Duke. Does Isaiah Washington knows that he's Isaiah Washington, right? A bit player who got lucky on a show and is fading quicker than a Paris Hilton trip to the slammer. (see Caruso, David)

    Yo, Isaiah, the show's creator is black. You should know that, because you would never have been tabbed to play Burke.
     
  6. And you know that, how?
     
  7. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    Obviously, his bigotry played no part in his departure from the show
     
  8. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    The shut up phone? I think I got that when I subscribed to Sports Illustrated in 1988.
     
  9. Damn, all I got was the football phone.
     
  10. RedSmithClone

    RedSmithClone Active Member

    I got the sneaker phone.
     
  11. wickedwritah

    wickedwritah Guest

    I got the New England Patriots hat with the "NEW ENGLAND" in block letters and the "Patriots" in cursive. Anyone remember those?
     
  12. D-3 Fan

    D-3 Fan Well-Known Member

    Ask and you shall read: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_12_60/ai_n15632370/print and if you need more evidence, here's a picture: http://www.wga.org/writtenby/writtenbysub.aspx?id=883

    You don't read or follow Hollywood stuff.  It's over your head, hombre.

    The main point is he was an unknown until this show made the cast a household name.  Rhimes has warned him to tone down his outbursts after the Emmy flare-up. So, in no way his case is going to hold up. She's the creator and exec. producer and makes the final decisions. Not ABC.
     
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