Rosie Revisited
First Rosie was on Brian Lehrer. Then we blogged about it. Then she led a panel at WNYC. Then New York Magazine cornered her and blogged it. Here’s a clip from the New York Mag post: Perez got pretty slammed on the Brooklyn blogs for her comments. As much as I find Rosie Perez to…
First Rosie was on Brian Lehrer. Then we blogged about it. Then she led a panel at WNYC. Then New York Magazine cornered her and blogged it. Here’s a clip from the New York Mag post:
Perez got pretty slammed on the Brooklyn blogs for her comments. As much as I find Rosie Perez to be a decent actor, sexy and certainly part of NYC’s charm, I must say comments like these make me want to kick her in the shins, wrote one commenter on Brownstoner. We cornered Perez after the show, and she was happy to clear up what she worried was a hostile comment. What I really wanted to say was that, yes, I’m nostalgic for the past, but I’m also excited about the present and hopeful for the future,” she explained. “Things do change. Water always has to flow or else it becomes stale. But with change, you can bring along some of the good minerals that came from the top of the waterfall.” She said she’d read some of the blogs and seen the nasty comments. “I think it’s their guilt of being the gentrifiers. They don’t know how to take it,” she said. “But I had to look at myself and I realized it came off a little hostile, to be honest.
Her parting words? “Even if you’re in a bad mood, just give me a nod. We’ll do one better: Come to the Flea tomorrow, Rosie, and we’ll buy you a pupusa!
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Well according to IMDB and wikipedia – she was born and grew up in Bushwick, and went to high school in Queens.
i can agree with that
pineapple express?
ha i gotta go eat some food.
also has Rosie been in any good movies besides White Man Cant Jump?
“also yes most southeners are racist but so are most notheners.”
there’s no comparison between the north and south when it comes the racial tensions.
god this topic is so played out – but rosie looks fantastic in that picture.
also yes most southeners are racist but so are most notheners.
Posted by: Santa at May 8, 2009 12:01 PM
Wow, you’re just digging a deeper hole for yourself. I suggest you quit now while you’re semi-behind.
“”If white people didnt jack up prices in these areas I would assume they would be filling up with asians and arabs. The Hassids have already taken over north bed stuy.
Posted by: Santa at May 8, 2009 11:34 AM
Absolutely ridiculous, uneducated and plain stupid.”
how is this stupid, racist and uneducated? Asians and arabs have moved into many parts of brooklyn which were affordable and had easy access to manhattan (sunset park, bay ridge). How could this have not happened to Fort Greene?
also yes most southeners are racist but so are most notheners.
I like your “black nannies” injection, What. That was a particularly good touch to try and make something out of nothing.
just because I act a certain way to you doesn’t mean I act that way to “normal, civilized, sensible” people.
The idea that “a person of color†would be snubbed in FG/CH is ludicrous. One of the best things about the nabe is how well integrated it is between people of all races and socio-econ status’. And as someone accurately pointed out earlier (Miss Priss?) and you don’t move to this area if you’re afraid of blacks, hispanics or any other race/ethnicity. And I don’t dig this limousine liberal crapola about gentrification being a bad thing either. It’s ludicrous that Rosie somehow still identifies as a “homegirl” when she’s living in a multi-million dollar brownstone on one of the best blocks in Ft Greene- so her home is not contributing to gentrification? Explica me mucho!?