African amputees get no love
nzshadow
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from WWTDD:Warner Brothers is accused of exploiting African amputees in order to promote the movie "Blood Diamond". IMDB says:The studio handpicked 27 teenage and child amputees from South African hospitals to appear as extras in the Leonardo DiCaprio film and promised to provide prosthetic limbs as well as a small salary for their contribution. However, more than three months after filming wrapped, the kids are reportedly still waiting for their new limbs???And here's the money shot, a rep for Warner Brothers told the amputees, "You will have to wait for December, when the movie comes out, so we can get some publicity out of it." um, lets read that again..."You will have to wait for December, when the movie comes out, so we can get some publicity out of it." "You will have to wait for December, when the movie comes out, so we can get some publicity out of it." "You will have to wait for December, when the movie comes out, so we can get some publicity out of it." to an african child amputee...what a wonderful world
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"oh, cool... i was looking forward to having a leg, but any little bit i can do to help raise the box office on a DiCaprio film is worth it in the end, i mean how selfish was i being? its not about me, its about the shareholders".
fuckin african child amputees, they are always thinking of themselves.
What great charitable moves can you think of from Warner Brothers, Paramount, Universal, Fox, etc?
these dudes are strictly about money and power.
theres plenty of fucked up tinseltown stories out there. This one is just set on location.
Hooray for Hollywood
you sir, are a muppet.
Issuing the Ron Elliott and Louis Shelton solo LPs.