Saturday, October 15, 2011

Steel Magnolias Remake

The remake mania continues. According to Deadline.com, 1989 tearjerker "Steel Magnolias" is the latest beloved film to get a new version, and the twist here is that the cast — all-white in the original — will be all-black.
Like the original film, the redo will be set in Louisiana and explore the bond among a group of women. The original famously starred Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah and Julia Roberts. No cast or premiere date has been announced yet, but here are some suggestions.
Story: Readers on remakes: Hands off the classics, Hollywood!
--Please find a role for Phylicia Rashad. We've missed her since the Clair Huxtable days. No one plays a concerned mom better.
theGrio slideshow: Casting 'Magnolias' remake
--Loretta Devine, also, please. Heck, go ahead and borrow freely from the cast of the underrated "For Colored Girls" movie.
 Slideshow: Black women in film (on this page)
--You've got to keep the armadillo groom's cake, please. Next to beer cans and various sports team insignia, that's one of the most famed groom's cake options out there. Deliciously southern.
Do you have any cast suggestions for the new "Steel Magnolias"? And are there scenes or lines from the film

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