{"id":3335,"date":"2011-06-08T13:09:28","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T19:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orijinculture.com\/community\/?p=3335"},"modified":"2011-06-08T13:19:29","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T19:19:29","slug":"winnie-mandela-mad-jennifer-hudson-mad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/winnie-mandela-mad-jennifer-hudson-mad\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnie Mandela is not Mad at Jennifer Hudson but She is Mad Nonetheless!"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/iframe> \nUpon hearing that Jennifer Hudson, an American, was chosen to portray one of their most prominent and captivating figures, Winnie Madizki-Mandela, the\u00a0 the Creative Workers Union of South Africa lambasted Hollywood for undermining South Africa\u2019s efforts to develop their own film industry. Hailed by many as the \u2018mother of the nation\u2019, Winnie Mandela\u2019s life as an activist against the apartheid regime and former wife of Nelson Mandela, has been one of public interest for years.\u00a0 While some have described her as \u2018a corrupt and violent adulteress\u2019 others have praised her for her heroism and activism.<\/p>\nWhen word came that there was a film being produced about her life, Winnie Mandela logically thought that she would at least be consulted about a movie depicting her life. How could they produce a movie about her while she is still alive and not consult her? To make matter worse, the film makers announced that American actress Jennifer Hudson was chosen for the role. Upon hearing the news, Mandela made her objections about the fact that she was not consulted clear.\u00a0 She explained, \u201cI am still alive, and I think that it is a total disrespect to come to South Africa, make a movie about my struggle, and call that movie some translation of a romantic life of Winnie Mandela.\u201d Mandela\u2019s latter statement surrounds the fact that the movie producers have described the movie as \u201cthe ultimate woman\u2019s story\u201d and \u201can amazing love story.\u201d<\/p>\nDespite her anger, Winnie Mandela squashed rumors that she was upset at Jennifer Hudson for accepting the role. \u201cI have absolutely nothing against Jennifer, but I have everything against the movie itself,\u201d Winnie told the press. Jennifer Hudson also came under fire for not taking the initiative to meet the woman she would have to embody. However, she also felt the need to clear the air by explaining through a rep that she has not been able to meet Winnie Mandela, not because she does not want to but because he producers advised against the two meeting because they wanted to uphold the integrity of the book, Winnie Mandela: A Life, the book the film is based on.<\/p>\nImaging being alive, having endured and fought against one of the most inhumane struggles in modern history, a film is produced depicting your struggle and you are not consulted.\u00a0 Hollywood is infamous for using foreign actors\/actresses to play the roles of people native to a particular country, therefore, I think that Winnie Mandela is \u00a0right not to habour any ill feelings towards Jennifer Hudson.\u00a0 However, for her not to be consulted about a movie that ostensibly depicts her life is hurtful and can be construed as being disrespectful. While it is understandable that the film, title Winnie<\/em>, is based on a book and that the directors want to stay as close to the depictions in the book as much as possible, they should have at least shown common courtesy by consulting the inspiration behind their depiction.<\/p>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3338\" href=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/2011\/winnie-mandela-mad-jennifer-hudson-mad\/winnie-mandela-jennifer-hudson\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3338\" title=\"winnie mandela jennifer hudson\" src=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/winnie-mandela-jennifer-hudson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Upon hearing that Jennifer Hudson, an American, was chosen to portray one of their most prominent and captivating figures, Winnie Madizki-Mandela, the\u00a0 the Creative Workers <a class=\"moretag signature-animation\" href=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/winnie-mandela-mad-jennifer-hudson-mad\/\">CONTINUE READING<\/a>","protected":false},"author":877,"featured_media":3338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2172],"tags":[4019,3173,958,207,4018],"class_list":["post-3335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-underground-news","tag-hollywood","tag-jennifer-hudson","tag-nelson-mandela","tag-south-africa","tag-winnie-mandela"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/winnie-mandela-jennifer-hudson.jpg?wsr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/877"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3335"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3346,"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3335\/revisions\/3346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}