Entourage, a favorite of every black man — scratch that — every man I know, is under fire for not having many black characters. An ex-bodyguard of Mark Wahlberg, who based this show loosely on his life, is particularly unamused.
Leonard Taylor, who worked for Wahlberg for a long time “back in the day” and is African-American, told us, “There are no black people on the show. There are no black or Latino bodyguards, like Mark used to have - it’s a slap in the face. People always ask me, ‘Why is there no character based on you in “Entourage”?’ ” A rep for the series said, “The show is only loosely based on Mark Wahlberg’s experience. There aren’t really any bodyguards, and as for being multicultural, Turtle [one of the main characters] is dating an African-American.”
Let’s not mention Wahlberg’s sketchy past regarding race and instead commend the producers of the show for including Lauren London as Turtle’s love interest and, in lieu of having Turtle’s actual character be black, making him really interested in hip hop, jerseys, and sneakers. That’s close enough, isn’t it?
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So what they’re saying is that in order for a black woman to be attracted to a white guy, he has to be heavy into rap and dress like a hip-hop star?
Great…
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I watched about 5 minutes of the show and HATED it, but that’s besides the point. Wait, isn’t Turtle the fat clown? Well gee. Thanks for throwing black women a bone.
JillyBean819, I don’t know any woman who wants a wanksta.
Daria - THANK YOU! I thought I was the only person on !@#$% earth who hates that show. Damn.
The show is hott!!!.. unfortunately, they are lacking when it comes to racial diversity within the characters in the show… There are occasional black women in the show, but now that it is mentioned there are no black men within the show… kind of disappointing…
However, ppl are mislead when you think of Marky Mark become a supposedly Dorchester rapper-turned model-turned actor/producer.. He’s not from Dorchester, Boston.. maybe close like South Boston.. but not Dorchester… I’m not surprised of the lack of racial diversity… little disappointed, but not surprised
Would black people please stop complaining about diversity? If you don’t see your self represented as much as you like do something about it. Complaining about the lack of black representation in this shitty show is the least of our problems. White people are the majority in this country and many people apart of this majority do not have close ties with any black people and in turn black people are not going to be represented in every damn show on television. Integration is not a solution to the social ills that black people face in the world. If anything I would encourage black people to create their own niche and stop desperately trying to be included into the white majority. If you think in some way, that seeing a minority face in television shows geared towards the white demographic, will some how combat racial animus and ignorance in this country then you are a dunce. Next….
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