'How often do you see a black woman as the central character?'
"What affects me is the image of the dark-skinned African-American woman as plain. Often that's the role we're thrown into. White women can be classical in their appearance, or they may be off-centered beauties, or plain with spark. But black women are either Halle Berry or Mama."
| A quote from "Intimate Apparel" actress Viola Davis in Simi Horwitz's Backstage.com article "Viola Davis: Corsets as Metaphor"
posted in articles on April 28, 2004 3:52 AM | t (1)
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