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Article: Cuba Gooding Jr. Back on Big Screen
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- Michigan Chronicle
- Article date:
- June 5, 2001
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Michigan Chronicle
06-05-2001
Cuba Gooding Jr. back on big screen
For Cuba Gooding Jr., success means never having to say you're out of work.
The male African American actors who work all the time can be counted on
two hands. They are the ones who are, in fact, able to lure a substantial
numbers of movie-goers -- from many ethnic groups -- to the theater based
on their "marquee value" and track record.
In this select group are Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, Will Smith,
Morgan Freeman, Eddie Murphy, Samuel L. Jackson, Lawrence Fishburne, Martin
Lawrence and Cuba Gooding Jr.
Anyone who saw Gooding in his film debut, "Boyz N the Hood," knew that an
actor had arrived with enough talent to rise above ...
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