Tag: Marion Barry

‘Disgusted’: Marion Barry rants about HBO biopic, Spike Lee & more

http://twitter.com/#!/marionbarryjr/status/462226169006682114

Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is best known nationally for having been arrested for smoking crack long before anyone had ever heard of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. Barry has nonetheless remained a towering figure in D.C. city politics for decades. Now a city councilman, Barry took to social media to express his displeasure with HBO’s planned movie about his life.

In his rant he calls out HBO, director Spike Lee, “12 Years a Slave” producer John Ridley, D.C. crime novelist George Pelecanos who has also written episodes of “The Wire” for HBO, and NBC4 reporter Tom Sherwood. Barry had met with Ridley about the HBO project but decided not to support it. The Washington City Paper reports:

Barry says he turned against the HBO project after having dinner with John Ridley, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of 12 Years a Slave who was attached to the project with Spike Lee as the director. Barry says he was unhappy with how Ridley planned to portray his arrest at the Vista Hotel for smoking crack.

Ridley and Pelecanos are attached to the project as writers and Sherwood is a consultant. Barry reportedly plans to sell the movie rights to his autobiography for another biopic.

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Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/05/02/im-disgusted-marion-barrys-latest-tirade-calls-out-spike-lee-hbo-john-ridley-and-more/

‘It’s another time’: Marion Barry praises DC’s decriminalization of marijuana

http://twitter.com/#!/marionbarryjr/status/440956197676408832

D.C. City Council voted today to decriminalize the control over smaller amounts of cannabis delivered exclusive usage. Council person Marion Barry, which currently in a rehabilitation center getting real treatment, wasn’t current about vote, but he’s pleased to find that “young black-colored children” (and everybody, demonstrably) can do enjoy their particular grass while avoiding court public records information.

http://twitter.com/#!/DanRiffle/status/440938467107696640

Barry completed up beingn’t alone inviting the news.

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Rea many more: http://twitchy.com/2014/03/04/its-a-new-day-marion-barry-praises-dcs-decriminalization-of-marijuana/

Marion Barry understands ways to love this particular weekend [photos]

http://twitter.com/#!/marionbarryjr/status/505741115799379968

Shoot. We’re sorry we missed this:

http://twitter.com/#!/marionbarryjr/status/505848335593664512

For a number of of you who couldn’t be around to shake-hands and man himself, your getaway week-end can easily remain salvaged:

http://twitter.com/#!/marionbarryjr/status/505741932837216256

Just how enjoyable!

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Marion Barry, Dana Perino chat with fictional ‘House of Cards’ congressman

http://twitter.com/#!/JakeSherman/status/434441982073917440

Declaring his love of the Netflix drama “House of Cards” on Twitter, former Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry caught the attention of the fictional star of the show, Rep. Francis J. Underwood.

http://twitter.com/#!/RepUnderwoodSC/status/434328368440700928 http://twitter.com/#!/RepUnderwoodSC/status/434329660974198784 http://twitter.com/#!/marionbarryjr/status/434330878530306048

TMI.

http://twitter.com/#!/marionbarryjr/status/434331726417260544 http://twitter.com/#!/marionbarryjr/status/434364111343058944 http://twitter.com/#!/RepUnderwoodSC/status/434441412697161729

“The Five’s” Dana Perino also had a brief interaction with Rep. Underwood.

http://twitter.com/#!/DanaPerino/status/434420266236919808 http://twitter.com/#!/RepUnderwoodSC/status/434420704948527104

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/02/14/marion-barry-dana-perino-chat-with-fictional-house-of-cards-congressman/