• AhismaMiasma@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Eh, plenty of people voiced issues with the racial (and gender) recast of the Ancient One when Doctor Strange came out.

    Tilda Swinton is great btw.

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      2 months ago

      Most people realized it was done mostly to skirt the Chinese market. I think the major problem with the other groups is the lack of major starpower. I don’t think I can even name a Romani actress.

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        2 months ago

        Considering most Americans lose their shit at the slightest hint of an accent, it’s not really surprising.

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        2 months ago

        This is a good point. Casting a genuine Tibetan actor would cause the house of mouse to lose all that sweet china money.

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      2 months ago

      I think that this is making fun of the people who were upset at Ariel being black in the remake. The people this is making fun of don’t care about recasting race until it’s done from a white character to a black one. It’s pointing out hypocrisy.

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        2 months ago

        True, but it is not done in a very genuine way. Each role had people complaining about the changes, the only real difference is the few times a white character is casted black the movie ends up being bad anyways.

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          only real difference is the few times a white character is casted black the movie ends up being bad anyways.

          Shawshank Redemption. In the source novel, Morgan Freeman’ character was a white irish guy. The reasons nobody complained were probably that a. there was no Xitter when the movie hit theaters and b. nobody knows it’s an adaptation anyway.

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            2 months ago

            Same with Samuel L. Jackson playing Nick Fury or whatever The Boys is doing with characters. When the adaptation is good no one really cares.

            I have a feeling Hollywood companies intentionally do this to stir discourse and interest in the film when they know the script is weak. You never hear about these things when the movie is good, only when it’s the Ghostbusters reboot or The Little Mermaid.