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re: Q: Why no diversity in your movie cast? A: It's about Denmark in the 1750s.
Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:25 am to ClientNumber9
Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:25 am to ClientNumber9
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Imagine being from a race so insecure you have to shoehorn yourself into every era, time period, and civilization for validation.
Stupid take. That race isn’t in charge of forcing itself into these movies. Someone made the decision to do it and most likely, it wasn’t someone of that race.
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Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:27 am to BigTx
You don’t think that race has been pushing for this?
Come on man.
Come on man.
Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:35 am to roadGator
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You don’t think that race has been pushing for this?
No, I don’t think those races have been pushing for this.
Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:38 am to BigTx
Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:47 am to roadGator
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I have bad news for you.
Not clicking that link. Nothing personal
I assume your link points to someone asking for these forced situations, so I suppose there are some out there foolishly asking for it.
I’ll speak for myself, as a member of that race, and others that I know…. We think it’s stupid when we see things forced like this. We see the interracial couples forced in commercials and movies and think it’s dumb, but someone has decided it will be that way. I don’t hate on actors looking for work. I hate the decision makers forcing this to happen.
Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:54 am to SlowFlowPro
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Brigderton is something different, as it's not pretending to be a historical drama and declares itself to be in an alternative version of history. The diversity in Bridgerton has the same suspension of disbelief a typical action movie or superhero movie requires.
This is true, my wife watches it, I couldn’t, but mainly because hearing Mary Poppins narrate soft core porn bothered me.
Posted on 2/12/26 at 9:58 am to ibldprplgld
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People are sick of this shite. It looks ridiculous and adds nothing to series and movies.
Black Ariel even made the hard-core Disney crowd vomit in their mouths.
The gaming industry is taking some hits too, having been oversaturated with hyper-progressive developers, particularly in western studios. The Japanese developers are beginning to return to the roots thankfully.
Posted on 2/12/26 at 10:02 am to BigTx
It’s the black version of SAG.
Think highly woke actors pushing for more work.
Not good folks like you. You understand the harm that does.
But yea, the woke left whites in Hollywood and Madison Ave are pushing them hard.
Think highly woke actors pushing for more work.
Not good folks like you. You understand the harm that does.
But yea, the woke left whites in Hollywood and Madison Ave are pushing them hard.
Posted on 2/12/26 at 10:03 am to Ace Midnight
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Not every cast needs to have at least one of everything.
And it is so obvious to the viewer when it is forced. It actually takes away from the production and is distracting.
When you have a lesbian character, where them being gay has nothing to do with the plot, and they have to keep referring to "my wife" to remind everyone that they are gay. It ruins the show.
Posted on 2/12/26 at 10:09 am to BigTx
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Stupid take. That race isn’t in charge of forcing itself into these movies. Someone made the decision to do it and most likely, it wasn’t someone of that race.
Then why do we never hear from prominent black people saying WTF when it happens?
Posted on 2/12/26 at 10:10 am to Harry Boutte
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Is that really any worse than Warner Oland (Swedish) playing Charlie Chan?
Yes because Anne Boleyn is a historical figure who actually existed not a fictional character, she was white and English. That’s an indisputable fact, to cast her as a black woman is nonsensical
Posted on 2/12/26 at 10:22 am to SlowFlowPro
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Did you watch the video with full context I posted?
Didn't know you had, just saw that someone responded to me. Will go back through the thread and check it out.
***Watched it and I agree. The questioner's point was actually in alignment with mine and many others that the idea of having diversity in films to click check boxes, and only very specific types of diversity (to the point he mentioned where a film like this would not be up for Oscar consideration because of "lack of diversity" while the equally lacking of diversity Korean movie Parasite is), is ridiculous. It's also helping to kill the industry.
This post was edited on 2/12/26 at 10:31 am
Posted on 2/12/26 at 10:32 am to TrueTiger
But black people built Denmark will be the new saying.
Posted on 2/12/26 at 10:38 am to ChanceOfRainIsNever
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she was white and English. That’s an indisputable fact, to cast her as a black woman is nonsensical
Casting black people to play white parts is no worse than casting white people to play oriental parts - regardless of whether it's historical or fiction.
It's also an indisputable fact that white people have never been orientals.
My position is that I don't care for the black Anne Boleyn, nor do I care for the white Charlie Chan, but it has worked both ways.
Posted on 2/12/26 at 10:39 am to Harry Boutte
You had to go back to Charlie Chan.
Oh hairy. You rascal.
Oh hairy. You rascal.
Posted on 2/12/26 at 10:57 am to roadGator
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You had to go back to Charlie Chan.
Christopher Lee was playing Fu Manchu in the 60s.
The reason I used Chan was to show that, at that time, orientals (and blacks, and hispanics) weren't even allowed to play lead roles in mainstream Hollywood movies.
At least I didn't go here:
Posted on 2/12/26 at 11:01 am to Harry Boutte
I know why you have to go back as far as you did.
Posted on 2/12/26 at 11:06 am to Harry Boutte
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I submit that Oland and Lee are far worse as they're masquerading as Orientals, whereas Jodie Turner-Smith isn't trying to be white.
How long ago are your examples? Seems like those are pretty far back in history.
Also, you’re talking about propriety and referring to people at Orientals?
Posted on 2/12/26 at 11:07 am to roadGator
I don't even know what that is.
But it's all about suspension of disbelief in the viewer. Sometimes it's harder than others, but it hasn't just been one way.
Did you know that in the first run of the play, Macbeth, the part of Lady Macbeth was played by a man?
Keep in mind, I"m not making an argument for more diversity in the movie about Denmark in the 1750s, just that mixing up races in film is nothing new, it's as old as film itself.
But it's all about suspension of disbelief in the viewer. Sometimes it's harder than others, but it hasn't just been one way.
Did you know that in the first run of the play, Macbeth, the part of Lady Macbeth was played by a man?
Keep in mind, I"m not making an argument for more diversity in the movie about Denmark in the 1750s, just that mixing up races in film is nothing new, it's as old as film itself.
Posted on 2/12/26 at 11:09 am to ibldprplgld
What's wrong with Oriental?
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o·ri·en·tal
/?ôre'en(t)l/
adjective
adjective: oriental
1.
of, from, or characteristic of Asia, especially eastern Asia.
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