How the West wasn't white: Building a diverse 'Magnificent 7'

LA Slimes ^ | 9-23-2016 | Josh Rottenberg

[brucedickinson]

“The western constantly changes depending on where we are as a society,” Fuqua explained. “What I wanted to do was bring it up to date and show people it’s an exciting genre. It represents who we are, what the promise of the United States is supposed to be.”

The 1960 “Magnificent Seven” — itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 epic “Seven Samurai” — had featured white actors in even some of the non-Caucasian roles, with Eli Wallach playing the bandit leader Calvera and Horst Buchholz as a young Mexican gunslinger named Chico.

In Fuqua’s remake, by contrast, four of the title heroes are nonwhite, including Washington’s Sam Chisolm; Comanche warrior Red Harvest, played by Native American actor Martin Sensmeier; South

[Tijeras_Slim]

Tell it to the US Marshall’s Museum in Fort Smith.

[Safetgiver]

I have read your crap since 2015. You are either delusional, a liar or plain ignorant. Go back to Gunsmoke and dream on. Cite some FACTS, just once on your posts.

[WENDLE]

Thanks for reading.

[WENDLE]

Let me explain the difference between “cowboy “ and a carpet bagging Yankee FED.. Oh well you get the message.

[donaldo]

Does the soundtrack feature hip hop or rap? If so, I ain’t going.

[Hootowl]

Um...historians?

[alexander_busek]

The only ones to stand in Satans way will be the church, which the Bible teaches us is made up of people’s from all tribes, nations and kindreds. The amount of melatonin in our skin is not relevant.

While I agree with your sentiment, I would like to point out that the skin pigment is called melanin, while melatonin is a substance produced (in vertebrates) in the pineal gland; it regulates the circadian (day/night) rhythm.

Regards,

[alexander_busek]

Mag 7 was a remake of The Japanese movie, Seven Samurai.

Late to the party?

Most everyone on this thread already knew that - some may even have written their dissertations on it. :-)

Regards,

[Persevero]

Ha ha, melanin it is. My bad.

[IrishBrigade]

while melatonin is a substance produced (in vertebrates) in the pineal gland; it regulates the circadian (day/night) rhythm.

you mean the 5 mgs of melatonin I take before bed each night won’t improve my tan...?

damn...