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They Cast Whom?! Actor Choices To Offend Every Racial Sensibility
NPR ^ | March 22, 2014 | Kat Chow

Posted on 03/23/2014 3:51:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Edited on 03/23/2014 5:50:57 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

As for Mara's ethnicity? She's not Native American. Folks are passing around an online petition that asks Warner Bros. to "stop casting white actors to play people of color."

2. If you're particularly ticked off when a white character is played by a person of color, then you're probably not pleased that Michael B. Jordan (Friday Night Lights, The Wire, Fruitvale Station), who is black, was cast as the Human Torch in Fantastic Four. Human Torch is a superhero who, as his name hints, can engulf his body in flames, control nearby fires and fly. When he's not on fire (though he usually is), the comics show that he's a blonde, white guy named Johnny Storm. (There was an android Human Torch once. To the extent that androids have ethnic identities, the android's was probably Anglo-Saxon.) If casting a black actor to play a white superhero irks you, this probably will, too.


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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: acting; comicbooks; disney; movies; race; racehustlin; revisionisthistory
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1 posted on 03/23/2014 3:51:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I’m offended that there aren’t more black people depicted on all the crime shows......seems 99% of the crime committed is done by some white guy....that’s just not fair to the black actors.....:)


2 posted on 03/23/2014 3:55:24 PM PDT by cherry
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To: nickcarraway

“Folks have strong opinions about how the race of actors should or shouldn’t relate to the characters they play”

Nonsense.

Seriously. Who cares?


3 posted on 03/23/2014 3:56:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: nickcarraway

There are more important things to get upset over like a traitor in the WH who is trying to destroy your nation when half the people in your country are willing to let him do it in the name of being color blind


4 posted on 03/23/2014 3:57:29 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: nickcarraway

No mention of the awful casting in The Lone Ranger, in which not only did they cast Johnny Depp as Tonto, but then he foolishly asked some Indians what he should look like to be “authentic”. And they, with considerable wit, told him to look like a jackass with a crow on his head.


5 posted on 03/23/2014 3:58:02 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (WoT News: Rantburg.com)
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To: cherry

They need to go to “Black Acting School”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoqmCwp95Q8


6 posted on 03/23/2014 3:58:03 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: nickcarraway

By the way. THIS Tiger Lily (and the dance number) are absolutely adorable!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpKcSllexag


7 posted on 03/23/2014 3:59:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: nickcarraway

>> who is black, was cast as the Human Torch in Fantastic Four. Human Torch is a superhero who, as his name hints, can engulf his body in flames, control nearby fires and fly. When he’s not on fire (though he usually is), the comics show that he’s a blonde, white guy named Johnny Storm.

So, if Johnny Storm is black, will Susan Storm (his sister aka The Invisble Girl and Reed Richards’ wife) also be black?

Will that cause a backlash in the afercan-mercan commoonty by having a female black superhero whose superpower is becoming invisible (a’la “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison)?

Is this a well-crafted racist dog whistle??


8 posted on 03/23/2014 4:01:17 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: nickcarraway

Look at all the things to get “mad” about!

Just like the leftist totalitarian Fascist takeover isn’t happening.


9 posted on 03/23/2014 4:04:10 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: nickcarraway; Revolting cat!
you're probably not pleased that Michael B. Jordan (Friday Night Lights, The Wire, Fruitvale Station), who is black, was cast as the Human Torch in Fantastic Four

Does that mean that the "Invisible Girl" is also going to be black and that Mr. Fantastic's wife is gonna be black?

Because she was the Human Torch's sister.

Stupid Politically Correct retro-fit historical revisionism.

10 posted on 03/23/2014 4:05:02 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The Texas judge's decision was to pave the way for same sex divorce for two Massachusetts women.)
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To: Chickensoup

Well we could go back to discussing what the news channels are covering (a missing Malaysian airliner or Obama’s college basketball picks).

The ivory tower isn’t going to let The Golden Child’s failures of this nation come to public discussion.


11 posted on 03/23/2014 4:07:02 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The Texas judge's decision was to pave the way for same sex divorce for two Massachusetts women.)
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To: cherry

Why do we not demand affirmative action in films


12 posted on 03/23/2014 4:07:04 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (Im missing a jumbo jet with 235 passengers has anyone seen it?)
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To: dfwgator

Just the walk isn’t enough. You have to have the right clothes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWNQTqMkezc


13 posted on 03/23/2014 4:07:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: ronnie raygun

The race hustlers do. But they get their hush money to go away rather than protesting the entertainment industry.


14 posted on 03/23/2014 4:09:13 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The Texas judge's decision was to pave the way for same sex divorce for two Massachusetts women.)
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To: ronnie raygun

Good question.

And we also want to know - How much for one rib?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNQRqAoT-2c


15 posted on 03/23/2014 4:11:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: nickcarraway

“And in the never-ending ‘What Did Jesus Look Like’ battle...a Portuguese Catholic actor has been cast as Jesus in Son Of God...”

Well, that’s just silly. Everyone knows Jesus looks exactly like Jim Caviezel!

*SNORT*

And is the author of this piece REALLY named, ‘Kat Chow?’ Morris the Cat had BETTER play her in the movie version!

Will the leftist race-baiting never end? Probably not. It seems to be quite lucrative, as in ‘Filthy Lucre.’ (Titus 1:11)


16 posted on 03/23/2014 4:12:59 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: nickcarraway

I’m ticked off that Vulcans on Star Trek aren’t played by real Vulcans.


17 posted on 03/23/2014 4:15:35 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Kat Chow? But her boyfriend calls her Tender Vittles.


18 posted on 03/23/2014 4:18:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I saw a production of Der Fliegende Holländer at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus I think in 1990... if I recall correctly Senta was played by a large black woman... the production was rather “avant garde” with very odd sets... I distinctly recall the crowd booing and hissing. Tough crowd.


19 posted on 03/23/2014 4:20:23 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: nickcarraway

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20 posted on 03/23/2014 4:21:47 PM PDT by lee martell
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