Skip to comments.
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]
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-76 next last
To: nickcarraway
41
posted on
03/23/2014 5:13:19 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
To: Albion Wilde
By the way, April Webster and/or Erica L. Silverman deserve an award for casting these two as father and son...
Superb job!
42
posted on
03/23/2014 5:18:25 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: GreyFriar
Seeing that Johnny Storm is Sue Storms younger brother, are the films producers going to have her also as black? Of course that would make it a white Reed Richards married to a Black Sue Storm Richards.Just don't let them have a child and do a Cheerios commercial. That'll really set them off.
43
posted on
03/23/2014 5:19:51 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: Impy; nickcarraway; Bender2; Perdogg; fieldmarshaldj; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; goldstategop
Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily pretty much rules out that I'll watch it. It's like when they announced Megan Fox will be playing April O'Neill in new Ninja Turtles movie or Jack Black would be playing Lemuel Guillver in a "modern take" on Guilliver's Travels. You know from the start it will be crap (I even refused to watch Man of Steel when I found Laurence Fishburne was playing Perry "Great Caesar's Ghost!" White and the storyline would be a remake/rip-off/rehash of Superman II)
Interesting enough, they recently did a Peter Pan prequel on the Sci-Fi channel that purposely "reimagined" it as a more sci-fi themed concept (all the human inhabitants of Neverland are people that were brought to the planet from different time periods in earth's history via an orb that's a time vortex... the pirates are from the 1600s, Peter is from 19th century London etc.) That version radically departed from the "traditional" Peter Pan origin story on purpose, and even it was far more faithful with the casting... Q'orianka Kilcher was Tiger Lily, and in a huge casting coup, they managed to get Bob Hoskins back to reprise his role as Smee, 20 years after he had played the role in Hook).
The alternative origin story didn't really work well, but it did resolve some plotholes that arise in the traditional origin story (if nobody ages in Neverland, why did Peter Pan continue to age when he was brought there as an infant, then suddenly stop aging when he was 13ish?). In the new take, he's brought to Neverland when he's about 16 years old, and he knew James Hook back in London, when the latter had a very different occupation than Pirate (Hook basically stumbles on the pirate ship in this version and they make him their leader because they're so impressed by his skills, which was BS in my opinion) The ending was also a letdown, but much of it was far more interesting than anything they're presenting in the latest Peter Pan cash grab. If you're curious, check out the Neverland trailer on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHsg_cl011s
44
posted on
03/23/2014 5:22:33 PM PDT
by
BillyBoy
(Looking at the weather lately, I could really use some 'global warming' right now!)
To: Tupelo
As one who grew up with BLUE EYED Indians in the 50s, who cares. They are ACTING. If Jeffrey Hunter could make me believe he was Guy Gabaldon or John Wayne as Genghis Khan for Gods sake, then todays Hollywood can have Samuel L. Jackson play Stonewall Jackson. If he can pull it off, more power to him. Just make sure the beard and quotes are correct, thats all I ask.
45
posted on
03/23/2014 5:24:13 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: BenLurkin
46
posted on
03/23/2014 5:24:28 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
("The commenters are plenty but the thinkers are few." -- Walid Shoebat)
To: Chode
i get confused... am i supposed to say "people of color" or "colored people", and what, specifically, is the difference???Either way, you're wrong.
47
posted on
03/23/2014 5:27:36 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: nickcarraway
And Leonardo DiCaprio looks about as Irish as I look Italian.
48
posted on
03/23/2014 5:27:43 PM PDT
by
Darren McCarty
(Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
To: BenLurkin
49
posted on
03/23/2014 5:31:26 PM PDT
by
Nea Wood
(When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.-Sowell)
To: mountn man
story of my life...
50
posted on
03/23/2014 5:32:13 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: mountn man
I’d like to poke her hontas.
51
posted on
03/23/2014 5:32:57 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Darren McCarty
the boy doesn't look Italian either, go figure
52
posted on
03/23/2014 5:33:16 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Borges; DollyCali; Perdogg
To: Mr Rogers
John Wayne behaving in a manner reminiscent of Jenjis Khan. A couple of my favorite miscast roles are Max von Sydow as Jesus in The Greatest Story Ever Told. Everyone knows that Jesus had a British accent. I also enjoyed when Batman and Bruce Wayne had to be n the same place, so Alfred would don the bat suit. Aside from the fact that Alan Napier was in his seventies, was rail thin, had a white mustache, and a British accent, he was a dead ringer for Adam West.
54
posted on
03/23/2014 5:51:47 PM PDT
by
Freestate316
(Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
To: nickcarraway; All
let us count the various ways that certain actors getting cast in certain roles might make you squirm One of the things that makes me squirm are sob stories, such as this article.
To: mountn man
All I can say is ....
Bravo!
To: BenLurkin
Really. How much do I care what actor plays a comic book character in a movie? Apparently enough to open this thread but not much more.
57
posted on
03/23/2014 5:59:23 PM PDT
by
Chuckster
(The longer I live the less I care about what you think.)
To: Impy
Englishmen are almost invariably cast as the villains in Hollywood movies these days (and in Disney cartoons the villain will always have a snooty English accent), the English are the last race that can be vilified without fear of accusations of “RACIST!!!”.
What would Alan Rickman do for work if Hollywood cast any other race as villains? Even in “Michael Collins” they cast Liam Neeson as the “good guy” (Collins) while the “bad guy” (De Valera) was played by Rickman, because nobody could play an Irish Republican rebel leader other than a posh Englishman right?
To: nickcarraway
My concern is who the South Koreans are going to cast as Nodame and Chiaki in their remake of Nodame Cantabile.
59
posted on
03/23/2014 6:09:49 PM PDT
by
csvset
To: Chuckster
60
posted on
03/23/2014 6:10:05 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-76 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson