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CBS' Nancy Drew Will Be Diverse (NOT Caucasian, stresses CBS honcho)
Hollywood Reporter ^ | 1/12/2016 | Lesley Goldberg

Posted on 01/12/2016 10:38:39 AM PST by simpson96

CBS' new Nancy Drew will look very different should the network move forward with the reboot.

CBS Entertainment president Glenn Geller revealed Tuesday that the network's reimagining of the iconic character will be diverse.

"She is diverse, that is the way she is written," the executive told THR immediately following his time in front of the press at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour Tuesday. While Geller said it was too early in the process to explain just what he meant by diverse - whether Nancy is African-American, Asian-American or Latino, he said it would hinge on finding the right actress for the part. "[She will[ not [be] Caucasian," he stressed. "I'd be open to any ethnicity."(snip)

The news comes a day after Netflix announced it was teaming with Norman Lear for an all-Latino remake of his classic sitcom One Day at a Time, as networks make diversity a priority in a bid to attract new underrepresented communities and better reflect society.

During his time in front of the press Tuesday, Geller stressed that diversity is playing a major role in his development season. "We have a lot of new series in development, both series targeted to have full African-American or Latino casts but also many leads that are being developed [as diverse]. We're not casting color blind, we're casting color conscious," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: nancydrew; trashtv
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1 posted on 01/12/2016 10:38:39 AM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

What’s wrong with his nose???


2 posted on 01/12/2016 10:39:41 AM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: simpson96

I’m sure the ratings will set records.


3 posted on 01/12/2016 10:40:06 AM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: simpson96

And the shows ratings fail in 3...2...1


4 posted on 01/12/2016 10:40:08 AM PST by sevlex
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
What's wrong with his nose???

Appears to be something brown on it.

5 posted on 01/12/2016 10:40:42 AM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Steely Tom
"...teaming with Norman Lear for an all-Latino remake of his classic sitcom One Day at a Time"


6 posted on 01/12/2016 10:41:25 AM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Heck, will Nancy Drew even be female, or will she “identify” as something else?


7 posted on 01/12/2016 10:41:40 AM PST by NOVACPA
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To: simpson96
I'm all for diversity but IMO Nancy Drew should have more hair.

BTW I'm looking forward to CBS's remake of Shaft starring Jackie Chan.

8 posted on 01/12/2016 10:43:15 AM PST by skeeter
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

What’s wrong with his brain? Oh, it’s full of white BS guilt apparently. Sounds like they may be excluding white folks based on their “race”. How about we remake the soon to be released movie about Jessie Owens and use a white guy to play the part?


9 posted on 01/12/2016 10:43:19 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: simpson96

Well, horror of horrors that she be (ewwwww!) Caucasian! Chalk up one more white character changed to a “better” ethnicity. Imagine if some beloved black character was played by a white actor.

Why don’t they just make whiteness illegal? Why don’t they load us onto the boxcars and get it over with?


10 posted on 01/12/2016 10:43:28 AM PST by Nea Wood
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To: simpson96

“[She will[ not [be] Caucasian,” he stressed. “I’d be open to any ethnicity.”(snip)

He means open to any ethnicity other than Caucasian.


11 posted on 01/12/2016 10:43:47 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: simpson96

Why can’t she be in a Burka?


12 posted on 01/12/2016 10:44:03 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: simpson96

How about an All-White version of “Good Times.”


13 posted on 01/12/2016 10:45:13 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Aren’t most Pakistanis Caucasian?


14 posted on 01/12/2016 10:45:38 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: simpson96

Go for the three pointer: black, muslim, and lesbo.


15 posted on 01/12/2016 10:45:53 AM PST by C19fan
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To: simpson96

Ah, the anti-caucasian campaign. Isn’t that nice.

1. I don’t care if they turn Nancy Drew into a puppy.
2. Liberal ideology is NUTS. I’m surprised they are not turning Nancy Drew into Nester Drew.


16 posted on 01/12/2016 10:46:40 AM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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What is so funny is Hispanic TV is not into diversity. The content tends to be dominated by pure European background personalities. You hardly see Africans and Indigenous people.


17 posted on 01/12/2016 10:47:46 AM PST by C19fan
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To: simpson96

What is this “CBS”?


18 posted on 01/12/2016 10:47:49 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: C19fan
What is so funny is Hispanic TV is not into diversity.

Especially the Novelas, as White as can be.

19 posted on 01/12/2016 10:48:45 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Steely Tom
Appears to be something brown on it.
Reminds me of an old workplace tune:
"He wears a brown ring around his nose and every day it grows and grows".
20 posted on 01/12/2016 10:49:10 AM PST by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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