Posted on 12/25/2014 8:54:25 AM PST by NKP_Vet
Liberals everywhere were outraged this week after Rush Limbaugh said a black man playing James Bond would be “ridiculous.” The comments were made on Tuesday in regard to leaked Sony emails that revealed that CEO Amy Paschal wanted the black actor Idris Elba to play James Bond. Rush, however, wasn’t having any of it. “James Bond is a total concept put together by Ian Fleming. He was white and Scottish. Period. That is who James Bond is, was,” the conservative radio show host said. “But now [they are] suggesting that the next James Bond should be Idris Elba, a black Briton, rather than a white from Scotland.” “That’s not who James Bond is and I know it’s racist to probably point this out,” he added. Liberals everywhere are outraged by these “racist” remarks, but what do you think about it? Sound off in the comments below!
(Excerpt) Read more at mrconservative.com ...
Rush is right.
uhh.... you DO know the difference because fictional and non-fictional characters, right?
Okay, let’s write a movie that takes place in the 1840s. A group of African slaves played by Neil Patrick Harris, Liv Tyler, Kevin Sorbo, and Kelsey Grammer all toil away under the watchful eyes of their cruel master, Jamie Fox as the fictional Cyrus McCormick, Alabaman cotton Farmer known locally as the Crazed Scot for his horrible temper.
When one day, Pierre, a local tailor played by Jackie Chan, let’s them know he’s a member of the Underground Railroad.
They can have a black James Bond but they have to ditch character continuity.
A little old, I’m thinking. ;^)
Right you are. This sort of thing really makes Rush look, at a minimum, small. Black James Bond, female James Bond (Jamie Bond, perhaps?), who cares.
I don’t even think that Roger Moore should’ve been Bond, but that’s a different story. And yes,I do believe it belies everything the character of Bond is about-his whole background which made him who he is-to not have him be someone who could be plausibly Scottish,as written by Fleming,when “Scottish” meant a very particular thing, no matter how overlaid by Royal Navy officer sophistication.
That was a comedy.
James Out On Bond
Can we then have a white version of Shaft?
and go, ‘Mulatto Face’...
“There is no artistic or cinematic reason James Bond couldn’t be black.”
He could be from Jamaica , man.
“The names Dread, Natty Dread.”
Agent 0013.
“I’ll have ganja, in a pipe, not rolled.”
Casting a black actor as James Bond would be about the same as doing a remake of Huckleberry Finn with a white actor playing Jim.
Imagine the outrage it THAT ever happened.
No you don’t, but when Fleming wrote Bond’s character, he was referring to a specific, accepted Scots background. Bond’s background is important to the man he is.
SPOT ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s funny though how many blacks get outraged by acient Egyptians in movies that arent portrayed by blacks of west African decent.
As long as the movie explains how a Scotsman got to be black. ;-)
**********************
Well said.
Couple of beach umbrellas should do the trick...
Your logic (shockingly) is absurd. A group of slaves would obviously be black. Of course, they could have been owned by a black man. That was known to happen.
Given that James Bond is Scottish, there is nothing to suggest he must be white. There are black Scots. The Bond franchise has been done to death. Whats wrong wish shaking it up a bit? He’s a FICTIONAL character. The poutage on this topic is ridiculous.
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.