It reminds me of when John Wayne played Ghengis Khan. That was one of the most horrible train wrecks in the history of moviemakingdom. :) It is so "hollywood" to pick whomever is on the top 20 list of stars to do a movie that its a cliche. The way that they do business it is the equivalent of picking a white guy to play MLK. There is very little difference in how they cast movies now versus 30 years ago.
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > This will never become an issue unless and until people of color start > playing/rewriting roles based on historical characters that were white. > Westerns are replete with characters that were black in real life, who were > played by the likes of Clint Eastwood and others. Or maybe if movies made > in other countries made as much bank as Hollywood flicks, and those > countries always got locals to play white Americans in stereotyped ways, > people here would get it. I can think of no reason why the likes of Angelina > Jolie, Gyllenhaal, the major cast of "Last Airbender", etc, are played by > Caucasian actors. I find it offensive. > > But then, I also get irritated when characters that are supposed to be > Russian, Caribbean, etc., are played by Americans who then have to fake an > accent. There are plenty of talented actors from other countries who can do > these roles, and you can't always excuse it by saying you need the big > megastars to pull in the crowds. > In these cases, for example, the target audience of young men aren't going > to see "Prince of Persia" because of Gyllenhaal or Sir Kingsley, so their > casting isn't really crucial. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, June 3, 2010 4:50:22 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Hollywood Whitewash? Persia, Airbender casting > angers fans > > > > I say boycott them both and any other film that does the same. > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/05/racebending.html >> >> And playing Dastan, the hero and titular heir to the Persian throne in the >> $200-million tent-pole film, is none other than Hancock Park's own >> Swedish-Jewish-American prince, Jake Gyllenhaal. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Post your SciFiNoir Profile at >> >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! >> Groups Links >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
