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Post-modern internet media critic. (lemmy.world)
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[–] 2 points 5 months ago (10 children)

Any actor should be able to play any role regardless of race or gender. Anything else is systemic discrimination.

"You can't play shakespeare because you're black!" screams the basement dwelling internet troll at the kenyan shakespeare society.

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    So from ur PoV, it would also then be fine if for example a white actor would play MLK in a movie about him?

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    The difference is that MLK is a real person whose appearance we know.

    Helen is a fictional myth. Go find a real depiction of her appearance (not a stylized one, as in art, which is an interpretation).

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    In principle I agree>!!<, but in practice it's not clear cut.

    The main one is some historic accuracy, I say some because the color of the skin doesn't really matter for most things set in some time period or era where a race wasn't particularly present.

    The second one is just how it looks, we'll see how well casting Snape for the new Harry Potter goes as it seems to be Harry's father is bullying the weird black kid. Another one is the Artemis Fowl movie which cases a woman as leader for the Fairy unit, which undermines the actual accomplishment of Holly being the first to get here place as a woman. It's not the end of the world, but it changes the tone and plot.

    Probably not the end of the world, but these problems fall on the same line as other poor adaption/remake choices that actively hurt the story is try to tell. Not everyone can fit into a role in a story, and I don't think that's systematic discrimination. And I reiterate, it largely depends on the setting of the story. For most things, gener and race is not a big factor.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    I see a lot of criticism of Western media which in my opinion is rooted in misogyny and racism. And it's not even honest criticism it's divisive culture war bullshit. Of course ragebait drives traffic but it's reached a point where hate watching is a thing now, which is just sad.

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