Originally posted by Irish Wolverine
It's always weird when someone's race is changed for a movie. If the Kingpin was black in the comic book, and they cast a white guy in the movie, they would be called racist.
Bullshit. Talk about an unfounded and nigh ignorant comment. That's like saying if a white guy directed a movie about a black experience, they would be called racist.
Re: your miscast comment...
Um..."Amistad," for starters? How about "Ben Hur?" "The Ten Commandments?" "THE PASSION OF CHRIST?" Need more...?
Originally posted by Never
That's like saying if a white guy directed a movie about a black experience, they would be called racist.
Quinten Tarrantino has been called racist plenty of times, because he has the N word in his movies, even though black actors said it. He has said himself the reason he is called racist is because he is white and has black experiences in his movies. Do I think that he's a racist? No, I don't. Do I think the change of Kingpin's ethnicity is racist? No. I also don't think that if he was black in the comic book and was made into a white man for the movie it would be racist either. But do I think that if a black character was turned into a white one, a lot of special interest groups would say it was racist. It's just how PC our country has gotten.
Since when was "Pulp Fiction" a "black experience?" "Jackie Brown?" "Kill Bill?" None of them are. It is not as if he was attempting to remake "Malcolm X."
Quentin's most vocal detractor is and has been Spike Lee.
Heh, not sure why it matters if black actors said if when Quentin WROTE it (and no, I most certainly do not think Quentin is racist. He is a brilliant screenwriter).
How are the actions of special interest groups necessarily accurate reflections of America's views as a whole? They are not, hence the name "special interest." GLAAD took umbrage with Eminem's lyrics, correct? Same with Buju's "Boom Bye Bye." Same with Bounty Killer in the UK (Buju and Bounty are dancehall dj's whose anti-homosexual lyrics incensed members of GLAAD).
MCD portraying a white comic book character did not set a precedent. You are familiar with the name Eartha Kitt? She is black and played Catwoman in the Batman television series (of the "Boof! Wap! Holy double sex organs Batman!" fame).
For the last time, I am challenging those who disagree with them casting MCD as Kingpin simply because he is BLACK. Look at his build, facial features, demeanor - EVERYTHING. LoL, do away with his melanin and NOBODY would have a problem. That is what is cracking me up.
If they had a WHITE actress with features similar to Ororo's and she convincinly pulled it off I ****personally**** would have zero problem with it. This is where I WISH America was as a whole.