- cross-posted to:
- politicalmemes@lemmy.ca
- cross-posted to:
- politicalmemes@lemmy.ca
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/8996939
By Mean Gene https://x.com/mean_gene_real/status/2075597505442509191
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/8996939
By Mean Gene https://x.com/mean_gene_real/status/2075597505442509191
I feel like I hear this argument about casting from every side. If it’s done one way it’s woke and another way it’s white washing. Like 95% of the time I couldn’t care less. 5% of the time the casting is extremely distracting from the story which is what I care about. Like hypothetically if someone cast Hitler as an African, Indian, or Chinese person in an otherwise period correct film it would be super distracting. Similarly if someone cast like a white dude as Bruce Lee’s character in like a remake of Enter the Dragon and like Kareem Abdul-Jabbars characters like with Peter Dinklage I would have a really tough time paying attention to the film like the original.
I remain convinced all casting drama is, from day 1, viral marketing.