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White Actor was Cast as Michael Jackson for New Movie -- People are Displeased
Posted on 1/27/16 at 6:36 pm
Posted on 1/27/16 at 6:36 pm
https://pagesix.com/2016/01/27/fans-outraged-a-white-actor-is-playing-michael-jackson/
quote:
Fans of the Gloved One want the white actor cast to play Michael Jackson in a new British TV movie to “Beat It.”
“Because we aren’t whitewashed enough in Hollywood, apparently,” read a tweet posted on BET’s Twitter page on Wednesday.
“They seriously couldn’t find a black actor to play Michael Jackson?,” tweeted DeRay Mckesson, an American civil rights activist and leader in the “Black Lives Matter” movement.
Imani Gandy wrote, “They cast a white guy to play Michael Jackson. I think we can admit that this whole ‘planet earth’ thing isn’t working out.”
Despite being black, the King of Pop will be played by Joseph Fiennes, a British actor best known for his role in “Shakespeare in Love.” He is also the younger brother of Ralph Fiennes.
“Congratulations to noted African-American actor Joseph Fiennes on being cast as Michael Jackson,” tweeted Forbes film critic Scott Mendelson.
“Wait…Joseph Fiennes is playing Michael Jackson in a movie? You have got to be effin kidding me,” wrote Shaun Hutchinson.
User @tawnybananas added, “Whose on board with boycotting the whitewashing of Michael Jackson in a show where Joseph Fiennes has been [cast] to play him?”
Couldn't they cast two actors? One for pre-op Michael and one for post-op Michael?
ETA: pre-"vitiligo" and post-"vitiligo"
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Posted on 1/27/16 at 6:37 pm to Mac
Well, he was white at the end. Spent a lot of money getting there too.
Posted on 1/27/16 at 6:44 pm to Mac
quote:
Despite being black
Debatable.
quote:
Whose on board with boycotting the whitewashing of Michael Jackson in a show where Joseph Fiennes has been [cast] to play him?”
Posted on 1/27/16 at 6:58 pm to Mac
Michael jackson whitewashed himself to the point where a white actor has to play him. They think Idris Elba could have pulled this off?
Posted on 1/27/16 at 7:08 pm to Mac
quote:
Fiennes
I caught Enemy at the Gates last week and kept thinking how that guy would kill it as MJ.
Posted on 1/27/16 at 7:11 pm to Mac
But if anybody complains about the black guy playing Alexander Hamilton on Broadway, it's racist
Posted on 1/27/16 at 7:11 pm to Mac
Black people complain so much, they must get a race card in the mail when they get their social security card and birth certificate.
Posted on 1/27/16 at 7:18 pm to Mac
It's payback time for the last Karate Kid movie
Posted on 1/27/16 at 7:38 pm to lsunurse
What a bunch of racists!!!
Didn't they hear? Fiennes is trans black. What an intolerant lot.
Does this mean he is going to be black early on and then transition to a much lighter color? Er....Blackface?
Yikes.
Didn't they hear? Fiennes is trans black. What an intolerant lot.
Does this mean he is going to be black early on and then transition to a much lighter color? Er....Blackface?
Yikes.
This post was edited on 1/27/16 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 1/27/16 at 10:13 pm to Mac
This is an onion article, right?
Hollywood tries to shite on white characters all the time by making them inexplicably black.
And NOW they are outraged?
Hollywood tries to shite on white characters all the time by making them inexplicably black.
And NOW they are outraged?
Posted on 1/27/16 at 10:22 pm to Mac
Depends on when this movie takes place, I mean the dude changed races pretty early on
Posted on 1/27/16 at 10:49 pm to Mac
Damn! That's bullshite!
This was the perfect movie for Dave Chapelle's come back.
This was the perfect movie for Dave Chapelle's come back.
Posted on 1/27/16 at 11:14 pm to Mac
April 29, 2010:
For 2 minutes and 17 seconds, Joseph Finnes "blacked" out and saw what his life would be like down the line.
Now, I understand why FlashForward was cancelled. So, Finnes could become white Michael Jackson.
For 2 minutes and 17 seconds, Joseph Finnes "blacked" out and saw what his life would be like down the line.
Now, I understand why FlashForward was cancelled. So, Finnes could become white Michael Jackson.
Posted on 1/27/16 at 11:23 pm to fr33manator
quote:
Hollywood tries to shite on white characters all the time by making them inexplicably black.
And NOW they are outraged?
Yeah, no one ever complains about that
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:00 am to Mac
It's not a film. It's a half-hour comedy special for British TV.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:53 am to Fewer Kilometers
quote:
It's not a film. It's a half-hour comedy special for British TV.
a very stupid sounding one...
"is based on an urban legend in which the King of Pop, Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando embark on a road trip after they are unable to catch a flight out of New York City after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks."
LINK
Posted on 1/28/16 at 1:22 am to I Ham That I Ham
FACT: Corey Feldman tried to get on the Jackson's bus to get out of NYC but was denied.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:02 am to Mac
quote:
Fiennes called Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon "endearing" and "a light comedy," explaining: "It's kind of off the wall, but the writing is a delight, and the kind of interaction between the three of them is funny, and also full of pathos.
ha.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:04 am to Mac
That's why it's called Acting.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:14 am to crash1211
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