re: 'Whitewashing Heroes In Hollywood Movies"

Let me help all white males reading this.

You are racist, everything you do, see, touch or think about is racist. Your privilege makes it automatic and nothing you do can change that.



There. Feel better?

while it's silly to have a white male in that role, movies with big budgets need an anchor lead

there aren't any real asian actors or actresses who can open a big movie

this is at least a better example than the "tom cruise is the last samurai?" argument

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I was offended when Adam Sandler played the waterboy. He isnt cajun. What the frick. We must stop perpetuating the racist myth that cajuns cant be heroes.

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I know you say this in jest, but I remember quite a few people in my circles being upset over the way Louisiana was portrayed in the movie.

I mean idris Elba is cast as the gunslinger probably one of the most iconic Heros in literature....who was white in the books

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Our heroes don't look like Matt Damon

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except plenty of our heroes do...

and my brother looks almost exactly like Matt Damon, so

Does whoever this is realize they're just movies? It's not real life. Someone should let them know that dinosaurs are extinct, and there are no dragons or talking animals.

Isn't this a fantasy movie about monsters?

She's worried about the historical accuracy of a white guy being there?

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I concede that there are systemic issues with race in a lot of industries, but I'm not sure Hollywood is one of the worst offenders. People write what they know. Most screenwriters appear to be white males. People of color--instead of screaming "racism," should start going to film school and start writing and making films that are reflective of their own life experience. It will be tough sledding at first like with any filmmaker, but talent will rise to the top. Hollywood cares about green, not black or white

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Sure, but it's the entertainment industry, they prey on controversy and scandal.

Are we going to start protesting because there aren't enough minority Hollywood scandals? Do we need a Kim Kardashian for every race?

Why is the entertainment industry important for "social activism" ?

They should look into how many female and black engineers there are, how many females and blacks get to wall street.

This idea that Hollywood has a responsibility to dictate what our politics should be is annoying. If movies go that direction, you can count me out. I prefer to decide on my own, regardless if I agree or not, and Hollywood sure as frick isn't qualified to tell me right from wrong considering it's entire existence.

well it's kind of a catch 22

i get the issue with the "white savior", but without a bankable star these movies don't get made

and this happens across hollywood re: bankable stars. christian bale pretty much forced the filmakers of terminator genysis to completely change the script to give him a bigger role taht many think ended up ruining the movie...but it may not have been made at that budget (or at all) without him

will smith reportedly forced changes to suicide squad when he got on board, and he's not white

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White savior movies have long been a pet peeve of mine.

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Get right outta town. Never would've guessed that.