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re: Will we ever see a black James Bond?

Posted on 1/21/13 at 6:43 pm to
Posted by Michael T. Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2004
8275 posts
Posted on 1/21/13 at 6:43 pm to
If the producers ever do this, I'm out. Bond was written as the son of a Scotsman and a French woman, neither of whom were black. Bond is described in all of the novels as Caucasian.

Everything in the world does not have to be turned on its head so much that is doesn't even remotely resemble the source material any longer. The producers have already screwed up Felix Leiter and Moneypenny. Do they really need to do something like this as well?

If they want to go this route, I would rather they kill off Bond and have a black agent become MI6's new lead guy.

Shaft would never be a white guy. The cast of Alex Haley's Roots would never be all white. Just stop it.
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
30627 posts
Posted on 1/21/13 at 8:06 pm to
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Shaft would never be a white guy.
Shaft is a movie about a black P.I. who rescues a girl from Italian mobsters in the 60's. The plan they use to save the girl involves having his men dress up as cooks, waiters & elevator operators to be able to gain access to the whites only hotel where they are holding her.

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The cast of Alex Haley's Roots would never be all white
Roots is about the slavery trade in the 1850's so the people had to be black.

James Bond is about a "secret agent" on Her Majesty's Secret Service. In 2012 this person could be any race and either male or female. The Bond name just gives whoever makes the movie the clout to spend the money required to make a good Bond entry. Who gives a crap what color the agent is?
Posted by Wrenchruh
Parts Unknown
Member since Sep 2012
2413 posts
Posted on 1/21/13 at 8:08 pm to
I nominate Seth Myers for white Shaft.
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