re: Rush Limbaugh pouts about potential black James Bond

It would certainly be disconcerting to adjust to such a change in character--I think ANY time there is a casting change in a long-running franchise such as James Bond it is difficult to adjust and that doesn't make it a racist issue.

I'm a huge fan of the Lee Child novels about the character Jack Reacher, who is described as 6'5" and blonde. When TOM CRUISE was cast to play Jack Reacher in the movie I was APPALLED....after reading something like 13 novels with this character in my "mind's eye" it was hard to accept TC as the character. He did a good job in the movie but he wasn't "Jack Reacher" to me....

I also went to see a live production of Les Miserables that had a black man playing Jean Valjean. It was a shock at first and a bit disconcerting to believe him as the character because that isn't what he's been cast as before. He did a fine job in the role, but it was still a bit odd to me.