re: The Batman-Funeral scene

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Why?

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Because society can't have it both ways, for starters. Either "cultural appropriation" is a problem or it isn't.

You don't start doing shite like this right after you've spent the last few years convincing everyone that some white clown with dreadlocks that likes listening to rap music is some big fricking problem and then turn around and change the race/sexuality/gender of every non minority character that you come across.

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Because society can't have it both ways, for starters. Either "cultural appropriation" is a problem or it isn't.

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First off, has Matt Reeves of Jeffrey Wright ever made statements themselves about “cultural appropriation” that in this case would indicate some sort of hypocrisy on their part?

Edit: Hollywood isn’t some sort of monolith. Basically the only 2 people who had a decision in Wright be cast are Reeves when he offered the part and Wright when he accepted. If either had made statements in the past about “cultural appropriation”, you’d at least have that much to point out the hypocrisy.

Second, you’d enjoy art and entertainment a lot better if you avoided retaliatory cultural warfare. Just appreciate the fact that Eminem is a great rapper and if Wright is a good Jim Gordon, appreciate that too. Let the culture warriors on the Left and Right be miserable about this sort of stuff.

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Let the culture warriors on the Left and Right be miserable about this sort of stuff.

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This is the exact reason this stuff keeps happening. You get to pretend to be above it all and just let it continue to happen.

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JFC it's a comic book movie that's been rehashed at least 5 times in my lifetime in live-action.

The Poliboard has made this board miserable to read.

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Have you considered that maybe the people making these decisions are the ones to blame for the misery you feel reading reactions to their decisions?

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Good for you. Your opinion isn't universal

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That’s unfortunate. Because the sheer meltdown that occurs over these things on this board have started to derail most show and movie threads on here.

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Have you considered that I really don't give a frick if a character's race or gender is switched if the acting is quality?

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Well if you aren't a life long comic fan sure, but then why do you give a frick what comic fans think? I'm not sure why it bothers you that people who are loyal to the source material are annoyed by this. This isn't a new problem either. I mean I can make a short list of the top of my head of well known redheads that have been black washed. This has nothing to do with the poliboard and everything to do with people who grew up reading these stories wanting them faithfully represented on the screen.

You don't cast a black Jim Gordon by accident. They always planned to get rid of the white redheaded Barbara Gordon.

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I’m not even close to the only one on this board that feels this way.

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They can leave too if reading differing opinions make them feel misery.

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Y’all, ironically, also have the ability to just not watch it when it comes out if it chaps your arse so bad.

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Where have I said it chaps my arse so bad I won't watch? You're not doing too well here.

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Feigning the “they’re not portraying him/the universe accurately” with any Batman properties at this point seems pretty hilarious given the directions we’ve seen his universe go over the years.

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I agree with you if people don't like it don't watch it. That's the only way this stops. That said how the frick do you know people were ok with the other stuff? Are you saying that no one has had any problems with any of the other DC movies or directions previous Batman movies have taken? Don't be a dummy.

Pretty self righteous of you here to get upset with people having different opinions than you on a message board.

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I agree with you if people don't like it don't watch it. That's the only way this stops. That said how the frick do you know people were ok with the other stuff? Are you saying that no one has had any problems with any of the other DC movies or directions previous Batman movies have taken? Don't be a dummy.

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What Batman centric live movie that has come out in the last 20-30 years hasn’t been popular?

You assume that everyone who reads the comics can’t separate the source material from the tons of spins we’ve seen on the Batman universe.

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Pretty self righteous of you here to get upset with people having different opinions than you on a message board.

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Back at cha. Y’all bitch anytime someone doesn’t melt the frick down over a change.