US Message Board once again outraged at wrong race actor

[Moonglow]

Repeat to yourself “it's just a show / I should really just relax” - Theme from Mystery Science 3000 ·

 

[Yarddog]

Thread 'Not Sure How I Feel About A Black Actor Playing Queen Ann Boleyn.'

May 23, 2021

Channel 5 sparks race row casting black actress as Anne Boleyn in new drama

CHANNEL 5 has sparked a race row after casting black actress Jodie Turner-Smith as Tudor queen Anne Boleyn in a new period drama. The Queen & Slim star will play the second wife of King Henry V…

www.thesun.co.uk

On the one hand, I fully support Black, Gay, Trans people (i.e. people who have been traditionally discriminated against in all forms of employment) getting their fair share of acting roles.
On the other hand, I'm a stickler for historical accuracy and if a production is based on true life events it must not deviate in any way. I can only accept artistic licence if something is not known as a means of filling in the gaps.
So with that in mind, I am genuinely perplexed that a drama depicting the life of HenryVIII...

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Here's a thread about people going ape about Anne Boleyn being portrayed by a black actress.

"Even MM is not that black and maybe passable, but the girl they have chosen, she couldn't get more black - It's like they're taking the p***!"

"I guess virtue signaling is more important than making a good show."

Well now there's a Finnish guy playing a Middle Easterner in a Mel Gibson film. Where's the outrage? I must have missed it, it must be here somewhere.

See Mel Gibson's new Jesus in “The Resurrection of the Christ” first look

Jaakko Ohtonen takes over for Jim Caviezel in the upcoming sequels.

uk.yahoo.com

"In the above image, Finnish actor Jaakko Ohtonen officially steps in as Jesus,"

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whos outraged exactly??? personally I could care less. Shes pretty . Maybe she can act?? if she can shes a whole lot better than what England has going on right now.

 

[gtopa1]

What's next is a Finnish dude playing a Middle Easterner so all the white dudes in America can feel comfortable with themselves.

You realise that Cinderella was really a gay black nazi trans from Japan, don't you??

Greg

 

[HikerGuy83]

Those sorts of movies are agenda-driven which destroys their credibility.

Kinda like your posts.

 

[SaxonJackson]

Kinda like your posts.

Oh hi there, bootlicker.

 

[frigidweirdo]

whos outraged exactly??? personally I could care less. Shes pretty . Maybe she can act?? if she can shes a whole lot better than what England has going on right now.

Who's outraged? Well, you can go check out the quotes I posted of outraged people, or click on the link to the threat with outraged people, if you care to know.

 

[JoeB131]

Oh, I love those!!!!!!

My FAVORITE of ALL TIME is Charlie Chan!!!!!!

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You left out Charlie Chan at the Olympics. The one where he does a commercial for Hitler's Propaganda Olympics.

 

[Hafar1014]

I can't get worked up about this, any more than I can get worked up about black actresses playing Cleopatra and Helen of Troy.

It's just not worth the bandwidth.

Cleopatra was black

 

[Hafar1014]

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[JoeB131]

Cleopatra was black

No, she wasn't.

Cleopatra was Greek. She was part of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, who were a bunch of inbred Greeks.

 

[Hafar1014]

No, she wasn't.

Cleopatra was Greek. She was part of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, who were a bunch of inbred Greeks.

I thought she was a shafatza or a Moor

 

[JoeB131]

I thought she was a shafatza or a Moor

I see history confuses you.. along with math, science, and common decency.

 

[Hafar1014]

I see history confuses you.. along with math, science, and common decency.

Common decency from the board Jew hater and supporter of Irans regime.

 

[JoeB131]

Common decency from the board Jew hater and supporter of Irans regime.

The Israelis have become the Nazis...