Subj : Re: state of movies
To   : Nightfox
From : The Lizard Master
Date : Fri Sep 17 2021 07:56:34

  Re: Re: state of movies
  By: Nightfox to Brian Rogers on Thu Sep 16 2021 05:26 pm

 >  Og>> I hear ya with the woke or culturally inclusive approach to
 >  Og>> reboots.  Why isn't it equally fair to have a white person play
 >  Og>> the part of an original indigenous character in an indigenous
 >  Og>> story, as it is when they are placing black characters in the
 >  Og>> roles of orignal stories that were clearly written and invented
 >  Og>> with white people in mind?
 >
 >  BR> It makes you wonder how Steve Martin's "The Jerk" would be received if
 >  BR> it was a new movie out in the theaters today...
 >
 > And also Airplane!, or Blazing Saddles..

That is a different point though, the original point dealing with the Wonder Years I strongly disagree with.  Redoing the wonder years in the same year with a white cast would have been uninteresting.  Move the year to the 90's or using a black cast shows a whole new perspective.  I saw the actor that plays the new "Kevin Arnold" and he was in tears talking about how excited he was to play a positive black role and that experience.  Makes a lot of sense to me and way more interesting.

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