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Ethnic Casting
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* Mitas	Feb 20 2014, 04:34 PM Post #1
It truly was a Shawshank redemption Posts: 12,129 Group: Retired Staff Member #2,993 Joined: December 16, 2007 Gender Male Favourite Anime DBZ What Browser do you use? Google Chrome Favourite Manga DBZ, Full Metal Alchemist	Right, I'll preface this by saying I couldn't find any modern examples of black fictional characters being cast as white, but please correct me if you know of any examples as that would obviously refute this topic. The casting for the Fantastic Four reboot was announced. The actor chosen to play Johnny Storm is black (which I don't have much of a problem with, I actually have more of a problem with Reed Richards being played by a younger actor, since Reed's grey streaks are a big part of his image), but the choice of a black actor made me think about things, namely this: If a black character, such as Storm from the X-Men, or Blade, was portrayed by a white actor or actress, then I'm sure there would be claims of racism and that they should be portrayed by black actors/actresses. So why then is it 'progressive' to change white characters to black? Like I said, I'm not against the use of black actors. I'm very much an advocate of staying true to the original works, as the whole idea of a film adaptation for me is seeing the comics/books brought to life. And there are black characters available to use, so it's not like there's an argument of "oh, if we didn't change characters in the cast then there would be no black characters." I mean, Blade was black, and he was one of the first characters to be made into a film. What do you think?
	"Then you've got the chance to do better next time." "Next time?" "Course. Doing better next time. That's what life is."


~~Messiah~~	Feb 20 2014, 04:40 PM Post #2
Posts: 61 Group: GTFO Member #10,887 Joined: February 15, 2014 Gender Not Specified Favourite Anime Sailor Moon What Browser do you use? Slimboat Favourite Manga Dragon Ball!	I have no problem with it. But I think the only thing it really ruins is originality for all the hard fan boys and girls out there. They are not going into specific details, which may make some hardcore fans upset. But in the end it is the story that matters and as long as they get plot events okay, then all should be fine.



* Mitas	Feb 20 2014, 04:43 PM Post #3
It truly was a Shawshank redemption Posts: 12,129 Group: Retired Staff Member #2,993 Joined: December 16, 2007 Gender Male Favourite Anime DBZ What Browser do you use? Google Chrome Favourite Manga DBZ, Full Metal Alchemist	They've cast Johnny Storm as black, and Sue Storm as white. So either they're completely taking away the brother/sister relationship, or they're changing the family dynamics. Either way, they're messing with the backstory that makes the characters who they are.
	"Then you've got the chance to do better next time." "Next time?" "Course. Doing better next time. That's what life is."


~~Messiah~~	Feb 20 2014, 06:54 PM Post #4
Posts: 61 Group: GTFO Member #10,887 Joined: February 15, 2014 Gender Not Specified Favourite Anime Sailor Moon What Browser do you use? Slimboat Favourite Manga Dragon Ball!	Mitas Feb 20 2014, 04:43 PM They've cast Johnny Storm as black, and Sue Storm as white. So either they're completely taking away the brother/sister relationship, or they're changing the family dynamics. Either way, they're messing with the backstory that makes the characters who they are. This is wrong, I agree. As I said, originality is ruined plus all the people like myself that grew up on the Comics other than these new made movies, it ruins the plot line, totally.



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