Hobbit Casting Agent Fired For Dismissing Non-White Hobbits
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Does this mean they're now going to fire all the white hobbits that had previously been cast and give us this?
I don't really see this as stereotyping, the casting call was specific, it's not discrimination if you have to have certain qualities to play a part. For example, I'm not going to my local theatre and trying to get the role of Juliet, because I assume they don't want a guy for that role. Because I'm not an idiot, I'm not going to cry 'sexism!' over it. What the casting call demands is what they want in the role.
Middle Earth is primarily based off of Europe. It's natural for them to want to cast light skinned actors, in the same way that they wouldn't cast white people as slaves in Roots. Poor example, but hey, Roots was awesome.
Though I don't get why the light-skin casting call was specific to women only.
Middle Earth is primarily based off of Europe. It's natural for them to want to cast light skinned actors, in the same way that they wouldn't cast white people as slaves in Roots. Poor example, but hey, Roots was awesome.
Though I don't get why the light-skin casting call was specific to women only.
...Wuvlycuddles said:
Persians are indo Europeans, not Arabs.
In actuality, it is more accurate to have a white actor rather than an Arabic one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_race
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-Europeans
The more you know.
I'm all for equality, but I also think crowbarring minorities in when they're going to stick out like a sore thumb is just dumb and shouldn't even need to be explained, sadly, there's journos just lurking, waiting to leap on something like that and prove that someone's a racist.
In other news, I'm making a feature length documentary about the Harlem Globetrotters, and I have a quota of caucasian female dwarves to fill in the main roles.
(yes I know the difference between real people and fictional characters...sheeesh.)
It does kinda bug me when anyone in history (at least before Hitler) gets called out as being racist, because tbh, it's like calling them out for not having broadband, sure being racist is wrong, but it was accepted and the norm then, and it annoys me when people have a go at say, H.P. Lovecraft for not being a fan of black people.
If Dan Brown or J K rowling turns out to be a racist author, go ahead and slam them, because it's not acceptable in today's society, but gah, I hate the term, but we're just whitewashing over things to pretend that racism was something notable about a person back then.
I know almost nothing about Tolkien, but I'd hazard a guess that one good reason Bilbo wasn't black, is because JRR couldn't imagine anyone being able to relate or sympathise with him who'd be reading his book.
In other news, I'm making a feature length documentary about the Harlem Globetrotters, and I have a quota of caucasian female dwarves to fill in the main roles.
(yes I know the difference between real people and fictional characters...sheeesh.)
It does kinda bug me when anyone in history (at least before Hitler) gets called out as being racist, because tbh, it's like calling them out for not having broadband, sure being racist is wrong, but it was accepted and the norm then, and it annoys me when people have a go at say, H.P. Lovecraft for not being a fan of black people.
If Dan Brown or J K rowling turns out to be a racist author, go ahead and slam them, because it's not acceptable in today's society, but gah, I hate the term, but we're just whitewashing over things to pretend that racism was something notable about a person back then.
I know almost nothing about Tolkien, but I'd hazard a guess that one good reason Bilbo wasn't black, is because JRR couldn't imagine anyone being able to relate or sympathise with him who'd be reading his book.
I'm pretty Tolkien himself would say the same thing. In all fairness, in the lord of the rings universe, all black people (well, middle easterners. there are no black people) are from far of into the east (they happen to be evil btw) and rarely come west. Especially not all the way to the hobbit lands.
I just get annoyed when they cast black/white people in roles that are obviously not suited for it...let me explain before flaming.
I once saw a movie (it was based on a Shakespearian play or something) where there are two brothers. one is black and the other white...this doesn't make any sense.
Another example is Stargate. In this movie, you see an alien ship land on earth in Africa thousands of years ago...and every single human was whiter than snow.
It's not racism. It's in fact, less racist than the call for the casting agent to be sacked.
Why can't we live in a world where it's okay to say, "I'm sorry, we need someone who's supposed to play Winston Churchill. we can't cast Arnold Schwarzenegger". Can you imagine Blood Diamond with a cast consisting solely of japanese people?
I just get annoyed when they cast black/white people in roles that are obviously not suited for it...let me explain before flaming.
I once saw a movie (it was based on a Shakespearian play or something) where there are two brothers. one is black and the other white...this doesn't make any sense.
Another example is Stargate. In this movie, you see an alien ship land on earth in Africa thousands of years ago...and every single human was whiter than snow.
It's not racism. It's in fact, less racist than the call for the casting agent to be sacked.
Why can't we live in a world where it's okay to say, "I'm sorry, we need someone who's supposed to play Winston Churchill. we can't cast Arnold Schwarzenegger". Can you imagine Blood Diamond with a cast consisting solely of japanese people?