Annie remake: casting of black lead provokes negative Twitter posts

http://www.theguardian.com ^ | Sunday 9 March 2014

[BBell]

Name: Annie.

Age: 11.

Appearance: Headstrong, smartass, black.

Hold on a minute. Annie's not black. She's a little blonde Swiss girl who lives in the mountains. That's Heidi, you idiot. Annie's the little red-headed girl who looks like Sideshow Bob.

But this new version of Annie doesn't look anything like Sideshow Bob. That's because in this remake she is being played by Oscar-nominated actor Quvenzhané Wallis.

[dfwgator]

Well at least they made them up to look somewhat Asian.

[Rastus]

Plus, it’s got Jamie “Obama is our Jesus” Foxx.

[morphing libertarian]

Jamie fox plays will stacks

[Hugin]

“And Asians played by Mickey Rooney in some forgotten movie,”

Actually a pretty famous one, Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

[dfwgator]

I predict in our lifetime they will remake “The Godfather” with an all-black cast.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Excellent!

[Stormdog]

“I predict in our lifetime they will remake “The Godfather” with an all-black cast.”

It will be a mystery because nobody will be sure who the Godfather actually is.

[morphing libertarian]

Already been plenty of black gangster films

[FreeAtlanta]

Lol, “spring time for Hitler, and Germany....”

[tophat9000]

Look the old TV show Different Stroke was just an updated Annie with Gary Coleman as Annie

[Darksheare]

” Quvenzhané Wallis”

That’s as bad a name as “Gunna Rhea”.

[dfwgator]

What’chu talkin’ ‘bout, Willis?

[BenLurkin]

Asian played by Mickey Rooney in some forgotten movie

Forgotten? Not really. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" remains among the top twenty American movies.

And Rooney's over the top performance is hilarious.

Just my opinions, of course.

[mjp]

this seems like political correctness and indoctrination of libtard propaganda

[EvilCapitalist]

I liked Denzel best in Death Wish.

[stylin19a]

lucky you

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373908/

[Captain Peter Blood]

Well that ain’t Daddy Warbucks!!!!!!!!!

[Calvin Locke]

Been a long while since I've seen "Breakfast at Tiffany's".

Apparently, from my POV, a "memorable" performance that was disjointed from the story itself.

[jocon307]

“It’s almost like casting a hippie to play Hitler.”

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dick Shawn’s finest moment!

[OneWingedShark]

I can’t wait for the movie where, Obama is played by a white actor. A republican white actor, that is.

That already happened in 2012: