We're going to need a big push to
wrap this up. Let's git 'er done.
Posted on 11/28/2014 11:40:57 PM PST by dennisw
The hashtag #boycottexodusmovie has been trending on Twitter as posters express there anger over the film's casting of white actors as Egyptians Director Ridley Scott has been bullish about the issue of casting and said it was a business decision to hire white actors He claimed he wouldn't get financing if he hired 'Mohammad so-and-so from such-and-such' The cast does includes a number of actors of color, although it is mainly in minors roles including as servants.
Sir Ridley Scott has found himself embroiled in a race row after his latest film was branded ‘too white’.
Twitter users are urging a boycott of Exodus: Gods and Kings, which tells the story of Moses, calling it ‘offensive’ and ‘unacceptable’ that white actors are playing the roles of Egyptians.
Sir Ridley, who made his name as a director with Alien and has been Oscar-nominated three times, defended his casting by claiming he would not have been able to finance its £90million budget if he had hired unknown Egyptian actors instead of established Hollywood stars.
While a number of ethnic minority actors have also been cast, including Sir Ben Kingsley, the majority of the non-white performers are in background roles, often even playing slaves or criminals.
But this has done little to placate the critics. One Twitter user said: ‘I’ll be boycotting Exodus and so should everyone else to tell Hollywood that whitewashing is sick and unacceptable’, while another called the casting of Oscar-winner Bale as ‘offensive’.
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These same black revisionists claim that Socrates is a negroid. And that Plato’s philosophy is ripped off from black africans. See the revisionist work “Black Athen” by Bernal. This grand theft is answered nyMary Lefkowitz’ “Not Out of Africa” and puts the lie to thsee Afrocentrism myths.
Pathetic and sad. The leftists continue to foment discord and riot to maintain power. People are dead in Ferguson because of them.They deserve a tall tree and short rope.
They can make their own movie and cast it the way they want!
Oh Ridley.... tut, tut,tut...
Twitter users are urging a boycott of Exodus: Gods and Kings, which tells the story of Moses, calling it ‘offensive’ and ‘unacceptable’ that white actors are playing the roles of Egyptians.Anyone offended by that is just vomiting up their own racism and ignorance.
Exodus: Gods and Kings | Official Trailer [HD] | 20th Century FOX
“He’s my favorite honky.”
do what they’re doing with Annie, make your own movie and hire who you want in the cast.
He favors Charlton Heston just a bit, about the cheekbones and hairline.
Good grief, actors are supposed to be able play roles that are unklike themselves. That is why it is called “acting”. That is why they have wardrobe and makeup.
Acting is not reality.
The loonies are out in full force.
Some of the leading Egyptians were actually Greek.
And Liz Taylor made a fine figger of Cleopatra! LOL
Sharpton won’t like hearing that.
Wrong time period. In the generally accepted chronologies, the Exodus predates the Greek presence in Egypt by around 1,000 years.
Slap on forehead:
Of course!
How could I forget my homeschooling so quickly!
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