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How the West wasn't white: Building a diverse 'Magnificent 7'
LA Slimes ^ | 9-23-2016 | Josh Rottenberg

Posted on 09/23/2016 8:11:16 PM PDT by brucedickinson

“The western constantly changes depending on where we are as a society,” Fuqua explained. “What I wanted to do was bring it up to date and show people it’s an exciting genre. It represents who we are, what the promise of the United States is supposed to be.”

The 1960 “Magnificent Seven” — itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 epic “Seven Samurai” — had featured white actors in even some of the non-Caucasian roles, with Eli Wallach playing the bandit leader Calvera and Horst Buchholz as a young Mexican gunslinger named Chico.

In Fuqua’s remake, by contrast, four of the title heroes are nonwhite, including Washington’s Sam Chisolm; Comanche warrior Red Harvest, played by Native American actor Martin Sensmeier; South

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Pets/Animals; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: diversity; hollywood; magnificentseven; moviereview; movies; westerns
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To: Persevero

Well, since Soros id possessed, it’s interesting to see whom he’s going after. Hollywood is as demonic as you can get, and they have an agenda as well. Satan isn’t off doing some knitting, twiddling his thumbs. Look at his agents. They are doing his will.


41 posted on 09/23/2016 10:05:59 PM PDT by brucedickinson
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To: sam_whiskey

I just said that White people, humanly speaking, are the biggest threat to taking over the planet. When black people get upset, they burn neighborhoods. When White people, who have very long fuses, get upset- they burn continents.


42 posted on 09/23/2016 10:11:14 PM PDT by brucedickinson
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To: HotHunt

It was good.


43 posted on 09/23/2016 10:14:17 PM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (10 rounds 10 meters 10 seconds 10 centimetres)
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To: brucedickinson

I went by a cineplex tonight. I haven’t caught a flick since before summer. Just to see what was playing. I asked the guy behind the counter what’s a good movie. He suggested The Magnificent Seven. I told him I was too much a fan of the original, that I don’t need any remake and especially not any PC crap. I’m going to watch Stranger Things for the first time instead.


44 posted on 09/23/2016 10:19:15 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
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To: brucedickinson

Does it have Trini Lopez as “Jiminez”?

Oops, wrong movie, that was “The Dirty Dozen”.


45 posted on 09/23/2016 10:21:29 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: brucedickinson

Yes I know Satan keeps busy. Don’t play into his agenda by stirring up racial hatred among the brethren.


46 posted on 09/23/2016 10:21:39 PM PDT by Persevero (NUTS)
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To: Persevero

Jesus said ethnos will rise against ethnos and then the end will come. We’re almost there. It’s happening so quickly. I don’t even recognize America any more. It’s sad to watch, brother.


47 posted on 09/23/2016 10:28:35 PM PDT by brucedickinson
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To: brucedickinson
The Force Awakens was a very good movie, and not particularly politically correct (despite it being JJ Abrams). There really isn't the concept of ethnicity in Star Wars. It's just humans, along with lots of aliens. Finn was a good character. And it would make sense that there are humans of whatever color being used as stormtroopers in the First Order.

What you should REALLY be angry about is that Abrams has declared that there will be gay characters in the Star Wars movies. I'm assuming there will also be gay Hutts, gay Wookiees, gay Ithorians etc. There are already LGBT characters in the new novels: the two Aftermath books have been called the worst novels in franchise history. Horribly written. The author was more determined to jam in as many gays and lesbians and transsexuals as he could. Then he went on a profanity and hate-filled rant on his blog against Christians and anyone else who doesn't approve of the LGBT agenda.

Disney needs to put the hammer down on this now. Star Wars has always been family entertainment. Do they think most families will want to see gay Star Wars characters? Or buy gay action figures?

48 posted on 09/23/2016 10:30:42 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
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To: brucedickinson

Yes, people will fight. That doesn’t mean that is a good thing. There will be wars and rumors of wars and earthquakes. And his church is made of all nations, all tribes, all races of men. The whites are not some ethnically called group to save the world. Don’t buy into that. I know things look bad sometimes but think biblically.


49 posted on 09/23/2016 10:33:54 PM PDT by Persevero (NUTS)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

There were gay characters in the Independence Day 2 movie. Made me sick. Sulu came out as gay with his partner in the new Star Trek flop. I assume that was one of the reasons teen boys stayed away in droves. They can keep pushing their filth. No one will watch it. They will have a whole universe of empowered women, gangbangers and trannies.


50 posted on 09/23/2016 10:36:54 PM PDT by brucedickinson
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To: Persevero

I didn’t say White people would save the world, only that we are a great human threat. Satan uses humans to fight, his army is made up of crazies, the envious, the godless. I’m just saying that, at present, we stand in his way. He has 7 years, as a physical, mortal being to take over an entire planet. He has the media, Hollywood, the Anerican government, the elite and others at his command. Who do they seem to be going after primarily? Who is enemy #1? He has limited resources and it seems interesting he is throwing them all at us at the moment. That is interesting.


51 posted on 09/23/2016 10:42:25 PM PDT by brucedickinson
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To: brucedickinson

Sorry, the original Magnificent was the best. I won’t even bother to see the new one.


52 posted on 09/23/2016 10:48:01 PM PDT by CyberAnt (Peace through Strength)
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To: brucedickinson

Slow night?

https://owlcation.com/humanities/Black-Outlaws-Cowboys-And-Lawmen-Of-The-Old-West

I like Denzel, I like this story. My go see it.


53 posted on 09/23/2016 11:05:44 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Proudly deplorable since 2016)
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To: WENDLE
Who was Bill Pickett?
Famous Texans

54 posted on 09/24/2016 12:19:17 AM PDT by SanchoP (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. J.F.K)
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To: brucedickinson
The 1960 “Magnificent Seven” [...] had featured white actors in even some of the non-Caucasian roles, with Eli Wallach playing the bandit leader Calvera and Horst Buchholz as a young Mexican gunslinger named Chico.

The badit leader Calvera was presumably (99.9% certainly) supposed to be a Mexican. And Chico was likewise strongly implied to be Mexican.

How in heck are those "non-Caucasian" rôles!? Are Mexicans (Hispanics) now "non-Caucasian!?" And if not Caucasoid - then to which of the other major races (Negroid, Mongoloid, Australoid) do they allegedly belong?

Regards,

55 posted on 09/24/2016 12:19:54 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: WENDLE
The blacks in this country have their own wonderful achievements in our vast society but one of them was not the real wild west.

A very bold assertion. Can you provide any supporting evidence (aside from the dearth of Black actors in episodes of "Gunsmoke")?

Regards,

56 posted on 09/24/2016 12:23:56 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: yarddog

The interracial romance is only portrayed as white girl / negro male - never never never the other way around because that would be plantation rape


57 posted on 09/24/2016 1:32:22 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: WENDLE
The blacks in this country have their own wonderful achievements in our vast society but one of them was not the real wild west.

Not true, there were a few. Here are some links.

BlackCowboys.com

Some interesting stories, too.

58 posted on 09/24/2016 3:24:25 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
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To: brucedickinson

At least they’re all male; there’s that. I’m actually astonished they didn’t go all PC and throw a girl into the cast.


59 posted on 09/24/2016 3:28:56 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: WENDLE

Bass Reeves would take offense with your statement.


60 posted on 09/24/2016 3:31:00 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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