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Daniel Radcliffe: Hollywood undeniably racist
BBC ^ | September 20, 2016

Posted on 09/20/2016 4:16:51 PM PDT by SMGFan

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has said it is "pretty undeniable" that Hollywood is racist.

He told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme the film world was seen as "very, very progressive", but was "lagging behind" industries in encouraging diversity. Radcliffe also said it was hard for gay actors to come out for fear of being typecast in gay roles.

And he stated that he did not want to play Potter again "at this point". The 27-year-old British actor has starred as JK Rowling's child wizard in several films since 2001. But his latest screen role, in the thriller Imperium, is as Nate Foster, an FBI agent who goes undercover to infiltrate a white supremacist group.

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Rich enough to tell the truth,
1 posted on 09/20/2016 4:16:51 PM PDT by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

That movie will gross maybe $20m worldwide.


2 posted on 09/20/2016 4:18:37 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: SMGFan

Hollywood is undeniably racist towards straight white males these days. Every other TV show has a gay character in it.


3 posted on 09/20/2016 4:19:59 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: jsanders2001

Holy moly Harry Potter......

Gays are afraid to come out due to fear of being typecast in gay roles???

Gee who knew being gay was a problem in Hollywood???

And a business which prides itself on being liberal, is really racist??? What the heck?????


4 posted on 09/20/2016 4:23:21 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: SMGFan
"Imperium, is as Nate Foster, an FBI agent who goes undercover to infiltrate a white supremacist group"

The Democrat Party ?

5 posted on 09/20/2016 4:23:35 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: SMGFan

Everybody but you, right Danny Boy?


6 posted on 09/20/2016 4:27:00 PM PDT by D_Idaho ("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...".)
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To: SMGFan

The Hollywood producers rape and drug all the kids. Parents prostitute them. Radcliffe was probably raped and molested, like Elisha Woods claimed before he was silenced. Groomed into the lifestyle. His parents sold him for fame and money, so the children become permanently warped and emotionally destroyed.

All behavior is learned and habituated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McpjA-PqrKU


7 posted on 09/20/2016 4:30:45 PM PDT by savagesusie (When Law ceases to be Just, it ceases to be Law. (Thomas A./Founders/John Marshall)/Nuremberg)
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To: SMGFan

Can’t be, they are all Trump hating Liberals.

I saw it on the Emmys. Obama out, Hillary in!


8 posted on 09/20/2016 4:32:24 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Trump made his money and went to D.C., Hillary went to D.C. and made her money.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
No, he's right. The rich and powerful of Hollywood despises the homosexuals and blacks. They are only used to achieve an end.

You have to remember that it wasn't until the 70s when blacks began receiving starring roles in TV and movies, and even then they were portrayed as criminals, or stereotypes.

9 posted on 09/20/2016 4:38:36 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (TRUMP THAT BEYOTCH!)
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To: SMGFan

So he is afraid of being typecast if he comes out?


10 posted on 09/20/2016 4:53:32 PM PDT by yuleeyahoo (Those are my principles, and if you do not like them...well I have others. - Groucho Marx)
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Yup every script writer throws a gay character into the mix.

All burger king commercials feature same sex people sharing a meal.

Most TV commercials feature stupid white males who are not smarter than their kids, their wife, their dog or their minority friend.

Many commercials feature mother heads of household with no father present.

All late night talk shows make endless Trump jokes with snl, hbo and samantha bee crossing all lines of decency.

No social engineering there

11 posted on 09/20/2016 4:53:41 PM PDT by pfflier
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it was hard for gay actors to come out for fear of being typecast in gay roles

Technically, Radcliffe is not gay.
Technically, Radcliffe has a girlfriend.
Rumors of an engagement in 2014 were quickly quashed.

So many child actors get molested. Just ask Corey Haim.

12 posted on 09/20/2016 4:56:51 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
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To: SMGFan
Radcliffe also said it was hard for gay actors to come out for fear of being typecast in gay roles.

This seems to be a big concern to him. Hmm. Didn't know he was gay until now.

13 posted on 09/20/2016 5:04:10 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (ui)
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Ultra-deviant Brit criticizing H’wood for not being gay enough?!

And when did “gay” become a race?


14 posted on 09/20/2016 5:04:14 PM PDT by nonsporting
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

The rich and powerful of Hollywood are themselves often gay and sometimes black.


15 posted on 09/20/2016 5:06:27 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: SMGFan

I think the moviemakers just want to make money. They just can’t make as much unless they’re careful about using black actors. That’s not a putdown of the blacks.


16 posted on 09/20/2016 5:08:01 PM PDT by cymbeline
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To: jsanders2001

Yes and even when there is no need for it its social honing or straight out engineering makes me sick I watch me tv


17 posted on 09/20/2016 5:26:53 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“So many child actors get molested. Just ask Corey Haim.”

That’s going to be really hard to do...


18 posted on 09/20/2016 5:44:30 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: SMGFan

And you limey, are a racist POS since you came from the UK and her slave holding past.


19 posted on 09/20/2016 5:45:01 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (All Roads Except Christ Lead to Hell (John 14:6))
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Gays are afraid to come out due to fear of being typecast in gay roles???

Kinda hard to cast them as romantic leads once they're out of the closet.

20 posted on 09/20/2016 6:28:28 PM PDT by sphinx
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