Does the color matter?
Do the person play the part competently?
“ Does the color matter?”
No. It does not. And not for this
It's distracting. Part of the enjoyment of movies is the "suspension of disbelief." When they do something that cannot make any sense, it makes it harder to enjoy the movie.
Race or gender swapping characters is just annoying. Putting in homosexual characters, especially when it is completely irrelevant to the plot for people to know someone is "homosexual" is also annoying.
It's preaching. Nobody wants to be preached at when they go out for entertainment.
If you’re playing Helen of Troy or Shaft, yes.
Was that sarcasm?