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Writer Asks “Where Are The Black People?” in New ‘Shogun’ Samurai Series Set in Ancient Japan
The Gateway Pundit ^ | March 11, 2024 | Margaret Flavin

Posted on 03/11/2024 1:25:59 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man

X FX recently released a new version of the wildly popular 1980s TV miniseries Shōgun.

Shōgun is based on a famous novel by James Clavell and is set in Japan in the 1600’s.

The network shares, “FX’s Shōgun, based on James Clavell’s bestselling novel, is set in Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war. “Lord Yoshii Toranaga” (Hiroyuki Sanada) is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.”

However, at least one writer is concerned that the story of Japanese warriors is not “Black” enough.

The 2024 version focuses far more on the Japanese perspective. The white characters appearing in the first episodes representing Portugal, Spain, England, and Holland could hardly be deemed heroic. However, the character John Blackthorne, now played by Cosmo Jarvis, is already a pivotal figure and will be a hero, along with several Japanese characters. Others are already praising the new 10-part series as a cultural sea change from the 1980 version. I ask the question now that I naively didn’t ask in 1980. Where are the Black people?

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TOPICS: Education; History; Society; TV/Movies; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: baka; blackpeople; godsgravesglyphs; jamesclavell; japan; moron; politicallycorrect; shogun; spivey; spiveybaka; williamspivey; wokehollywood
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1 posted on 03/11/2024 1:25:59 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
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To: Macho MAGA Man

You can’t fix STUPID.


2 posted on 03/11/2024 1:27:31 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: Macho MAGA Man

“Where are the Black people?”

Still in Africa living in grass huts and eating roots and berries. They haven’t even thought of sea-faring voyages.


3 posted on 03/11/2024 1:27:45 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I believe there was one African who somehow made it all the way to Japan, but that was in the 1500’s, not the 1600s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke


4 posted on 03/11/2024 1:30:22 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Macho MAGA Man

IIRC, There was a famous Black Samurai......................


5 posted on 03/11/2024 1:30:25 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Macho MAGA Man
Why werent there any blacks on Gilligans Island?


6 posted on 03/11/2024 1:30:58 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Boiled alive, that’s where they were.


7 posted on 03/11/2024 1:31:17 PM PDT by wetgundog
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

They wuz kangs!


8 posted on 03/11/2024 1:34:11 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: Magnum44

Lost in Space?


9 posted on 03/11/2024 1:35:14 PM PDT by desertsolitaire
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To: EinNYC
” You can’t fix STUPID.”

Not even with a 2 by 4!

10 posted on 03/11/2024 1:35:24 PM PDT by Redleg Duke (“Who is John Galt?”)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

IN that case, I want a remake of The Color Purple with only white people as the core characters.


11 posted on 03/11/2024 1:35:46 PM PDT by fwdude (.When unarmed Americans are locked up for protesting a stolen election, you know it was stolen.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Waiting for the Wakanda-Dragon Ball movie.


12 posted on 03/11/2024 1:36:02 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Still in Africa living in grass huts and eating roots and berries. They haven’t even thought of sea-faring voyages.

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In the 1600s???
I know you say it for jest, but the Carthaginians had a Navy over 2000 years ago.


14 posted on 03/11/2024 1:36:14 PM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Where are the black people? In Africa.


15 posted on 03/11/2024 1:36:27 PM PDT by odawg
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To: Macho MAGA Man

The Ainu are NOT members of the Negroid race! The person who asked “WHERE ARE THE BLACKS”,is uneducated, race obsessed, a LIAR, and stupid beyond belief!


16 posted on 03/11/2024 1:36:39 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I’m liking the series, and just remarked to a friend it’s refreshing that they didn’t try to shoehorn an Afro samurai into the story (at least not so far).


17 posted on 03/11/2024 1:37:15 PM PDT by Orosius (Wake America Up Again )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro_samurai

It's not half bad, as a post apocalyptic fantasy samurai anime.

18 posted on 03/11/2024 1:38:21 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All he had was a handgun. Why did you think that was a threat?" --Rittenhouse Prosecutor)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I’m happy someone brought this topic up. I recently watched every episode of Shōgun. It was okay, I guess. But I didn’t see even one electric vehicle.

Are the Japanese really that uncaring about Climate Change?


19 posted on 03/11/2024 1:39:51 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
“Where are the Black people?”, followed by "Still in Africa living in grass huts and eating roots and berries. They haven’t even thought of sea-faring voyages."

Unfortunately we live in a world where many people think of the Moors as black (perhaps true, certainly darker than I am) and, therefore, their conquests were noble and good, including not just their conquests up into Iberia (Spain), but also some history showing they may have ruled east Asia (https://clockofdestiny.com/moors-of-the-orient/

It's far-fetched to say that blacks from sub-saharan Africa ruled the world. But some Democrats and black supremacists (pardon the repetition) believe that.

20 posted on 03/11/2024 1:40:40 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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