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Idris Elba defends Thor film role
guardian.co.uk ^
| 07.15.10
Posted on 07/16/2010 5:54:21 AM PDT by VU4G10
Edited on 07/16/2010 6:06:42 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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Even for an actor who has played a vampire-hunter with a guilty conscience, a Baltimore crime lord with a taste for Adam Smith, and an asset manager with a stalker, the role of the Norse deity Heimdall
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: comicbooks; mythology; napl; politicalcorrectness; revisionisthistory; thor
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Casting a black man to play a norse god as black, makes as much sense as having Seinfeld play Mandela.
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posted on
07/16/2010 5:54:24 AM PDT
by
VU4G10
To: VU4G10
“I think we will see that and I think that’s good.’
Or not!
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posted on
07/16/2010 5:57:57 AM PDT
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: VU4G10
However, I am glad Idris has found work. he was great in Ultraviolet (not the movie, the series).
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posted on
07/16/2010 5:58:29 AM PDT
by
agere_contra
(Obama did more damage to the Gulf economy in one day than Pemex/Ixtoc did in nine months)
To: VU4G10
By miss casting the title role the movie is sure to be a box office flop.
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posted on
07/16/2010 5:58:55 AM PDT
by
2001convSVT
("Hand out pocket Constitutions to everyone you can")
To: VU4G10
"I think that’s a sign of the times for the future"At least he got that right.
Man is embracing himself as the ultimate source of all wisdom and goodness, and as such greater follies are certain.
To: VU4G10
Ridiculous.
This is carrying PC way too far.
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posted on
07/16/2010 5:59:54 AM PDT
by
OpusatFR
To: VU4G10
They always do this now... Look at the Perfect Storm movie... Where did the black guy come from, don’t remember him in the book. I call it the Lando Calrissian effect.
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posted on
07/16/2010 6:00:04 AM PDT
by
xenob
To: VU4G10
Hollywood has bowed so low before the alter of political correctness, it can probably look up its own keister by now.
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posted on
07/16/2010 6:00:14 AM PDT
by
MamaTexan
(Dear GOP - "We Suck Less" is ~NOT~ a campaign platform)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Pinging thee.
To: OpusatFR
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posted on
07/16/2010 6:00:39 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(If I'm too rough, tell me.......I'm so scared your little head will come off in my hands......)
To: 2001convSVT
By miss casting the title role the movie is sure to be a box office flop.Who have they cast as Thor?
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posted on
07/16/2010 6:00:44 AM PDT
by
agere_contra
(Obama did more damage to the Gulf economy in one day than Pemex/Ixtoc did in nine months)
To: VU4G10
People sure do get their panties in a wad over the dumbest things.
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posted on
07/16/2010 6:01:19 AM PDT
by
mnehring
To: VU4G10
..press conference for current film The Losers. Funny, I thought of Losers myself.
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posted on
07/16/2010 6:01:26 AM PDT
by
BallyBill
(WARNING:Taking me serious could cause stress related illness.)
To: VU4G10
A black man as Heimdall is ok, but cast a white as Cleopatra and it’s the end of the world.
To: shibumi
“Surt will be played by a Malaysian woman” ping.
[and Geri and Frekki will be recast as French Poodles]
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posted on
07/16/2010 6:03:06 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(If I'm too rough, tell me.......I'm so scared your little head will come off in my hands......)
To: VU4G10
...makes as much sense as having Seinfeld play Mandela. ...or having Mel Gibson play Shaka Zulu...
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posted on
07/16/2010 6:03:23 AM PDT
by
Migraine
(Diversity is great... ...until it happens to YOU.)
To: Bigh4u2
Its a cheap stunt to garner buzz. Lame.
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posted on
07/16/2010 6:03:39 AM PDT
by
catbertz
To: VU4G10
If you know anything about the Nords,'Scuse me, "the Nords"?
Maybe it's a planned anachronism. Lots of Africans live in Norway now.
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posted on
07/16/2010 6:03:44 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("It's a jungle out there, kiddies: have a very fruitful day!")
To: agere_contra
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posted on
07/16/2010 6:04:19 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(If I'm too rough, tell me.......I'm so scared your little head will come off in my hands......)
To: martin_fierro
If you know anything about the Nords...
NORDS!
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posted on
07/16/2010 6:04:41 AM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Live jubtabulously!)
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