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Around The World In 80 Days remake is slammed by furious viewers for its 'woke' take on Jules Verne classic with colour-blind casting and classic male role re-imagined as a woman
UK Daily Mail ^ | December 27, 2021 | Jason Chester

Posted on 12/27/2021 12:38:13 PM PST by C19fan

A new adaptation of Jules Verne classic Around The World In 80 Days has been dismissed as 'woke nonsense' by furious BBC license payers.

The eight-part adaptation starring David Tennant as globetrotting Phileas Fogg launched on Boxing Day, but a series of socially conscious tweaks to the legendary tale left viewers choking on their turkey sandwiches.

Two notable departures from Verne's original 1872 text sees Passepartout, Fogg's loyal valet, played by a black actor - French star Ibrahim Koma - while Detective Fix also gets a modern-day makeover.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; History; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: aroundtheworldin80; bbc; davidtennant; detectivefix; drama; getwokeyourestupid; gowokegobroke; ibrahimkoma; jasonchester; julesverne; passepartout; period; phileasfogg; unitedkingdom; victorian; woke
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Just another example of Wokeness even ruining the period piece genre.
1 posted on 12/27/2021 12:38:13 PM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Leftist scum soil whatever they touch.


2 posted on 12/27/2021 12:40:12 PM PST by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie. )
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To: C19fan

Looking forward to the remake of Pride and Prejudice with the genders reversed. That should be fun. 😎

How about Tomb Raider with a male protagonist? 🤣


3 posted on 12/27/2021 12:40:38 PM PST by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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Maybe women and blacks should write their own stories and put themselves at center stage. Why can’t they do that? Shoving themselves into existing stories just highlights the fact that they (apparently) don’t have any original stories to tell for themselves.


4 posted on 12/27/2021 12:40:59 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Mass hypnosis of society. So many people are blind to the Truth which is in front of them.)
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To: C19fan
Include me out!
5 posted on 12/27/2021 12:41:20 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Wellll,when they’re morons to start with.............


6 posted on 12/27/2021 12:42:47 PM PST by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: ClearCase_guy

you expect literary innovation from people who descend from a set of cultures that didn’t even have the friggin’ wheel until us honky ass honkies found them?


7 posted on 12/27/2021 12:44:04 PM PST by Levy78
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To: C19fan

Waiting for the remake of Gone With the Wind with Lea DeLaria as Rhett Butler.


8 posted on 12/27/2021 12:47:04 PM PST by skeeter
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Anything new involving Brits is going to be woke to the max. If I want to watch this story I’ll watch the 1956 film. It followed the story very well and was a travelogue to boot.


9 posted on 12/27/2021 12:47:26 PM PST by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: C19fan

get woke, go broke..........................


10 posted on 12/27/2021 12:50:13 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: stinkerpot65

Like the Black “Anne Boleyn” series


11 posted on 12/27/2021 12:50:29 PM PST by kaktuskid
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My favorite pastime has become watching girls, and millennials in general, fail miserably when they try to do something. They see small, weak, stupid people succeeding in media, and they assume what works in fantasy will hold true in reality. I think my favorite is the ol’ “yah, I can do a standing back flip 50 lbs overweight with my hair dyed pink ‘cause I saw a loser do it on the internet!”


12 posted on 12/27/2021 12:51:08 PM PST by Born to Conserve
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To: skeeter

And RuPaul as Scarlett.


13 posted on 12/27/2021 12:52:44 PM PST by rfp1234 (Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
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To: Born to Conserve

I would love to see a video clip,of this, if there is one.


14 posted on 12/27/2021 12:53:50 PM PST by Blennos ( )
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To: C19fan

Around the world I’ve searched for you
I traveled on when hope was gone to keep a rendezvous
I knew somewhere, sometime, somehow
You’d look at me and I would see the smile you’re smiling now

It might have been in County Down
Or in New York, in gay Paree , or even London town
No more will I go all around the world
For I have found my world in you

The original 1956 movie will always be the best one ...

Like West Side Story ...

Planet of the Apes

etc


15 posted on 12/27/2021 12:54:52 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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I just read that they are rebooting the Stargate SG-1 tv show. None of the cast is back. The writer and producer say they are going to completely ignore the 10 seasons of the original show, “like it never happened.”
Bet it’s going to be a woke crapfest.


16 posted on 12/27/2021 12:54:53 PM PST by oldvirginian (So if a cow doesn’t produce milk, is it a milk dud or an udder failure?)
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To: C19fan

Yet another woke crap to avoid.
One of my favorite books from when I was a kid.


17 posted on 12/27/2021 12:55:14 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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If WOKSTERS ARE SO SMART why do they rip off old favorites - why not just make a horrible new movie based on their ideas? Or is the fraud intentional? Make a few bucks before people figure out it’s a low talent scam of a better movie?

Ghostbusters (2016)
Charlie’s Angels (2019)
Captain Marvel (2019)
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
West Side Story 1961 (2021)


18 posted on 12/27/2021 12:55:26 PM PST by GOPJ (Biden and his commie thugs don’t want us vaccinated they want us hated...)
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To: ClearCase_guy; C19fan
Maybe women and blacks should write their own stories and put themselves at center stage. Why can’t they do that? Shoving themselves into existing stories just highlights the fact that they (apparently) don’t have any original stories to tell for themselves.

Agreed. Let's hear some original stories.

19 posted on 12/27/2021 12:55:34 PM PST by thecodont
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To: rfp1234

Not Lia Thomas the swimmer ???


20 posted on 12/27/2021 12:55:52 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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