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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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To: C19fan

It is all they know. Hollyweird died decades ago. At least 2000/05. Probably earlier.


61 posted on 12/27/2021 2:25:05 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (America -- July 4, 1776 to November 3, 2020 -- R.I.P.)
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To: C19fan

Will the princess be a transvestite?

Will Tatoo be a BLM supporter?

Will the elephants be homosexual?


62 posted on 12/27/2021 2:26:37 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (America -- July 4, 1776 to November 3, 2020 -- R.I.P.)
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To: frank ballenger

Destroying the classics is a fundamental part of the Communist Manifesto, at least in principal.

“Burn it all down, man!”


63 posted on 12/27/2021 2:28:23 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (America -- July 4, 1776 to November 3, 2020 -- R.I.P.)
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To: wally_bert

“The original series can’t be touched.”

Absolutely correct!
I’ll definitely pass as well. I won’t watch the original series sullied.


64 posted on 12/27/2021 3:06:43 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

I’ve seen women and blacks added to old movies in small parts but the MAIN CHARACTERS were as the author wrote them.

No longer. Anyone seen the new remakes of the “woke” Ben Hur or The Magnificent Seven?

They hit the theaters and disappeared so fast they did not even leave a shadow non the screen.


65 posted on 12/27/2021 3:08:44 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Still OUT of Facebook Jail! But I'm pushing it!)
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To: rllngrk33

“Carter will probably be a dyke lesbian and Daniel(le) Jackson will a transgender female. I’ll let others decide what the rest of the cast will be.”

I won’t even bother guessing.
Bound to be at least one tranny and one homo in the group.
The evil villains will be white males of a conservative bent.


66 posted on 12/27/2021 3:11:00 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: Sans-Culotte

Well, the 1956 version did have CANTINFLAS in it.


67 posted on 12/27/2021 3:11:26 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Still OUT of Facebook Jail! But I'm pushing it!)
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To: CommunityMan
Vern's book came out in 1872.

Nellie Bly did her trip ( suggested by the editor of her paper...NOT her idea! ) in 1888 and did it in 72 days. Please check facts before you post drivel.

68 posted on 12/27/2021 3:12:19 PM PST by nopardons
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To: Ben Dover
If they did a reboot of the Honeymooners, it would be with a black gay couple. “One of these days, Al.....

You are half right

But the next one he will surely also be gay

69 posted on 12/27/2021 3:12:41 PM PST by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: Theoria
The budget doesn't account for the marketing and post-production costs. And those movies didn't make crap overseas.

Except for Captain Marvel, which is a bona-fide hit and is one of the best Marvel movies among the Marvel universe.

70 posted on 12/27/2021 3:12:56 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Tennessee Nana

I remember that old song!


71 posted on 12/27/2021 3:13:06 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Still OUT of Facebook Jail! But I'm pushing it!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Maybe one day, Fantastic Four the musical.

https://youtube.com/shorts/B6dH9-qKwIk?feature=share

I’d probably see it.


72 posted on 12/27/2021 3:19:52 PM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: frank ballenger

**when he interviewed a cast member of The Wiz**

I’ve read about, and seen excerpts, of the Broadway show THE WIZ. It was Great!

Then they decided to make it into a movie and (can’t say it here) by putting adults in child roles, pimps and “Hos”, just the thing blacks were used to seeing in their ghettos.

It was unwatchable. Even black audiences refused to go see that piece of dreck.
Siskel and Ebert said it was the last of the Blacksploitation movies produced by whites.


73 posted on 12/27/2021 3:21:18 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Still OUT of Facebook Jail! But I'm pushing it!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

But if you will remember, the ORIGINAL THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) bombed at the box office. It took till 1956 for MGM to recover from that one.

When the movie RETURN TO OZ was made by Disney, was released, Joel Siegel went on TV and actually shed tears that they had tried to upstage the “greatest movie ever made!”


74 posted on 12/27/2021 3:25:41 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Still OUT of Facebook Jail! But I'm pushing it!)
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To: C19fan
Just another example of Wokeness even ruining the period piece genre.

The topper for me was the new British telling of the Anne Boleyn story, where both King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn are black.

I guess because I am white and these historical figures were white, we are not allowed to cry cultural appropriation!

This is not a work of fiction. This is an historical event with historical figures, who have had oil paintings made of them when they were living. They were not black!

75 posted on 12/27/2021 3:31:15 PM PST by LibertarianLiz
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To: ClearCase_guy
Shoving themselves into existing stories just highlights the fact that they (apparently) don’t have any original stories to tell for themselves.

I have wondered about this myself, many times.

76 posted on 12/27/2021 3:32:09 PM PST by LibertarianLiz
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To: Sans-Culotte
Anything new involving Brits is going to be woke to the max

I recently signed up for BritBox streaming service. Mostly because I have always liked British murder mysteries.

I love Shetland; but, I have tuned into a couple of other "original" Britbox shows and everyone is "gay". One was a couple of gay guys, the other a lesbian. Actress also played a lesbian in Game of Thrones.

I'm beginning to think that if I don't watch something where the main characters are gay, I won't have anything to watch at all.

Well, Hubby and I went down Memory Lane with The Duchess of Duke Street"

77 posted on 12/27/2021 3:37:00 PM PST by LibertarianLiz
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To: oldvirginian
The evil villains will be white males of a conservative bent.

It's been that way for several decades with any hollywood production.

78 posted on 12/27/2021 3:39:13 PM PST by rllngrk33 (It seems the soap box and ballot box have failed, it might be time for the bullet box.)
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To: rllngrk33

“It’s been that way for several decades with any hollywood production.”

Yeah but now they’ve shifted into overdrive and slammed the go pedal to the floor.


79 posted on 12/27/2021 3:45:01 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: wally_bert

The original series can’t be touched.

I liked the original Stargate SG-1 as well as the Stargate Atlantis series that followed, but the Stargate Atlantis ended in 2009, well before the onset of terminal woke-ness.

I was a big fan of Star Trek and enjoyed the various spin-off series, many of which were superbly scripted and acted. However, based on reviews I’ve read, I have zero interest in Star Trek Discovery. The show apparently went full-on Mary Sue, much like the last few Star Wars movies.


80 posted on 12/27/2021 3:45:11 PM PST by Flick Lives
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