Posted on 01/09/2022 2:14:13 PM PST by nickcarraway
She has played the Queen and a gangster’s moll but her latest casting has sparked controversy
Nobody is quite what they seem. And actors? Well, for actors that’s the job. Dame Helen Mirren, as well as being herself for 76 years, has by now notably been Lady Macbeth, a London gangster’s moll, a thief’s wife, an alcoholic cop, an action hero, Prospero and also a British monarch at least four times. Now she takes on Golda Meir, the late prime minister of Israel, in a new biopic, and the casting has caused controversy.
The choice of a non-Jewish actor to star as a woman with such a prominent place in the history of Israel has prompted irritation on both sides of the argument. Another illustrious dame, Maureen Lipman, was first to raise the issue – or “blast” Mirren, according to some reports last week – and then Dame Esther Rantzen defended the director’s choice. It is the latest instance of a ‘Jewface’ row, a backlash to the assignment of a major Jewish role to someone not from that minority background.
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She’s so good. My goodness she was pretty as a young actress.
She looks like one of the sisters from Heart.
She’s just another whore who started her career doing nude stuff.
That’s her talent.
This idol worship is so tiring.
I think she’s a very good actress but I’m no director. What do I know?
She is such an incredible actress, she could play Moses and satisfy most fans!
“Dame Maureen argued, nevertheless, that a Jewish actor should have been considered first and that a Jewish audience will recognise the difference.”
Fine, provided it goes both ways. Actors/actresses that aren’t Jewish should have priority for characters that aren’t Jewish.
If they can have packs playing then why not?
Guardian = woke = silly writes = Feggedabowdit
(From the Ministtry of Silly Walks)
I wonder if they will include a scene where, during the 1973 War after he opened the American arsenal to Israel, she fondly describes Richard Nixon "My President".
Nah!
And I doubt they’ll show the story of Meir costing many Israeli lives by kowtowing to Henry Kissinger.
Let thenatresses actress.. Ingrid Bergman wasn’t Jewish either. And for all of Golda’s assets, being easy on the eyes was not one of them.
Acting is pretending.
She can't pretended she's a Jew but Lia Thomas can pretended he's a female?
Oy vey!
And some black guy can pretend to be Alexander Hamilton.
Maureen Lipman illustrious?! Never heard of her!
Geez aren’t they satisfied there is a black Anne Boleyn now?
But the Guardian was ecstatic over the cast of 'Hamilton'.
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