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To: Bullish

Try replacing a movie about Harriet Tubman with a white woman or MLK with a white man and see what happens.


58 posted on 04/20/2023 3:13:33 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Cowgirl of Justice
well, whitewashing has happened quite a lot as well

Mickey Rooney as the Japanese caricature in Breakfast at Tiffany's

Better was Othello with Laurence Olivier as a "Moor"

Though in BOTH these cases, these were fictional characters - just like Ariel (the little mermaid) or the MCU Heimdall - so fine

Oh and for the MCU - we have white actors playing Brown or Asian characters like Wanda Maximmoff and the Ancient One

BAD was "Anna and the King of Siam" - where Yul Brynner or Rex Harrison played Mon-Thai kings

BAD: the "Gods of Egypt" which was complete white-washing of Egyptians

Worst: John Wayne as Genghis Khan - he didn't even attempt to be like Chingiz! Temüjin


65 posted on 04/20/2023 4:02:52 AM PDT by Cronos
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