Posted on 11/29/2014 10:56:58 AM PST by CharlesOConnell
Rupert Murdoch took to Twitter tonight to defend 20th Century Fox's new movie "Exodus" that casts Christian Bale as Moses, and a variety of white actors as Egyptians. Theres been scuffle on Twitter ever since Murdoch made his observations. And a lot of this stems from a quote director Ridley Scott gave Variety about why he didnt use Egyptian or Arab actors for the film. He said: "I cant mount a film of this budget, where I have to rely on tax rebates in Spain, and say that my lead actor is Mohammad so-and-so from such-and-such," Scott says. "I'm just not going to get it financed. So the question doesnt even come up."
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Like some FReepers, leave it to the Egyptians to try to pin Cushans & Nubes w/ all the problems at their sites ....
Since black is the new black.
It’s a spaghetti middle-eastern?
Yes, the Dudley Moore.
Big Mo’s favorite was Mary, a white Coptic Christian. Big Mo (police be upon him) proclaimed the best sex is with white women
I’m a Bond fan and wouldn’t have a problem with a strong black actor in the role. That being said, people should make their own movie and hire who that want. Look at the new Annie with the lead and war bucks (new name) played by black actors. The girl can sign and Jamie Foxx will do fine, so what’s the problem.
All-white Moses row: £90m Ridley Scott epic slammed over lack of black actors playing Egyptians
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What a beautiful woman! Boy, am I a sucker for green eyes.
You go Rupert....
But did she Walk Like an Egyptian?
Study up
25th dynasty short lived
Not tropical negroid
Kushites......not from Sudan or Ham
Straight haired and aquiline and bronze
Only tropical negroes in Egypt were in servitude
Ramses II...Moses semi grandpa had reddish blonde hair....the proof lies in Cairo
This is all part of the same war
Destroy the political and cultural power of whites...especially Christian
But it even applies now to Egypt...so silly
If you were southern you’d have already felt this yoke on your own cultural neck
Sorry. I responded before seeing 45 other people responded the same thing...groan.
You’d be surprised how many here are PC suzies about this
A week at Sanibel in July and I’m quite darker than either and I’m stone cold Mississippi wood
But I’ll tell you who was part black
Dinah Shore ...famous Nashville Jew from mid last century
Good looking gracious blonde southern woman
I don’t know that she ever claimed to be Egyptian though
Too bad they couldnt persuade the angels to let Yul play the role again.
Well, they speak Arabic, but most Arab-speakers today had ancestors who spoke other languages.It is as if the people of Britain had chosen to given up their own languages for Latin, the language of the Roman conquerer, or taken up Norman French.
Like WOW!
Usually European actors play Jesus. Mel Gibson went against that by making Jim Caviezel up to look like a Palestinian.
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