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Your opinion please. Acting or racist?

posted 3 years ago by ColumboKate (5780)
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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jan/05/maureen-lipman-attacks-casting-of-helen-mirren-as-former-israeli-pm

So basically, (Jewish) actress Maureen Lipman is angry that (not Jewish) Helen Mirren is playing a jewish character in her new film.

I remember when (not Muslim) David Suchet played the Islamic terrorist in Executive Decision.

Is this not just acting ? Or is it actually a race issue ?

*EDIT*

I'm glad I'm sat down because for the first time ever, we all agree on something 🥳😄.

So yes, it is acting and Maureen is just bitter that she didn't get the role or something 🤷🏻‍♀️

[–] kukuxu (5409) 3 years ago

Pure stupidity.

Ben Kingsley couldn't play Mandela because he doesn't look anything like Mandela, not even with makeup. On the contrary, Helen Mirren looks close enough to Golda Meir.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78490) 3 years ago

Acting
A lot of this stuff is getting really silly

[–] jriley555 (8534) 3 years ago

She is certainly arrogant. Jews have been playing various other ethnics since Paul Muni, if not sooner.

Not a good look for her, at all. Consulting her wiki page, she is a strident promoter of expansionist Israeli policies. Figures.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39757) 3 years ago

Maureen Lipman is certainly acting up.

[–] sokar (2098) 3 years ago

It is acting. That is kinda the point ot play someone who you are not.

This whole can't play someone you are not is getting very tiresome.

But have you noticed the rules only flow in one direction. Where was the celebrity outrage when a black woman played a real life white English queen. Tumbleweeds.

But when it is a white person playing something then that is wrong and needs to be stopped. They are hypocrites.

[–] kukuxu (5409) 3 years ago

And the funniest thing is that here we're not even talking about Helen Mirren playing somebody who has a complete different ethnic look. This is Helen Mirren playing Golda Meir vs the real Golda Meir:

https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/gossip/vnkq14-helen-mirren-interpreta-a-golda-meir.jpg/ALTERNATES/LANDSCAPE_1140/Helen%20Mirren%20interpreta%20a%20Golda%20Meir.jpg

[–] samoanjoes (58526) 3 years ago

Holy shit, that's Helen Mirren?

[–] ColumboKate (5780) 3 years ago

My first thought was the Anne Boleyn thing too. As long as it's well acted though, does it even matter? It's the whole point of acting .

[–] jriley555 (8534) 3 years ago

Actually, it is a white non-Jewish person playing a white Jewish person.

So it isn't actually racial.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

silly.

performative outrage.

[–] cyberbob (3488) 3 years ago

Not racist at all. Mirren played an Israeli before in The Debt (2010), nobody said anything about it then

[–] samoanjoes (58526) 3 years ago

You can't "play" Jewish. No racism.

But it's okay for her:
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/01/06/10/52571499-10374599-Dame_Maureen_s_comments_sparked_fans_to_point_out_that_she_herse-a-13_1641466695055.jpg

[–] ColumboKate (5780) 3 years ago

Exactly lol.