Why does it even matter
If a transwoman of colour is playing Juliet in a play the complainers would never go see anyway?
shareoh hell no! hold up, wait a minute. oh ok.
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MovieChat Forums > Francesca Amewudah-Rivers Discussion > Why does it even matter
Ask the people who demanded for “muh representation and inclusion” in the first place why it mattered to them what characters looked like. They didn’t care about the IP before, and they still don’t.
shareIt's a reimagining. There are two characters listed as "cameraman" so I don't think it's a pure adaptation.
shareThat doesn’t explain why she’s ugly. Do they seriously expect people to “reimagine” their beauty standards too?
shareUGLY IS SUBJECTIVE AND CHILDISHLY FUCKING RUDE AT THAT.🙂
shareShe’s not trans.
shareIt doesn't really matter. I mean the 1996 take on R&J never mattered. However, with all the blackwashing (no hate intended) of historic and fictional characters that has been going on since really 2005, people are going to be turned off by it. What if there was an all white Jeffersons or Good Times movie?
shareIf it doesn't matter why are saying it will matter due to your inference that people will be turned off?
BTW, historical figures have been specifically Northern Europeanized since the Renaissance days, so this nonsense of being offended by a black R & J, or any other established literary, cinematic, or media icon is trite and silly.
Well it's a movie message board. People share their opinions. Stay off it if you can't take other people's views.
sharePeople seem to be able to handle an all black anything of historical plays or movies. Look at The Wiz. Look at Carmen Jones with Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte - one of my favorite movies. What they can’t handle, apparently, is white and black casting of these or similar productions. A black Juliet in an all black R&J wouldn’t even be discussed. But a black and white casting - well, that’s where we are on this most eloquent and intelligent website called MovieChat, a far cry from IMDB message boards the like we will never see again.
shareThis play is in London in mid-May. It sold out in 2 hours with tickets as high as £275. It’s a limited run of 12 weeks and then on to Broadway. I don’t know how this actress is keeping it together with all this. I recall Daniel Craig going through a similar attack when it was announced he would play Bond. It was much worse because it was global. And then came Casino Royale.
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