I don't get it.
Is pretending that Britain was always a multicultural, multiracial society meant to make everyone embrace it today or something?
What's the thinking here? What are they doing? Why?
Can't we embrace multiculturalism whilst simultaneously acknowledging that this isn't how things were in the 1920s?
There were people of color in England back then!
shareOf course there were, but very few and they were living on the margins of society. There were no Indian policewomen in the 1920s. The first white policewoman only appeared in 1915.
shareIt's not a documentary. Just reinterpreting the past to make it more relatable to modern audiences.
shareRelatable to what? The demographic in question hardly watches these type of films and really doesn’t care who is in the cast. So staying historically correct isn’t wrong.
shareJust reinterpreting the past to make it more relatable to modern audiences.
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shareYeah, i like to call this type of casting “Minorities in inexplicable places”.
Please keep fantasy in fantasy films.
Why do you focus in on that? Even back in Shakespeare’s day, men would play women and pasty British white guys got to play Othello.
I watched a talented group of actors tell an interesting story. I like the movement against typecasting. It allows talent to rise and actors to develop their craft. I am a big fan of community theater where ensembles of diverse actors put on great plays. It’s impressive to see actors show such range.
Even back in Shakespeare’s day, men would play women and pasty British white guys got to play Othello
I especially hated that they changed Rose from English to Irish. England = bad, Ireland= good.
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How does Rose , whoever she is, being changed from an English person to an Irish person equate to
"England = bad, Ireland= good." ??
They changed the olympics this year, France are hosting it instead of like 2012 when England did.
Does that mean the olympics hate England?
That's exactly why they made that change.
Good lord, that Olympics analogy is a typical bokers example from our equally bonkers resident troll.🍆
1920 in Littlehampton, and it's totally and utterly woked out to fuck. Wokery garbage right from the off, and I knew this would be the case with it when I saw FILM 4 in the opening credits.
Deckard B26354, I'm filed and monitored, and I retire wokies.
I like it better when they do multicultural casting in a setting where it makes sense. It doesn't sound like it in this situation. What makes it particularly annoying, is they put black people in positions of power or wealth (in a time when nobody would have given them the time of day), and have them take up half the cast, when in fact for a very long time, they were in the minority in England and were often poor.
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