Lack of diversity


Just like in his other films, hardly any actors of color. Out of all the great young actors out there doing great work, he casts the rich white kid whose acting chops are eh. People always want to just cast people who look like themselves in the lead, and pat themselves on the back if they cast a couple of pretty young non-white women in very minor roles. Leads stay white.

And this supposed innovative action film with incredible sound and music isn't forward thinking enough to see the diverse place we live in. I don't care if you can film your background extras moving to the rhythm of the beat, or any of the other technical gimmicks used to make the film "visual," if you don't give mere opportunities to great minority actors.

Elgort and the chick have done what exactly? And they're already leads in huge studio pictures. So many artists of color did great work this year...

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Adam_cook are you white?

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Why is this only ever a problem with "western" movies? I never see this kind of rhetoric with kung fu movies casting all Asians or Bollywood movies casting all browns. It's only when the cast is all white that it's a problem.

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tbh i'm happy that people are starting to fight back this non-sense ...

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-Jamie Foxx
-The dude in the wheelchair was black.
-The guy who put the Asian in Home InvAsian
-Eliza Gonzalez
-random hero that tried to shoot up Baby in the second bank robbery scene

That's a decent amount for move that didn't have a huge cast of important characters. Are you just upset that the main lead looks like an all American farm boy? I'm Asian and when I saw this movie, not having enough minorities never crossed my mind. White washing Asian characters is a bigger issue like in Ghost in a Shell. Baby Driver seems like a "white" movie to me, with classic rock music, Elvis Presley, etc. I have no problems with it.

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The Majors avatar in GITS is caucasian though. I think it's even mentioned somewhere.

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Who cares?



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White people are also people of color.

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Out of 13 main characters 7 are non-white.
That is over-representation.
You have it directly backwards. There are not enough white leads to represent real demographics.

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Have you heard the phrase "Write what you know"?

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