BBC2 drama casts Sophie Okonedo, a black woman, as Margaret of Anjou. The very white Queen of Henry VI, King of England.
Oh, and she's Jewish too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Okonedo#Personal_life
What are your thoughts on this?
>>69063633
>What are your thoughts on this?
WE
I wonder how people are going to explain this shit 50 years from now. I'd like to think they'll find it completely baffling.
What if someone sued them for defamation considering these are historical people being portrayed? It would need to be someone from the family of that person, but a large portion of the population is part of that bloodline.
>>69063714
You mean like explaining how all previous shakespeare roles were played by men even the female characters?
How is this any different?
>>69063633
>>69063714
>Oceania was always at war with Eastasia
>>69063744
This is literally not the same thing and you know it.
>>69063775
How is this not the same thing? What about Othello being played by white actors in the past?
What year is it again?
>>69063807
At least they blacked up before doing it, they didn't just go up on stage with a white face pretending to be a nig
>>69063633
A fictional tale of a real person.
Who gives a shit what colour they are when it's a made up event.
If she were cast in a true historical account there would be a reason to complain, but she isn't, so there's not.
>>69063714
>I wonder how people are going to explain this shit 50 years from now. I'd like to think they'll find it completely baffling.
This will be seen as shameful period of anti-white racism where whites themselves are so confused/guilt ridden about who they are, they start to lose their identity and culture.
>>69063835
year of your mother
>>69063807
Moors were not Black, they were brown skinned Arabs/Berbers from present day Morocco and Algeria
>>69063725
There's never been any expectation that an actor has to look like a historical figure they're portraying.
Libtards are at it again!
>>69063633
>Her father was Nigerian, and her mother, who is Jewish, was born in the East End.
>When she was five years old, her father left the family
kek
>>69063807
>feminine man with a wig plays and woman
>a dark skinned nigger is supposed to be a French princess
>>69063893
They are damaging the image of that person in a way that is not parody.
>>69063665
WUZ
>>69063744
Yes.
>>69063887
Did they look like Orson Welles, Laurence Olivier or Anthony Hopkins?
Daily reminder that if you pay tv license you need to be put against a wall and shot
>>69063633
At least they got a pretty good black actress, she's been in a lot of BBC dramas and all of the ones I've seen her in she has been good in.
>>69063633
god, i'm so fucking sick and tired of niggers. just in general. the state of the world baffles me.
>>69063861
>>69063972
Adress my point
>>69064002
You dont have one so no one will.
>>69063807
the whole point of Othello's character is that his racial identity is supposed to be ambiguous, hence the blackface.
is that even female? genuinely looks like an ape
>>69064002
They did you retard, white actors blacked up in order to play Othello. If they hadn't done that, the play wouldn't have made any sense. Just like this black woman playing a white woman without whiting up doesn't make any fucking sense.
>>69063725
>defamation
>dead people
>>69063929
KANGZ
>>69063972
Alec Guinness played an Arab in Lawrence of Arabia, Olivier played one in Khartoum.
>>69064078
She is a minor character so it doesn't count.
>>69064032
Yes I do, white actors in the past would apply make up to physically make themselves look like the race of the character they were portraying. How is that similar to an actor of the wrong race being cast in a role and then doing nothing to make her appearance match that of the race of the character?
>BBC
just look away from the screen lads and don't forget to pay your license
>oh look it's this thread again
/pol/ plebs pretend they care about theatre. That's rich.
>>69064078
That's eaxctly what I was saying you thick cunt
>>69063929
KNAIGHTS
GUILD MASTAS
STONE MACENS
KAAANGGGZZZ
QUUUEEEENNNZZZ
AND
NIGGAS OF THE CLOTH!
>>69064111
tokenism to appease white guilt and diversity critics
Little white boi pussies can't handle a strong beautiful QUEEN
the merchants are still upset about longshanks
they're digging their own graves
which is sad, in its own way
>>69063633
I genuinely don't have a problem with this. Why can't a black person play a traditionally white character? It's no more misleading than Cumberbatch playing Richard III. Nobody is going to watch this and think that Margaret d'Anjou looked like that, or that Richard of York looked exactly like Sherlock Holmes. Shakespeare's plays already make the characters basically unrecognizable from their original real life inspirations.
>>69064129
Because we live in a time when black actors are much more frequent. I doubt it would have been possible to find a black stage actor in Britain at the time. This though is different. When there are plently of 40 something white women to play Cunt of Anjou.
I was watching Eastenders randomly last night and the storyline revolved around lesbianism, a disabled goblin, a black family, the square salty about a costco opening and I forget else what garbage.
Then it was revealed to me that one of the lesbians was in love with a dude back when he was a girl. I got up and left the room, is this 'BBC' now? Forced diversity in fucking everything?
WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH MY SAFE SPACE OF BEING A WHITE MALE IS BEING CHALLENGED
>>69064242
You need to take a step back and re-evaluate your life
>>69063714
>white people in 50
LMAO SENPAI
>>69064226
but lancelot is canonically horribly ugly
only modern versions turn him into a pretty boy
>>69064242
Is it, then, okay to have a white actor play Chaka Zulu or something?
>>69063973
Is that a British thing?
>>69063908
This shit writes itself
>>69063906
You know I'm sure there are plenty of inaccuracies in that religious too but conservatives aren't posting about those..I wonder why.
>>69063744
you mean that thing that we find silly and are happy no longer happens? or are you one of those guys who things female character should be played by men?
>>69063633
I'm more upset over how shitty that costume looks.
>>69064084
Ronald Regan was actually a clown who sold hamburgers.
>>69064242
DUDE LETS MAKE A MARTIN LUTHER KING MOVIE BUT HES PLAYED BY A WHITE GUY LMAO
BLACK PEOPLE WILL IGNORE IT LMAO
>>69064342
Because religious tv is shit, especially Christianity.
>>69063744
Exactly like that. People nowadays think that's stupid and weird because it is.
>>69063633
And yet I bet all of you were defending Scarjew as Major Motoko Kusanagi.
Where does all this boundless hypocrisy come from?
>>69064369
you could spam 'Ronald Reagan was a nonce' all over the internet and still couldn't get sued. Can't slander a dead man
>>69063906
>tfw people don't know this is from Star Trek DS9
>they are going to refute this even though there's a Star Fleet badge on old man Sisko
I hope no one falls for this...
>>69064309
Yes. Didn't a white guy play Michael Jackson? Or how about Liz Taylor playing Cleopatra? Jesus being played by white guys?
>>69063633
I was gonna say something but then I remembered I fucking love The Mikado and Madame Butterfly and they are kinda offensive as well.
>>69063807
Because one is a work of fiction based in the real world the other is a dramatisation of events that actually happened.
>>69064309
No because PoC have been historically discriminated against in Hollywood. To make up for the discrepancy and to make shows be more of an indication of what society as a whole looks like it's necessary for PoC to be given an advantage in this field
Sophie Okonedo is a good actress so I don't mind tbqh
Were you equally mad when Scott casted white people to play Egyptians instead of people from Egypt?
>>69064456
>they are kinda offensive as well.
Only if you're a liberal.
>>69064454
Both Cleopatra and Jesus were Caucasian so literally nothing wrong with that
>>69064062
There are female apes.
>>69064447
Why would we defend that?
Japs simply want to be and look white, have you ever watched an ''anime'' ?
>>69064454
>Or how about Liz Taylor playing Cleopatra
Cleopatra was Macedonian
>Jesus
Semitic Middle-Eastern, would have looked more white than anything else. Look at modern Syrians
>Michael Jackson
looked white for the majority of his career
>>69064495
So it's fine to cast actors who are a different race to the character then?
>>69064463
It's scary to think some people legitimately think this.
I mean, I know this poster is trolling, but some people out there buy into it.
>>69064492
No because we actually wuz kings
>>69064492
it wasn't egpytians making the movie. this is english people fucking up their own history, faggots
>>69064463
>PoC
This term is as dehumanizing as any slur.
>>69064495
Well. I should have said, they can be perceived by weak skinned faggots to be kinda offensive.Granted I am mostly liberal.
>>69064463
>to make shows be more of an indication of what society as a whole looks like it's necessary for PoC to be given an advantage in this field
15th century English society didn't have many PoC.
>>69064447
Always do the opposite of what the mainstream does.
>>69063633
>"LOL WHO CARES IF THEY CAST A WHITE PERSON IN AN OSTENSIBLY ASIAN ROLE, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE HAVING THE BEST ACTOR FOR THE ROLE AFTER ALL!"
>"HOW DARE THEY CAST A FUCKING NIGGER??"
Stay classy, /tv/.
>>69064301
I don't think his looks were ever described in detail, the knights of Arthurian times are almost always just described as tall and strong
>>69064530
>Cleopatra was Macedonian
Cleopatra was not Macedonian she was Ptolemaic. Pretty much the same though
>>69063633
>caring about BBC shows that looks like they're the same tier as awful shit like Merlin.
Who gives a fuck? Its gonna be terrible either way.
>>69064522
White people all wanna be black.
>>69064453
>implying Jesus wasn't a time traveling Starfleet captain
>>69064588
I don't know why but I can't picture John Wayne or Charlton Heston as anything but soldiers and cowboys.
>>69064178
We are all one race. The human race :)
>>69064588
>let's attribute these random comments from these random people as the same people who made this completely different comment that sure will show them
>>69064588
Didn't peoiple think that was stupid even back then adn only cast him becasue he demanded it?face isn't too far off there though DESU
>>69064214
Why not just put up a blank screen, then the audience can use their imagination for the real characters! I mean, since what's on the screen doesn't matter according to you.
>>69064509
Caucasian =/= white. Or do you consider Arabs to be white? Would you be OK with an Arab playing King Henry VIII?
>>69064643
Immigrants come to here to get BLEACHED son
>>69064702
>do you consider Arabs to be white
Yes
Do you not?
>>69064600
>Cleopatra was not Macedonian she was Ptolemaic
Ptolemy was a Macedonian general, and his family adopted Egyptian royal incest when they were granted the throne after Alexander. She was full-blooded Macedonian
>>69064702
Caucasian is a race, white is one of the phenotypes in the caucasian race
>>69064702
If he was a fair-skinned blue-eyed Arab like Assad sure, it would look realistic. You don't seem to grasp the concept that Christian Bale with a wig and a fake tan is undoubtedly going to look 100% more like a historical inhabitant of judea than someone like Denzel
>>69064600
Ptolemys WERE ancient Macedons ffs.
Don't care. It's an adaptation of Shakespeare play, not a historical documentary vying for total accuracy.
Does the actor portraying Henry VI have to have the same hair colour, height, eye colour as the subject?
>>69064692
>actually defending the big nosed cowboy from Iowa playing a Mongolian from the steppes
Not even surprised.
>>69064226
>>69064530
The Egyptian elite intermarried with the Ptolemies.
The typical Galilean Semite of the day would have had olive skin and brown eyes, not the blue eyes and blonde hair seen in his western iconography.
Michael Jackson was full negro.
>Oh, and she's Jewish too.
Why jews have no respect for themselfs?
>>69064744
No I dont, White is a laymen term that refers to a subgroup of Caucasians.
>>69064793
Exactly. Not all Caucasians are white.
>>69064728
Is this a parody? They look so uncomfortable.
>>69064913
Jews have pecking orders as well.
>>69064898
> not the blue eyes and blonde hair seen in his western iconography
such a meme, literally never seen him rapresented as such
>>69064588
There is no evidence of what the Khan actually looked like.
>>69064808
Assad is Aramaic-Phoenician.
>>69064457
They're both Shakespeare plays. If this was a true adaption on historical event, I admit I'd be bugged, but it's based off of Shakespeare works. Plays have historically been shown to not have casts that accurately portray their historical counterparts. I mean, they used to have women be played by men.
Besides, >>69064492 this. None of you actually care about accurate representation, you just don't like the sight of a black person playing a white.
>inb4 someone says Ancient Egyptians weren't black
Perhaps not exactly, but they definitely weren't white.
>>69063744
The men still dressed up to look like females though. By that logic, the actress should rub her face with chalk before filming in order to pass as a white person.
>>69064898
>The Egyptian elite intermarried with the Ptolemies
The Greeks/Makedonians who came with Ptolemy, yes, but the royal line itself was issued by incest, as the Pharaohs used to
>>69065034
There is a statue of him in Mongolia.
Anyways, it doesn't matter. That's the image that entered the public consciousness.
>>69064226
>Lancelot's main character trait is to cuck Arthur
>cast a black guy
You just can't make this shit up
>>69064986
>>69065112
Aramaic is a language, not an ethnicity, and the Phoenicians haven't existed since 500 BC you silly goose
>>69065175
>That's the image that entered the public consciousness
I don't think most people think Genghis Khan looked like John Wayne
>>69065175
Literally no one remember that movie
>>69065175
There are no paintings of him done during his life, everything else is based on Yuan period pieces which were created long after his death in the Chinese style.
>>69064226
>>69065184
>>69065270
>>69065217
You can't even say it's just /pol/. The entirety of 4Chan is littered with the word 'cuck', most of these fourteen year old's probably don't even visit /pol/ regularly.
>>69064856
>It was stupid
>defending
Ok Bud.
>>69065270
>Horowitz
>>69063633
The BBC has been a joke for years. That's what happens when you guarantee funding through what is essentially a tax, and remove any incentive to produce quality content. They start pandering to their paymasters in the government, and under the current dynamic of moderate-left versus far-left, that means forced diversity.
>>69065238
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arameans
>>69063633
Makes no fucking sense.
This isn't some fictional work in which interpretation is up in the air. No one really gave a shit that Idris Elba played Heimdall. I wouldn't mind a black Bond either. The characters aren't real, they can deviate from source material.
Casting a black woman to play a white Queen makes no sense. Are they going to make her entire family black, or is she an inexplicably black woman in the middle of an otherwise white and pale as fuck family?
Putting her in whiteface also seems absurd.
>>69065343
Yeah, because ITV & Sky produce such quality shows right?
>>69065387
It's definitely a fictional work.
Color blind casting based purely on acting ability is the only true patrician choice going forward.
No blackface/whiteface should be used either.
>>69065387
>Makes no fucking sense.
Makes perfect sense.
SJW and nu-male types will actively watch this show now.
It's pandering.
The college age adults of the UK now jerk themselves off about how progressive and accepting they are.
>>69063744
Yeah and that shit is creepy asf these days. Well done demonstrating the point though.
>>69065436
But only for plays.
>>69065256
>>69065258
>>69065259
Sorry, I meant the statue.
>>69065433
It's a history play
As in, the characters are real for the most part, especially the one called Margaret of Anjou
We are taking back the history that the white man STOLE from us
KILL ALL WHITES
BURN THIER BOOKS of Lies Called History
>>69063714
It will be laughed at, generally. It's really much more embarassing to blacks than it is to whites.
Whites have this epic history and culture and because blacks don't...whites have to gift blacks roles and prizes. This only makes whites look gracious and caring and makes blacks look sad.
>>69065436
>>69065473
And only when it's a white character being portrayed by a minority actor. Also acceptable would be a male character becoming female
My liberal friend's response:
>"Lol white people play nonwhite too but that is hilarious"
When, in modern culture, has a white person played a historical black person? Genuinely curious.
>>69065407
Don't like ITV? Don't contribute to their ad revenue by watching it.
Don't like Sky? Don't pay for their service.
Don't like the BBC? You're being investigated for not paying your TV license, shitlord.
It's not the same, and you fucking know it.
>>69065545
Ramses in Exodus
Commodus in Gladiator
>>69065512
Again, created after his death. If you want to get an Asian to play him, then you need to get a Mongol as they look much different from Chinese, Koreans, or Japanese.
>>69065545
That would require there to be historical black people of note.
>>69065525
They are fictional characters based on real ones.
>>69065545
John Wayne played Genghis Khan. Not black I know but Huns were basically the equivalent of the region.
>>69065545
A white guy played Mozart in Amadeus
>>69065596
So why did leftists throw a fit over the Ghost in the Shell casting? Some chapter of Japanese history I don't know about?
>>69065545
There aren't any historical black figures worth writing about.
>>69063744
Even at the time they realized how silly it was, Shakespeare makes meta jokes out of the men dressed as women all the fucking time.
Do you think the BBC is going to point and laugh at a black woman playing a white role?
>>69065600
>you'd understand blind casting
If you think what the BBC did is "blind casting" then you're moronic beyond reproach.
>>69065473
What do you think this TV adaptation is of, anon?
>>69065545
pic related was played by Angelina Jolie.
>>69065580
Neither Ramses or Commodus were black.
My god, being black must be so sad.
>>69065630
I'm a leftist and I'm perfectly fine with this casting.
>>69065651
That's literally what it is, colourblind casting is the normal way to do Shakespeare, they decided to cast it like it was a play.
Fucking braindead /pol/tards should kill themselves, they live to be outraged by inane things.
>>69065580
Both Caucasian, one undoubtedly white
>>69065580
lol
>>69065594
lol
>>69065614
Not modern.
>>69065616
lol
>>69065647
lol true
>>69065662
Who the fuck even is that?
>>69065647
This
>>69064793
What are Mexicans?
>>69065698
I would agree in any other case, but this is the BBC we're talking about, they revel in the idea of sticking non-white characters wherever they can, even when painfully out of place
>>69065678
I understand why you are refusing to believe such facts because this is the system of ''facts'' we have been brought up in, but let me drop some elite truth bombs.
We have been lied to about the true (African) nature of the antique past, and until well into what became known as the Dark Ages much of the European elites of the classical world were African.
>>69063744
Men played the female characters because actresses were literally forbidden in Elizabethan theatre. It's the same thing with traditional Kabuki theatre.
>>69064588
at least hes pretending to be asian
>>69065780
So it's just your retarded prejudice talking.
They revel in making historically accurate TV shows too and adapting works of literature more faithfully than anyone else would bother. They also have a long history of stage adaptations, this isn't the first time this has happened, it's fucking normal when it comes to theatre.
There is no reason to be triggered by it unless you like being angry at things.
>>69065807
troll post lad
>>69065678
Ramses was, though.
Guessing you guys don't like Hamilton then.
>>69065920
Don't make me say it...
>>69065780
Not the guy you're replying to, but that has to be the lamest most backwards ass argument I've seen in a while.
>I'd agree with you in any other case except this specific just one because I say so
>>69065942
Hamilton is on a whole other level when it comes to this stuff. Makes the BBC casting look tame
>>69064226
Not even the Saracens were this dark.
>>69065920
>>69065807
A hahahahaha
>>69065957
Literally nothing wrong with what I said. The BBC likes sticking minority characters wherever they can. If you can't see this you're just being wilfully ignorant
>literally blackwashing history
>>69065900
>It's an abstract kind of Jewing
>>69065942
Hamilton is intentionally making a statement with it's black cast. In the case this, it's casting was done to imitate theater- where race is often irrelevant. This is not a true adaption of historical events, it's an adaption of a play.
Any POC playing a white historical figure aka THE PEOPLE WHO OPPRESSED US is a sellout traitorous piece of shit and should be shot
>>69066048
Not really, no. Again it's mostly just blind casting, which, as this adaptation shows, is something they like the idea of being in TV as well as theatre. I don't see what there is to be offended about, the idea gives minorities shots at better roles and doesn't really change anything unless you have heavy autism.
For historical adaptations I can see the argument against it, but this show is Shakespeare, it's a whole different thing.
>>69065920
No he wasn't. Stick to stealing iPhones and Nikes, and stop stealing other people's histories.
>>69065630
Because those people are idiots. I'm leftist and perfectly fine with it. Why? Because the Japanese, the original creators of the work, are fine with it.
>>69065982
Hamiltion is intentionally messing with historical accuracy to make a statement about race senpai. It's quite clever.
I haven't watched this BBC programme so for all it could be doing the same thing.
so is anyone actually going to post some smart high powered black political figures ?
>>69066218
*crickets chirping *
>>69066198
so smeeeeert
catering to liberals, sjws and cucks who are rampant right now, controlling most forms of media and universities, been spreading like a cancer for 2~ years.
yes very xd le smert to cash in on the droves of brainless copy cats, who will lap up any liquid in front of their gaping mouths, including and especially bbc semen
>>69066218
Mansa Musa? He spent so much gold in foreign countries that the inflation destroyed them.
>>69066056
It's a favourite tool of Marxists.
>>69066302
This is the most mindbroken I've ever seen someone be by /pol/. Probably in a constant ahego as he types
>>69064178
dat AKM doe, beautiful patina
>>69065835
Precisely. The casting of men in female roles was out of necessity. Casting blacks in white roles reeks of SJW agenda pushing.
>>69066341
same shtick, someone rails out truths and you spam pol, sad lil cuck
or are you really that oblivious that you don't know what the fuck is going on around you in the world, or are you really that autistic that you haven't been out in the world for a while to see what it's like ?
>>69066218
Let's cast Justin beebs as mlk, blind casting ya know
>>69065722
A Jew.
>>69066513
You might think I'm shitting you... but Justin Bieber actually legally changed his race from white to african american.
>>69065678
IT IZ FÁM. DATS WHY WE NEEDS TUH TAKE YO CHARUCTERS AND 'STORICAL FIGURZ FO OWSELVZ.
>>69066496
Dem fucking chemtrails right?
HOL UP NIGGA
>>69066671
Once Upon a Time is so shitty I don't even care.
>>69066709
My wife's son likes that show. So does her boyfriend, I think
>>69066709
it's a fucking show about fairytales, only /tv/ cares about it
![ancient-roman-lucius-played-by-hiroshi-abe-is-transported-into-modern-japan-bathhouse-fb-film-review[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/uXgdiZn.png "ancient-roman-lucius-played-by-hiroshi-abe-is-transported-into-modern-japan-bathhouse-fb-film-review[1].png")
The thing I find weirdest of all is that the BBC still haven't disabled comments or rating.
They always censor anyone who calls them out.
>>69066828
>literal government censorship
Glad I live in America
Black actress as Queen Elizabeth II in her biopic when?
What are some good historical releases that have stirred up race controversy?
>Kathleen Mavourneen
>At the release of the 1919 film, Irish and Catholic groups protested not only the depiction of Ireland but the use of a Jewish actress for the leading role. Fox Film Corporation pulled the film after several movie-theater riots and bomb threats.
>>69066828
>britcucks
>>69064701
That's the worst counter argument I've read in my life, jesus. You're slippery slopping way too hard.
>>69067269
>not understanding principle
>>69064233
>>69063633
Disgusting, she's not only ugly and not European, she's a shitty actress too.
>>69067333
>interracial relationships are more common in Britain than anywhere else in Europe
>Britcucks
>>69066828
>broke the house rules
What kind of pippy way of writing is this?
>>69063807
Othello is North African, they even have a percentage of pale skins and light hair/eyes there too you know. Not everyone in Africa looks like Jay Z.When will black people stop appropriating all of African culture?
>>69067385
The British government is basically an SJW nanny that treats its people like children
>>69067324
You're being ridiculous and we both know it.
>>69067333
This is why BBC Three isn't a TV channel anymore.
>>69067333
I will never understand state-owned television
How could someone possibly defend this?
>inb4 muh no ads
>>69063893
Then why do we have expectations that mythical Egyptian deities, cyborgs, and fictional tribespeople from Never Never Land have to be black, Japanese and Native American? We have such an expectation of that, that people virtually commit suicide when American studios cater to their mostly white audience.
>>69067333
From what I've or saw in different media, blacks in the UK seem way more integrated to society and successful than blacks in the USA.
>>69067141
Queen Elizabeth II: A portrait
starring Gabourey Sidibibe
based on the novel by Sapphire
featuring Samuel L. Jackson as Prince George
>>69067333
Why would you shoop this when there's piles of actual examples of the BBC being pro-racemixing?
>>69067491
By and large, yes, but a lot of them still nig hard.
>>69067491
That's because whitey is holding black people back in the US, while in Britain the men let black guys in to tag team their wives
>>69065270
Fucking jews.
>>69067415
No, you're saying that what we see on screen needs no connection to the actual characters, which is ridiculous.
>>69067491
No, they still do much worse at school and commit far more crimes than the average Briton. They do better than black Americans but that's honestly a really low bar. Black Americans are a nightmare. Black Britons are just struggling due to lower average IQs and the fact that most people don't want to date them.
>>69065698
How many blacks did Shakespeare cast? Oh none? So your claim that blackwashing is the correct way to do Shakespeare is incorrect, how unusual for a lefty.
>>69066144
Why is giving invaders roles for free in any way a good thing? Fuck you for trying to destroy my history.
>>69067611
No I'm not, I'm saying that it's impossible to create a 100% accurate imitation of historical characters especially in the context of Shakespeare's history plays.
Out of curiosity, are you offended by movies such as Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus or Ian McKellan's Macbeth? I'd say those two movies have as much strained correlation to the the historical personas as this production.
>>69067784
>Ian McKellan's Macbeth
McKellen's Richard III, even
>>69067689
>that reading comprehension
kek mate, I'd stop before I embarrassed myself even further.
>>69067784
>lel we can never be 100% accurate, so we shouldn't try at all
Differing from a character should only be done for a specific plot purpose that has an actual justification, not just "because" or for "diversity."
>>69063865
Here's your (You) bernout.
>>69067385
It's just leftist speak for I don't like what you are saying so you can't say it.
The left are the biggest fascists on Earth today.
>>69063633
SURELY people are getting tired of this shit?
>>69067505
Keep your /pol/-tier politics out of art.
>>69067491
Good lord no, they worship American blacks like a religion.
>>69067533
That isn't a shoop m8. I know the BBC seem like a parody at this point, but lefties are genuinely that mentally ill.
>>69063865
>Who cares that a person who has actually existed is being blackwashed because of a very recent political ideology.
Holy fuck, kill yourself you stupid cuck.
>>69067828
I know but you just keep going. You're just shitposting anyway, nobody who comes here would genuinely hold your vile views.
Is there a source for this?
Google gives me nothing
>>69067843
You have no evidence that this was done just for diversity, and the character was never even written explicitly to look like anything. In fact, Margaret of Anjou was originally played by white, English children.
Have you considered she was casted on the merits of her acting?
>>69063633
You could easily make an argument that this practice is racist. It basically implies that there were no interesting or important black historical figures, so they have to turn white figures black.
>>69067952
Do you really think one character from one show is going to overwrite the person's entire history?
>>69068020
She is a person who has actually existed and there are paintings of her from that time, you fucking retard.
>>69068020
>You have no evidence that this was done just for diversity
The color of the actress' skin.
>Have you considered she was casted on the merits of her acting?
No because they could find just as worthy white actresses.
Stop making excuses.
>>69067988
It is strangely hidden on the net. The trailer is hard to find unless you know what you are looking for and it doesn't even have an IMDB page.
Here is the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0kO-pVsc3E
It's almost like they are trying to minimise its presence after being called out on their racist casting.
>>69065753
Halfbloods
>>69067848
Boy a site doesn't allow racist epithets and racial slurs in their comments section, oh what terrible leftist fascism!
>>69068020
>You have no evidence that this was done just for diversity
It's the BBC.
>>69068110
Here is your reply.
>>69068071
>>69068088
Why are you two fine with her being played by Caucasian boys but not fine with her being played by a black woman?
