Re: CBS Casts Supergirl
Posted by pijon on 2015/5/15 19:57:43
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sigh... okay, yeah... I guess I got to be the politically incorrect one here. I do agree with Hawk that for far too many years, comic book heroes have been overly represented by white guys and there should be more representation of cultural diversity BUT that does not mean that I agree with re-writing white guys into black guys or women or turning straight guys gay. Just write new characters who are culturally diverse! Let's not be so quick to shrug this off as nothing. Star, you say it's just a simple way to add diversity but let's switch that script: Suppose they made Luke Cage and Black Panther white guys? Me? I'd lose my marbles over that nonsense! I think there's something integral about the way their ethnicity informs their character development. It can be the same for some of the white guys too. Perhaps it's less offensive when done to minor characters but who determines whose minor? Jimmy Olson successfully carried his own title for years and King Kirby himself wrote and drew it for a while! Once upon a time, these superheroes represented the power of the individual to rise up against overwhelming odds but now, they've been co-opted by the corporations... it's no longer the power of the individual, it's really just any latest interchangeable cog in the machine. Why? Let's peel off this saccharine coating of all this PC nonsense to see what's really going on! The REAL reason these companies have made the characters so interchangeable is for legal reasons: so they don't have to give credit and royalties to those original creators by making their original contribution seem less substantial! ...and that is also why so much recycling goes on: who in their right mind, would create something new and good for these companies to steal and plunder and take credit for? I for one, am resentful of the haphazard treatment of so many great characters although like most of us, my outrage over the matter has dulled from seeing it happen countless times.
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Dragondack wrote:
Opps whole new can of worms,
I knew I shouldn't have mentioned this touchy subject but since I did I might as well explain myself.
I used to be a very big comic book guy for a very long time.
I am not a prejudice guy and
I have many Black friends but
why do all these guys in TV casting think they are being Politically correct by
casting Black people in role that were originally drawn and written in as white people,
that would tantamount to be like casting Roots as a White slavery movie.
SAY MAYBE WE COULD DO AN ELSEWHERE MOVIE WHERE....naaaa bad idea!!!
I actually do not have a problem with the different races playing characters such as Jimmy Olsen because his race doesn't really matter.
I have a problem with the new fantastic four movies casting because if the human torch is black, Invisible girl should be black as well because they are siblings but she isn't. Them being brother and sister are a large part of the groups and characters dynamic and from the casting you can see that this has been changed and that is what I have a problem with.
I find in a large amount of media from film, TV, comics etc. Minorities are grossly under represented particularly the older the media is, the less characters of minority appear. So I don't mind at all them changing of supporting characters race when it doesn't matter. I rather they hire a good actor for the part then be stuck on race.
sigh... okay, yeah... I guess I got to be the politically incorrect one here. I do agree with Hawk that for far too many years, comic book heroes have been overly represented by white guys and there should be more representation of cultural diversity BUT that does not mean that I agree with re-writing white guys into black guys or women or turning straight guys gay. Just write new characters who are culturally diverse! Let's not be so quick to shrug this off as nothing. Star, you say it's just a simple way to add diversity but let's switch that script: Suppose they made Luke Cage and Black Panther white guys? Me? I'd lose my marbles over that nonsense! I think there's something integral about the way their ethnicity informs their character development. It can be the same for some of the white guys too. Perhaps it's less offensive when done to minor characters but who determines whose minor? Jimmy Olson successfully carried his own title for years and King Kirby himself wrote and drew it for a while! Once upon a time, these superheroes represented the power of the individual to rise up against overwhelming odds but now, they've been co-opted by the corporations... it's no longer the power of the individual, it's really just any latest interchangeable cog in the machine. Why? Let's peel off this saccharine coating of all this PC nonsense to see what's really going on! The REAL reason these companies have made the characters so interchangeable is for legal reasons: so they don't have to give credit and royalties to those original creators by making their original contribution seem less substantial! ...and that is also why so much recycling goes on: who in their right mind, would create something new and good for these companies to steal and plunder and take credit for? I for one, am resentful of the haphazard treatment of so many great characters although like most of us, my outrage over the matter has dulled from seeing it happen countless times.
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