Yeah, @disqus_L0kJyl1sXj:disqus - the notion of rewriting American history specifically grits me a bit, too. I kind of hope it turns out Lucy's original theory was way off base, and they travel further back and forth in time and space than Big Moments in American History!

Couldn't he at least shave?

And that's fair, @rbatty024:disqus - it's not like Marvel or Benedict Cumberbatch, who seems to always just end up with White "Stars" in non-White roles. Though to give Marvel credit, they also cast Idris Elba as Heimdall, Rosario Dawson as Claire "Night Nurse" Temple, and Jennifer Lopez Marisa Tomei as Aunt May, so…

It was more racebending in that case than whitewashing - and to be fair, the movie had originally cast Indian actor Irrfan Khan (The Namesake, Maqbool, Piku) in the role. Unfortunately, production got delayed, and he'd already committed that timeframe to movies in India, including Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's return to…

True, @rev_skarekroe:disqus - only in Burr's case, he was added by the American Distributor after the fact, and about sixteen minutes of the movie got cut to include Burr's "Correspondent Steve Martin"(!), including a lot of speeches and discussion about the horrors of nuclear war and how eager Americans are to use…

You already did by quoting "Leftist Denial", @disqus_rdvxthWHxA:disqus .

Before you accuse me of "Leftist Denial", @disqus_rdvxthWHxA:disqus and @disqus_q9gcBYfPSt:disqus, you MIGHT want to read more recent studies that seriously question their validity - like this one.

I would need to see the study before I decided if had any validity, or just greasing Right Wing Prejudices about Gays, @disqus_rdvxthWHxA:disqus.

@rev_skarekroe:disqus - umm, he's White, and therefore the Natural Ruler of All…?

I haven't really watched The Last Ship, @sigrid28:disqus - but I did see Last Resort, with a somewhat similar premise of a US Navy vessel under extreme circumstances, and how discipline might break down (and how it wouldn't) in that case. But both are with people in what amounts to a pressure-cooker situation,…

I absolutely agree, @starling2:disqus - but I think the notion that news could be profitable rather than a form of community service also had an impact beginning in the Seventies. I remember The Mary Tyler Moore Show doing an episode on "Happy Talk News", where Mr. Grant informs Mary that the station with a Happy Talk…

@Jay S. - I have heard things like that, but never outside the locker room, and absolutely never in polite company.

Can we just agree they're both bad, and move on?

Hey, Ben and Jerry's did, too!

@Dino Ironbody - it used to be an ideal the mainstream media at least aspired to.

if Matt Damon is the "token white guy", I have no problem with that.

@Battlecar Compactica - given the last time he said that we got The Leisure Class? I wouldn't hold my breath on that….

@sigrid28 - stop putting words into my mouth to suit your agenda.

Well, the moment you said "Lefist denial" you showed your own Right-Wing bigotry, @Jane Dough.

And White Canary!