I actually think you’re over-thinking it a bit. I used to work as an interpreter and went to a few casting events. There’s language that you hear repeated that intimates casters are looking for actors from a specific ethnic group for a part when the story doesn’t dictate that nor require it. It’s as simple as saying,…

Events like this one and the Black Panther movie raise the question of what is the right way to increase black and other minority representation in films.

Congratulations. “White people invented movies, so we should only have white people in movies” is the stupidest thing I’ve read all day, and I’ve been reading Charles Murray’s Human Accomplishment.

What the hell does “whites invented motion picture (and TV)“ have anything to do with my POV (also I did mention any race but white) ? My main point was promoting STORIES with other races in the lead role that stray away from the tired stereotypes. I’m saying let’s see some stories about diverse characters (and I…

Which isn’t even mentioning that the scene featuring the first CGI actor was so dimly lit that he was not clearly or recognizably a person of color for many viewers (or at least most the viewers in my family). Or that the second one has a Caribbean accent even though human heads were only shrunk(en?) in the Amazon*…

It’s not that these film companies bypass actors of colour, but that they’re choosing scripts/stories that feature predominantly white characters (or in several cases white washing entire scripts). We need to see more scripts where the main characters are any race but white. Sure have a couple of Caucasians in the…

Not to mention how Lavender Brown magically became white when she started dating Ron.

They should combine all the scenes from all 8 movies that featured a black actor into a single 3-minute video. That would really underscore their point.

It does pain me to be this nit picky, but Blade Runner shouldn’t count. The theatrical cut is not the beloved one and that’s the only one that would qualify for 1982.

There’s a lot of old testament stories that could be made into good movies. It’s kind of a shame they all get made into D+ modern christian garbage.

Not your fault, but my inner historian cringes at “4,000 year old story”. This is probably closer to 2700. It represents a fundamentally 8-7th century BCE reality in the area.

The Prince of Egypt is pretty darn good about it. With hands down the greatest “explaining to someone that you just talked to God” scene ever.

I mean...it isn’t though. You release a movie the same weekend as a giant blockbuster, you’re either a complete moron or you’re trying to get some counter-programming in. That’s why you’ll often see stuff like romcoms coming out around the same time as action blockbusters...they’re hoping to attract the audience that…

The problem with religious movies is that they focus on the religious part and then beat you over the fucking head with it for another two hours. It’s like asking a GOP congressman what they really think of Trump. They don’t want to insult any of his constituents so either lie or hedge.

With a heavy does of stupidity, since the “real” Samson (assuming he existed) would have been pretty damn brown. It’s a source of continual amusement to me that white American Christians routinely think of (and depict) Biblical figures as being Caucasian.

Pitting this as the Godly alternative to Black Panther really highlights the white supremacist underpinnings of American evangelicals.

yep. Also known as just being good at their jobs.

That’s what i miss about Letterman. He’d push his staff to give the best material they could each night, but he lived for running with stuff that had awkwardly bombed.

Conan is better at setting up jokes. He even makes fun of himself if he knows a joke doesn’t sell well to an audience.

“it’s unlikely the writer or the audience were thinking about comedy formulas when those funny words first hit their ears”