in order for a black guy to make sense in the role of Bond his whole background story would have to be rewritten and then what is the point of calling him James Bond.
What background story and why would it have to be re-written?
KT
What background story and why would it have to be re-written?
KT
The one where his parents are white.:|
I don't know why anyone would have a problem with this. You know, other than just racism.
OTOH, the idea of race not playing a role in casting is fucking retarded. 'So we're making this movie about Richard Nixon, but we didn't want to be offensive, so we cast an elderly Filipino woman to play him.'
Casting SHOULD include considerations for race, just like it does gender. No, everyone is not the same. But it's different from saying a fictional character has always been protrayed by white people, so he should continue to always be portrayed by white people, even if it's at the expense of the movies being fucking awful.
all we really know about James Bond:
--He's an orphan
--He was in the Navy
Damn it, the Navy is whites only isn't it?
KT
You can't have a black guy play the lead in a movie. They'd have the black guy killed off in the first 20 minutes.
The one where his parents are white.:|
I don't know why anyone would have a problem with this. You know, other than just racism.
OTOH, the idea of race not playing a role in casting is fucking retarded. 'So we're making this movie about Richard Nixon, but we didn't want to be offensive, so we cast an elderly Filipino woman to play him.'
Casting SHOULD include considerations for race, just like it does gender. No, everyone is not the same. But it's different from saying a fictional character has always been protrayed by white people, so he should continue to always be portrayed by white people, even if it's at the expense of the movies being fucking awful.
in order for a black guy to make sense in the role of Bond his whole background story would have to be rewritten and then what is the point of calling him James Bond.
all we really know about James Bond:
--He's an orphan
--He was in the Navy
If they stop pretending that all the James Bonds are supposed to be the same fictional character and instead take the series in a direction where 007 is actually a role that just gets filled by the next best agent when the previous one falls, then yes, I'd be all for a black Bond.
Otherwise, no, the character is white. Its not a matter of race as much as its not a matter of gender, and why we're not asking the same thing about why a female couldn't play the character.