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Originally Posted by wannashag
Would you not say that Hollywood is the most diverse film industry in the world?
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..I think that because it is seen as that..(hasn't Idris himself just said that UK actors have to go to the USA/Hollywood for the diversity and that shouldn't be the case...)...that it has to be a leader in giving neutral parts more to black actors...and also, adapting parts if necessary and if that's something that's feasible for the character..I mean it has come some way over the years but just not enough though...even one of my favourite movies, Breakfast at Tiffany's had the 'all American' Mickey Rooney playing Mr Yunioshi in the most dreadfully stereotypical racist way...was there no Asian actors at all that could have been considered, not one single person to seek acting as something they wanted to do..an 'up and coming'...(because 'starlets' were very much the thing I think at that time..)...or was there just none that had been accepted and signed up to a studio...hmmmmm..so yeah, it has progressed but considering that Hollywood is a world leader in movies, then just not even nearly enough...I mean, with changing already established white characters, if that's not changed for us to see black actors in those parts and equally convincing in them with their acting abilities...if that's shied away from in thinking...oh will this be accepted because this character has always been white previously, then nothing will ever change and progress, will it...we have to make those changes first and then see if they're accepted, not anticipate it all in a negative way...
...I was thinking though last night/the further irony of it all...Mel Gibson, the all American 'perfect and can do no wrong, we love you actor'....great for the studio's image, eh...?...when he was openly racist, then he was shunned/his career in ruins..(and rightly so/idiot..)... because pfffft, Hollywood and Hollywood Executives don't approve of and don't condone racism, we'll have none of that here thank you very much...(but obviously we still won't address more roles for black actors in the decision making because that isn't racist....and when there's a perfectly adequate white actor for the role anyway....why look any further than that..?...)...