Controversy as black actress plays white cat

[Northern Monkey]

The trailer for the live-action version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical smash dropped on Thursday night, and now many fans who have viewed it say Francesca’s fur not matching her skin tone is an example of ‘racism’.

‘Whitewashing’ is a term that refers to Hollywood’s long history of sidelining black actors and preferring to cast mostly white leads in films.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbi...-whitewashing/

Should whiting up be allowed even if it’s a cat?

[Marsh.]

I don't see the issue tbh.

There are white actors playing darker furred cats.

THEY'RE PLAYING CATS FFS!!!

[LeatherTrumpet]

Neem has a very white cat

[armand.kay]

is there really controversy or has the sun found a few tweets with like 4 retweets and is using them to rile people up?

[armand.kay]

i’m not gonna give them the clicks so if someone could let me know

[Dezzy]

Originally Posted by armand.kay

is there really controversy or has the sun found a few tweets with like 4 retweets and is using them to rile people up?

TBH.

It smacks of a trashy tabloid trying to stir up outrage.

[Elliot]

Originally Posted by armand.kay

is there really controversy or has the sun found a few tweets with like 4 retweets and is using them to rile people up?

probably the latter, as usual

[Cherie]

why is everyone so riled up about everything these days, relax

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Cherie

why is everyone so riled up about everything these days, relax

speak for yourself, i am feline fine

[armand.kay]

Originally Posted by Cherie

why is everyone so riled up about everything these days, relax

literally nobody cares this is a non story published to elicit this exact response.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by armand.kay

literally nobody cares this is a non story published to elicit this exact response.

if you read the article there are lots of people very angry

[user17866]

...etc, etc, etc wrote one angry fan...etc, etc, etc as well thank you, added another angry fan...I guess there must be a history of mocking and ridiculing white cats is what it is that is causing offence...

[armand.kay]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

if you read the article there are lots of people very angry

a hand full of tweets of not a lot of people dear

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by armand.kay

literally nobody cares this is a non story published to elicit this exact response.

its a story published to illicit the response to relax, I am not with you

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

speak for yourself, i am feline fine

feline fine or spitting a fur ball, which?

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by armand.kay

a hand full of tweets of not a lot of people dear

listen "dear" i have appliances older than you so please refrain from trying to patronise me to make some point

make your point politely and keep tibb toxicity free

[Mokka]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

listen "dear" i have appliances older than you so please refrain from trying to patronise me to make some point

make your point politely and keep tibb toxicity free

Will your appliances be playing in the TiBB old vs young game??

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Mokka

Will your appliances be playing in the TiBB old vs young game??

I think the toaster has already signed up

[armand.kay]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

listen "dear" i have appliances older than you so please refrain from trying to patronise me to make some point

make your point politely and keep tibb toxicity free

sue me.

[parmnion]

Originally Posted by Mokka

Will your appliances be playing in the TiBB old vs young game??

Perched for LT'S electronic vibrating butt plug going head on with your vegetable peeler collection.

[Elliot]

one of the two tweets calling it white washing only has 2 likes lmfao almost all of these like 5 tweets do as well

anyway the film looks ****

[smudgie]

Strewth, is this what the world of today has to offer.
Stupidity for the sake of it.
It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so barmy.

[Alf]

I wonder if George Galloway auditioned for the part?

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I don't see the issue tbh.

There are white actors playing darker furred cats.

THEY'RE PLAYING CATS FFS!!!

This.

The only time that I've seen racism for this kinda thing was the Last Airbender Film as it's clearly based around Asian culture so having a white Aang just doesn't feel right.

But going back to the topic, who seriously cares who is playing which Cat?

[Alf]

Isn't a black woman, Lashana Lynch. gonna be the new James Bond, or the new 007 or something? I heard that somewhere recently.

I thought James Bond was 007?