Batman is a straight white billionaire! People won't know which way to be offendedJackyJoll wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 10:11 am“Open to genuine batmen only.”Count Steer wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 9:01 am Could be fun recasting Mrs Doubtfire, historical characters will have to be played by dead people, only straight actors can play straight characters, 'trouser roles' in opera will be played by blokes, they'll need a posse of nuns for Call the Midwife and ordinary humans can't be cast as superheros. What larks they'll have finding their Superman.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 10:37 amBatman is a straight white billionaire!JackyJoll wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 10:11 am“Open to genuine batmen only.”Count Steer wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 9:01 am Could be fun recasting Mrs Doubtfire, historical characters will have to be played by dead people, only straight actors can play straight characters, 'trouser roles' in opera will be played by blokes, they'll need a posse of nuns for Call the Midwife and ordinary humans can't be cast as superheros. What larks they'll have finding their Superman.
Not in the next “Get woke, go broke” production he’s not.
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'Colour blind casting' is quite the thing when deciding who should pretend to be somebody else for your entertainment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color-bli ... r%20gender.
Ergo, why should it matter if the Gentile Helen Mirren plays Jewish Golda Meir?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color-bli ... r%20gender.
Ergo, why should it matter if the Gentile Helen Mirren plays Jewish Golda Meir?
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I'm not really bothered if it matters or not but it should be applied consistently so I'm expecting the next Snow White to be a real princess.gremlin wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:02 am 'Colour blind casting' is quite the thing when deciding who should pretend to be somebody else for your entertainment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color-bli ... r%20gender.
Ergo, why should it matter if the Gentile Helen Mirren plays Jewish Golda Meir?
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And a virgin.Mussels wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 12:07 pmI'm not really bothered if it matters or not but it should be applied consistently so I'm expecting the next Snow White to be a real princess.gremlin wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:02 am 'Colour blind casting' is quite the thing when deciding who should pretend to be somebody else for your entertainment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color-bli ... r%20gender.
Ergo, why should it matter if the Gentile Helen Mirren plays Jewish Golda Meir?
It's all going to play havoc with the village panto.
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Really kill the Nativity too, not just a virgin but three wise men.Count Steer wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 1:00 pmAnd a virgin.
It's all going to play havoc with the village panto.
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Oh no it isn't.Count Steer wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 1:00 pmAnd a virgin.Mussels wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 12:07 pmI'm not really bothered if it matters or not but it should be applied consistently so I'm expecting the next Snow White to be a real princess.gremlin wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:02 am 'Colour blind casting' is quite the thing when deciding who should pretend to be somebody else for your entertainment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color-bli ... r%20gender.
Ergo, why should it matter if the Gentile Helen Mirren plays Jewish Golda Meir?
It's all going to play havoc with the village panto.
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Iirc the G~d thing has appeared in a few films . . .
That's going to be a tricky one too.
That's going to be a tricky one too.
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Dave Baddiel had a go at the Oppenheimer film a couple of weeks ago in the times. Apparently as Cillian Murphy isn’t Jewish then he shouldn’t be playing Oppenheimer.gremlin wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:02 am 'Colour blind casting' is quite the thing when deciding who should pretend to be somebody else for your entertainment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color-bli ... r%20gender.
Ergo, why should it matter if the Gentile Helen Mirren plays Jewish Golda Meir?
It was a little bit tongue in cheek, but is was an observation that the politically correct appropriate casting of other races doesn’t seem to appear to be the case with Jews.
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They will just get one of the big Instagram Influencers to put a superman top on and tell everyone he has superpowers, that's all it takes these days isn't it?Count Steer wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 9:01 am Could be fun recasting Mrs Doubtfire, historical characters will have to be played by dead people, only straight actors can play straight characters, 'trouser roles' in opera will be played by blokes, they'll need a posse of nuns for Call the Midwife and ordinary humans can't be cast as superheros. What larks they'll have finding their Superman.
Just look at Prime, it's just another drink people don't need but because a big pair of online Idiotfluencers say it's amazing then everyone goes and buys it!
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I expect he made a fuss when Anthony Sher played Richard III too, the English king being a hunchback, English, (not South African) and not gay or Jewish. Works all ways up dunnit?wheelnut wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:19 pmDave Baddiel had a go at the Oppenheimer film a couple of weeks ago in the times. Apparently as Cillian Murphy isn’t Jewish then he shouldn’t be playing Oppenheimer.gremlin wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:02 am 'Colour blind casting' is quite the thing when deciding who should pretend to be somebody else for your entertainment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color-bli ... r%20gender.
Ergo, why should it matter if the Gentile Helen Mirren plays Jewish Golda Meir?
It was a little bit tongue in cheek, but is was an observation that the politically correct appropriate casting of other races doesn’t seem to appear to be the case with Jews.
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Forgive my ignorance, my isn't Judaism a religion? Does this then mean that an actor's religious leanings have to be taken into consideration when casting, too?wheelnut wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:19 pmDave Baddiel had a go at the Oppenheimer film a couple of weeks ago in the times. Apparently as Cillian Murphy isn’t Jewish then he shouldn’t be playing Oppenheimer.gremlin wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:02 am 'Colour blind casting' is quite the thing when deciding who should pretend to be somebody else for your entertainment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color-bli ... r%20gender.
Ergo, why should it matter if the Gentile Helen Mirren plays Jewish Golda Meir?
It was a little bit tongue in cheek, but is was an observation that the politically correct appropriate casting of other races doesn’t seem to appear to be the case with Jews.
Wow. It's getting complicated.
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Judaism is, yes, but you can be a Jewish atheist. I guess you could be a Catholic too.gremlin wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 5:21 pmForgive my ignorance, my isn't Judaism a religion?wheelnut wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:19 pmDave Baddiel had a go at the Oppenheimer film a couple of weeks ago in the times. Apparently as Cillian Murphy isn’t Jewish then he shouldn’t be playing Oppenheimer.gremlin wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:02 am 'Colour blind casting' is quite the thing when deciding who should pretend to be somebody else for your entertainment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color-bli ... r%20gender.
Ergo, why should it matter if the Gentile Helen Mirren plays Jewish Golda Meir?
It was a little bit tongue in cheek, but is was an observation that the politically correct appropriate casting of other races doesn’t seem to appear to be the case with Jews.
Judaism is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. It has its roots as an organized religion in the Middle East during the Bronze Age.
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I think ridiculous is the word, not complicatedgremlin wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 5:21 pmForgive my ignorance, my isn't Judaism a religion? Does this then mean that an actor's religious leanings have to be taken into consideration when casting, too?wheelnut wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 4:19 pmDave Baddiel had a go at the Oppenheimer film a couple of weeks ago in the times. Apparently as Cillian Murphy isn’t Jewish then he shouldn’t be playing Oppenheimer.gremlin wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:02 am 'Colour blind casting' is quite the thing when deciding who should pretend to be somebody else for your entertainment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color-bli ... r%20gender.
Ergo, why should it matter if the Gentile Helen Mirren plays Jewish Golda Meir?
It was a little bit tongue in cheek, but is was an observation that the politically correct appropriate casting of other races doesn’t seem to appear to be the case with Jews.
Wow. It's getting complicated.
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I think being a Jew is more than a religion, not sure it’s a race, but I would say it’s definitely an ethnic group.
In baddiel’s case he’s a Jew and an atheist. As he never tires of telling us.
And acting should be acting.
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It can't be a race/ethnicity because there are Asian, Black, White & Arab Jews. It's merely a religion, anything other claim is bullshit... unless you think I'd suddenly become black if I converted to Rastafarianism or Asian if I became a Buddhist etc?
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Is it ok that shops can bribe the police to get a better service?John Lewis Partnership, which owns both brands, has written to the Police Federation to say officers can make the most of the offer - as long as they bring a reusable cup.
Its head of security said that even just having a police car parked outside might deter would-be thieves.