Fun fact about the Lone Ranger, the most likely real world basis for the protagonist is a man named Bass Reeves. He was black, and an escaped slave. The misrepresentation has been present since the beginning, if I'm not mistaken.
this post was submitted on 23 Sep 2024
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Why do they only replace characters with red hair?
Many people in ficiton have red hair, but it's a very rare trait in real life, so they figure "hey, since we can't make this character look accurate, let's not even try."
I‘m sure there are some Irish actors but they probably have the wrong accent for big movies
I complain about all of it. Yeah I'm sure it "doesn't affect the story" for most things, but I feel either get someone who is the correct race or make a new character.
Then this meme isn't about you, is it? Seems pretty obviously about the people who do not care about the first ones and suddenly care when it is reversed.
Yup. Characters should remain consistent if it’s important.
Tonto should not have been played by Johnny Depp. Gross.
The original Ancient One was a poor stereotype of a Tibetan person and Tilda Swinton is cool so I’m ok with this one.
Liam Neeson is a great actor with a ton of gravitas and he pulled off the role well, but yeah shoulda found a middle eastern dude. Maybe that hot Djin dude from American Gods can be the next Ras Al Ghul.
Anything to do with Scarlet Witch’s background is a retcon, she was originally introduced as Magneto’s moustache twirling daughter. Despite her tan in the referenced photo she’s more often depicted as white, but I could see her being middle eastern, but it would make sense that she’s half Jewish at least, given her father’s background.
Lastly, she’s a fucking mermaid. Who gives a shit? How many of the dude bros bitching even watched it?
Some Romani people have white skin, and in rare cases, even blonde hair and blue eyes.
Lastly, she’s a fucking mermaid. Who gives a shit? How many of the dude bros bitching even watched it?
They also chose to set the entire movie in the Caribbean because there's not fuckin colorful tropical fish off the coast of Denmark, it's not like they randomly made her black for no reason
Shoulda gone with something like this
