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Mar 21, 2017 - 8:26 PM
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Mr. Jack
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...the racial/sexual makeup of the background extras in period movies represents the tastes of current society, instead of any semblance of period accuracy? In the recent Allied, Brad Pitt's sister is a flamboyantly obvious lesbian...living openly in WWII-era Europe with no one batting an eye. And Disney's recent live-action versions of Cinderella and Beauty & The Beast have backgrounds swarming with black actors who are clearly the equals of the white characters, despite both being set in the 18th century. Yes, these films are intended for kids, and Disney is all about sunny equality and that, but when the prince in Cinderella is searching for his beloved, armed with her glass slipper, and there's a black woman vying to try it on, I half-expected him to say, "No offense, Miss, but the woman I'm searching for is white. Even if the shoe fits, you cannot wear it." I'm all for color-blind casting, but it does stick out like a sore thumb, especially when the merest HINT that Le Fou is gay in the new Beast had some parents up in arms about boycotting the film. I'm sure their live-action Mulan will have plenty of random white, black and Latino faces swarming in the backgrounds of crowd shots...
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...the racial/sexual makeup of the background extras in period movies represents the tastes of current society, instead of any semblance of period accuracy? wear it......" I'm all for color-blind casting, but it does stick out like a sore thumb, ...
oh boy do not get me started!
EVERY TV SHOW and most movies are now cast not for appropriateness ,but to mollify the "diversity Mafia"
Its killing me, ma!
Actually, i would add to your list CONTEMPORARY movies.
If you watch American tv you would think the USA is a happy melting pot of various races and classes living together in harmony. This is still a highly segregated society. Whites with whites, blacks with blacks. In their misguided quest for diversity, Hollywood is presenting just as deceptive a portrait of modern society as the one in which there were no people of color or minorities.
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.... I'm sure their live-action Mulan will have plenty of random white, black and Latino faces swarming in the backgrounds of crowd shots...
well, i'm not sure about white faces (see: Matt Damon)
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Mar 22, 2017 - 2:40 AM
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Solium
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...the racial/sexual makeup of the background extras in period movies represents the tastes of current society, instead of any semblance of period accuracy? wear it......" I'm all for color-blind casting, but it does stick out like a sore thumb, ...
oh boy do not get me started!
EVERY TV SHOW and most movies are now cast not for appropriateness ,but to mollify the "diversity Mafia"
Its killing me, ma!
Actually, i would add to your list CONTEMPORARY movies.
If you watch American tv you would think the USA is a happy melting pot of various races and classes living together in harmony. This is still a highly segregated society. Whites with whites, blacks with blacks. In their misguided quest for diversity, Hollywood is presenting just as deceptive a portrait of modern society as the one in which there were no people of color or minorities.
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It's not about diversity, it's about money. Make it black friendly, Asian friendly, gay friendly, women friendly, etc, more eyes looking at your product. Notice groups they don't think have the same amount of buying power are represented in films and television.
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...the racial/sexual makeup of the background extras in period movies represents the tastes of current society, instead of any semblance of period accuracy? wear it......" I'm all for color-blind casting, but it does stick out like a sore thumb, ...
oh boy do not get me started!
EVERY TV SHOW and most movies are now cast not for appropriateness ,but to mollify the "diversity Mafia"
Its killing me, ma!
Actually, i would add to your list CONTEMPORARY movies.
If you watch American tv you would think the USA is a happy melting pot of various races and classes living together in harmony. This is still a highly segregated society. Whites with whites, blacks with blacks. In their misguided quest for diversity, Hollywood is presenting just as deceptive a portrait of modern society as the one in which there were no people of color or minorities.
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It's not about diversity, it's about money. Make it black friendly, Asian friendly, gay friendly, women friendly, etc, more eyes looking at your product. Notice groups they don't think have the same amount of buying power are represented in films and television.
true, but pressure groups have a lot of influence...... just ask .....
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And Disney's recent live-action versions of Cinderella and Beauty & The Beast have backgrounds swarming with black actors who are clearly the equals of the white characters, despite both being set in the 18th century.
You must have been apoplectic over Disney's 1997 television musical remake of CINDERELLA, with Brandy Norwood as a black Cinderella and Whitney Houston as her Fairy Godmother.
It is fantasy so that is absolutely fine! 
The problem is with dramas that present a distorted view of society
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just so my comments are not misconstrued by the bigots....
I am a civil rights absolutist. I support integration, equality, diversity..... for those to whom social justice has been denied...in the real world!
I am not particularly worried about the well being of folks who happen to be the most privileged folks in the entertainment business (or, any business)>
Bruce
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Aug 6, 2017 - 10:20 PM
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Mr. Jack
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...a character being strangled to death never really looks like their oxygen supply is being cut off? Saw this again yesterday in Atomic Blonde, where [Character X] was getting strangled from behind, and they just sat there, pawing ineffectually at the garotte, their mouth open slightly. And when a strangulation victim is finally dead, they'll be lying there with their eyes closed, a peaceful expression on their face, and no visible weal or mark on the neck. Where are the bulging eyes, the swollen throats, the contorted facial expressions frozen in place, the sweat of exertion? One of the few recent movies to get this right was Inglourious Basterds, partially because the character in question was literally getting strangled as the camera was rolling (with Quentin Tarantino's hands being used for the closeups)...you could totally see the panic in her eyes. Anyone who has had their throat blocked for more than a few seconds at a time knows that flush of instinctive terror.
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Yeah (& I'm sure I posted this before), the killer puts his hands on both sides of the victims head from behind & twists the head to the side (accompanied by the sound of someone breaking a stick of celery), & the guy's dead. Quite ridiculous really, the head never turns more than it could naturally & I read somewhere that's it's impossible to kill someone like that, the neck muscles are too strong. And the amount of films where someone is tied-up so badly that a four year old could break free, or chained up where the manacles are so big that they could easily fall off.
May not snap the neck, but I imagine twisting the head hard enough would be quite debilitating?
There's one simple way to take down a man of any size. Kick him in the nuts. Yet it's almost never used unless for comical effect. In fact I would like one action hero who makes that his signature move!
Watch Kung Fury. Shooting someone in the nuts is Triceracop's signature move.
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