“So?” is how I feel about fictional characters being cast as different races in and of itself. If it’s done in a pandery way and/or the piece of media is a turd, that’s different, of course.
But, for example, the Hannibal TV Series is hands down the best part of the Hannibal Lector IP. They made Jack Crawford a black guy after he was white in all previous incarnations. But Laurence Fishburne killed it in that role. His portrayal of Jack was the best yet.
They also made Freddy Lounds a woman, but it was also done well enough and worked for the story, even if Philip Seymour Hoffman is a better actor. It certainly didn’t detract from things at all, though.
Your complaint should go deeper than “this person was this way in this portrayal and this way in another.” Both “this is just pandering in a way that makes the story worse” and “this is a historical drama portraying history inaccurately” are good reasons.
I don’t get what any of that have to do with this suggestion that South Park should make fun of the pandering race swaps by replacing the lead in movies about prominent black people with white guys, or white gay women.
These are historical figures, not fictional characters, though.
Was Cleopatra fictional?
No, and that’s an example of a character being recast as black that everybody pushed back against. What a perfect example to explain the difference!
Are there more than 5 examples like this? I can’t think of any other historical figures recast as a different race. I’m trying lol
So?
“So?” is how I feel about fictional characters being cast as different races in and of itself. If it’s done in a pandery way and/or the piece of media is a turd, that’s different, of course.
But, for example, the Hannibal TV Series is hands down the best part of the Hannibal Lector IP. They made Jack Crawford a black guy after he was white in all previous incarnations. But Laurence Fishburne killed it in that role. His portrayal of Jack was the best yet.
They also made Freddy Lounds a woman, but it was also done well enough and worked for the story, even if Philip Seymour Hoffman is a better actor. It certainly didn’t detract from things at all, though.
Your complaint should go deeper than “this person was this way in this portrayal and this way in another.” Both “this is just pandering in a way that makes the story worse” and “this is a historical drama portraying history inaccurately” are good reasons.
I don’t get what any of that have to do with this suggestion that South Park should make fun of the pandering race swaps by replacing the lead in movies about prominent black people with white guys, or white gay women.