In the past two years, Hollywood studios have shown a very confusing tendency in film casting-the diversity of casting people. Diversity itself is not wrong, after all, Hollywood has allowed white Americans to rule for too long. But when this diversification is imposed on some specific roles—especially when there is a huge difference between the original role and the final actor candidates, the one-sided pursuit of diversification is really uncomfortable.
Earlier this year, Disney’s casting aroused heated discussions in the media at home and abroad. The movie giant intends to let black actress Halle Bailey play the well-known animated character The Little Mermaid. Although there are endless debates about the appearance of the actors themselves, the core discussion is still focused on this issue-why should a black actor play a role that was originally set to be white? Is it racial discrimination if there are no black characters in a movie?
The "L" in the US version of "Death Note" is played by a black person; Marvel Pictures is contacting black actor Giancarlo Esposito, hoping that he will play Magneto; 007's successor will be a black actor Naomi Harris...
DC movie is also hard to be spared. According to THR report, the main character James Gordon in the movie "Batman" will have a high probability of being played by a black star. At present, the two actors in Warner Photo are Jeffrey. · White and Mahesala Ali.
Fans familiar with DC comics should know that in the "Batman" series of comics, Gordon has always been a white man, and Warner's casting of two black actors is really puzzling. From the perspective of the story, there is no big problem with black actors playing Gordon, but this is a comic film. Everyone hopes that the film respects the original as much as possible, and Gordon is “black” out of diversity and political correctness. "Hua" is obviously overcorrected.
extends from the setting aspect. If James Gordon is a black, then his daughter Barbara Gordon should also be a black. The latter is the girlfriend of Nightwing, and there is another identity-bat. Girl, if the film continues to shoot a sequel, the appearance of the black version of Batgirl will be inevitable...
Although this "butterfly effect" analysis method is a bit exaggerated, it can indeed expose the problem of this casting mode— -The issue of black actors playing white roles has never been out of racial discrimination or dissatisfaction with the actors themselves. The destruction of the original setting is the main cause of controversy. Are you saying that the two black actors, Jeffrey White and Mahshara Ali, are not good enough?
Of course not. Jeffrey White has won the Emmy Award, and Mahsala Ali has won two Oscars. They have all proven themselves in the showbiz. To a large extent, they have played the role of racial discrimination breakers in reality. But let them play James Gordon? Sorry, please don't do this!
DC is not without black superheroes or black characters. They have steel bones, black thunderbolt, vixen, and a large number of soldiers in the Green Lantern Corps. Isn't it better to continue to dig these characters in the movie? Disney is not without black princesses. They have Princess Tiana. Isn't it better to make a movie of Princess Tiana than to make a black version of "The Little Mermaid"?
If Hollywood studios really have to include a black character in every adaptation of the film, it is not completely unfeasible, they can do it-
Although the controversy over the same type of casting has been endless, but Hollywood The major studios seem to be totally unmoved. Under the influence of major awards, their pursuit of diversity, representativeness, and political correctness will not stop. All we can do is to pray that these movie characters will not fall into the roles we like. Attitudes and timeliness of film and television information and reviews are all in the "counter-moving film"
