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Adasun:
where did you download this movie please?

Adasun:
where did you download this movie please?

SOZINN:
I know Disney takes the cake for the most ridiculous diversity hires but this shīt is up there too.

oyaskii:
This argument has 2 sides.

On one side, Tbf, Severus Snape's race wasn't explicitly stated in the source material, and People just came to the conclusion that he was probably white and the movies re echoed this fact.

I think a black broad played Hermione in the stage plays, and J.K Rowling seemed to be cool with it.


On the other hand, The times are so charged up to boiling point because of political, racial and religious tension. People are easily upset, and to make a casting like this, in this time? looks like straight up pandering, even though that might not have been the intent, i mean, you don't dose yourself in gasoline, if you don't want no smoke....
😩

And to the actor, i know it might seemed like a great chance to play an iconic character, but he is about to be called every slur in the book, they might even invent new ones, so much so, that i personally think playing the character, isn't worth the hassle and wanton trouble it will bring.

pu7pl3:
What does "sallow skin" imply?

oyaskii:
dull, pale, yellowish due to an underlying health condition, again doesn't explicitly mean white!.

oyaskii:
This argument has 2 sides.

On one side, Tbf, Severus Snape's race wasn't explicitly stated in the source material, and People just came to the conclusion that he was probably white and the movies re echoed this fact.

I think a black broad played Hermione in the stage plays, and J.K Rowling seemed to be cool with it.


On the other hand, The times are so charged up to boiling point because of political, racial and religious tension. People are easily upset, and to make a casting like this, in this time? looks like straight up pandering, even though that might not have been the intent, i mean, you don't dose yourself in gasoline, if you don't want no smoke....
😩

And to the actor, i know it might seemed like a great chance to play an iconic character, but he is about to be called every slur in the book, they might even invent new ones, so much so, that i personally think playing the character, isn't worth the hassle and wanton trouble it will bring.

Illusioneffect:
AMazon Prime Video

Dotng:
The Electric State

oyaskii:
This argument has 2 sides.

On one side, Tbf, Severus Snape's race wasn't explicitly stated in the source material, and People just came to the conclusion that he was probably white and the movies re echoed this fact.

I think a black broad played Hermione in the stage plays, and J.K Rowling seemed to be cool with it.


On the other hand, The times are so charged up to boiling point because of political, racial and religious tension. People are easily upset, and to make a casting like this, in this time? looks like straight up pandering, even though that might not have been the intent, i mean, you don't dose yourself in gasoline, if you don't want no smoke....
😩

And to the actor, i know it might seemed like a great chance to play an iconic character, but he is about to be called every slur in the book, they might even invent new ones, so much so, that i personally think playing the character, isn't worth the hassle and wanton trouble it will bring.

Illusioneffect:
As a diehard Harry Potter fan - all you're saying is full of dog shit. If you dont know anything about a particular franchise just keep quiet. If they are really following the books - the casting is a really terrible idea giving that Harry's father bullied and tormented Snape plus a host of other things i dont have the time to share

SOZINN:
I know Disney takes the cake for the most ridiculous diversity hires but this shīt is up there too.

oyaskii:
This argument has 2 sides.

On one side, Tbf, Severus Snape's race wasn't explicitly stated in the source material, and People just came to the conclusion that he was probably white and the movies re echoed this fact.

I think a black broad played Hermione in the stage plays, and J.K Rowling seemed to be cool with it.


On the other hand, The times are so charged up to boiling point because of political, racial and religious tension. People are easily upset, and to make a casting like this, in this time? looks like straight up pandering, even though that might not have been the intent, i mean, you don't dose yourself in gasoline, if you don't want no smoke....
😩

And to the actor, i know it might seemed like a great chance to play an iconic character, but he is about to be called every slur in the book, they might even invent new ones, so much so, that i personally think playing the character, isn't worth the hassle and wanton trouble it will bring.

Ishilove:
Severus is described as having 'shoulder length black hair and a beak nose' which are Caucasians features. Black people have wooly, tightly packed curls, not straight hair, and I am yet to see a negroid individual with a beak shaped nose. She didn't need to infer his race when she has already described what race he belongs to.

Illusioneffect:
As a diehard Harry Potter fan - all you're saying is full of dog shit. If you dont know anything about a particular franchise just keep quiet. If they are really following the books - the casting is a really terrible idea giving that Harry's father bullied and tormented Snape plus a host of other things i dont have the time to share

Ishilove:
Severus is described as having 'shoulder length black hair and a beak nose' which are Caucasians features. Black people have wooly, tightly packed curls, not straight hair, and I am yet to see a negroid individual with a beak shaped nose. She didn't need to infer his race when she has already described what race he belongs to.

oyaskii:
They're black people with natural blonde hair and blue eyes in Polynesia recently discovered as early as 3 years ago? I bet you'd also say that was unusual, some 10 years, ago, just because you haven't seen it...The world isn't limited to what you know or what you've seen....No?.

Btw, This is a fantasy medium that is totally imaginary from start to finish, so I don't get the faux outrage because this isn't the first time it is happening, Roland Deschain is clearly white in the "Dark Tower" books and Idris Elba played the role in the movie, and the world went by. For fictional adaptations, there is no rule that says, they must be faithful to the source material.

If they had cast Paapa Essiedu as Ronald Reagan, then all this faux outrage will be totally worth it. Like i said, looks like pandering cuz of the times we are now but it is not the first time... Y'all will be fine ✌🏿

abduleez1:
I don't even understand the uproar with so many people about this casting..... especially when it's from HBO who has the track record of handling this sort of diversity issue with finesse.

I can very well recall HBO doing this same thing 3 years ago and all hell let loose on the internet.......but the final product having come out this past few years and everyone has already forgotten about the black ensemble cast of the Velaryons in House of The Dragon. This would probably be no different.

Besides, it's a fictional character. Make all this fake rage dié down. I'm not enthusiastic about the casting myself but I'll wait for the final product and judge. They've done it before and it didn't impact the enjoyment of the story rather brought more audience and discussions about the characters.

Also, not all adaptation should be like for like...... looking for copy and paste, you can just as well read the Original. That's the beauty that has brought us varieties we didn't know we wanted like Michael Keaton's Batman, Christian Bale's and Robert Pattinson's. Same character, different iterations and style.

What makes these arguments even ironic to me is the fact that the very authors & creators of these books are very much involved in the projects and okayed the decisions, how much more we the viewers? People cried about Neil Gaiman's The Sandman's De@th being cast as a black yet everyone quickly forgot about this squabble once the TV show premiered.

So, I say, let's give the showrunners the benefit of the doubt and see the finished product.
Except the crux of the matter is just down to the fact of Purism.

My two cents. ✌🏽

abduleez1:
I don't even understand the uproar with so many people about this casting..... especially when it's from HBO who has the track record of handling this sort of diversity issue with finesse.

I can very well recall HBO doing this same thing 3 years ago and all hell let loose on the internet.......but the final product having come out this past few years and everyone has already forgotten about the black ensemble cast of the Velaryons in House of The Dragon. This would probably be no different.

Besides, it's a fictional character. Make all this fake rage dié down. I'm not enthusiastic about the casting myself but I'll wait for the final product and judge. They've done it before and it didn't impact the enjoyment of the story rather brought more audience and discussions about the characters.

Also, not all adaptation should be like for like...... looking for copy and paste, you can just as well read the Original. That's the beauty that has brought us varieties we didn't know we wanted like Michael Keaton's Batman, Christian Bale's and Robert Pattinson's. Same character, different iterations and style.

What makes these arguments even ironic to me is the fact that the very authors & creators of these books are very much involved in the projects and okayed the decisions, how much more we the viewers? People cried about Neil Gaiman's The Sandman's De@th being cast as a black yet everyone quickly forgot about this squabble once the TV show premiered.

So, I say, let's give the showrunners the benefit of the doubt and see the finished product.
Except the crux of the matter is just down to the fact of Purism.

My two cents. ✌🏽

phr0nesis:
Make him sha no look like this