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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

only real difference is the few times a white character is casted black the movie ends up being bad anyways.

Shawshank Redemption. In the source novel, Morgan Freeman' character was a white irish guy. The reasons nobody complained were probably that a. there was no Xitter when the movie hit theaters and b. nobody knows it's an adaptation anyway.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same with Samuel L. Jackson playing Nick Fury or whatever The Boys is doing with characters. When the adaptation is good no one really cares.

I have a feeling Hollywood companies intentionally do this to stir discourse and interest in the film when they know the script is weak. You never hear about these things when the movie is good, only when it’s the Ghostbusters reboot or The Little Mermaid.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Ultimate Nick Fury came first and was openly based on SLJ, so people actually liked it.