ah okay, typo then

why is it needed?

in what way does it impact movie quality?

If you have a movie about British soldiers fighting German soldiers, why do you need a Black soldier, an Asian soldier etc?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQvSEGqwiUI

Gotta have muh representation

Shouldn't the demographics of the movie match the demographics of the story?

Especially if it's one based on a historical context

If the goal is to be an accurate historic representation, yes if you ask me

Minority men are more likely to be falsely accused than white men

>get cleared of all charges
>still get expelled

I would say the goal of any movie should be to accurately portray its story

You can rewrite stories....

if the story is about an all Black squad, you wouldnt expect a White or Asian squadmember for diversity's sake

And interpret them

if you want to do a total rewrite, sure

@Beemann yeah... look at that new battlefield game, they are willing to interpret history in a different way in order to push for their propaganda

but what usually happens is you get the same story at a lower quality level+now someone is black

^

and the rewrites often insultingly delve into "look we got a Black this time guys! We'll show that young MLK how progressive we are" and then the exec continues to receive calendars from the wrong year to keep up the facade

@Beemann just because writers suck at making good movies doesn't mean rewrites or new interpretations are bad inherently, i dont see how that is true

while box office returns drop like a rock

did I ever say interpretations are bad?

was that ever my position?

If you want to write say, a Native American version of Cinderella, base it in a different time period, get those people in on that, fill your boots

You were like a movie should represent the story

Honestly ban all races

Adapt it to the culture and everything

or the time period

We will have a race free movie

fucking go for it

but thats not what they do

People reinterpret Shakespeare all the time- changing up the time period, the area it occurs in etc, and they change everything to do that

I dunno have you seen the black cindrela movie yet?

@LEER lets... do american history X and switch the races

has it changed the time period or region? I bet it hasn't

for some stupid reason if it's an all white movie its racist (Lotr, Game of Thrones, etc...), ... yet, if it's an all black film its considered empowering -- double standards -- and no logical thinking

inb4 but you havent seen it
pattern recognition is a skill you should have

@Beemann Look friend, when I judge a movie, I watch it and then say what was bad about it.
I don't know how you do it.

the new trend is to take a role that would otherwise be a white actor or actress and cast someone black or asian who looks nothing like the character from the source material

@Coochie coo LOTR was racist not because it was "all white", it was because the imaginary races were not equal