Othello has been cast by white actors for centuries. Stop crying you fragile little snowflakes. no one is oppressing you. |
First, thanks to the uploader. I've been waiting for this one. The Scottish Play (no, I won't say the name) is still one of my favorites. As to Denzel playing the role, consider something - there is a reason they call this *acting*. As long as the actor and the acting are good, what does it matter if the actor is black, white, asian, indigenous, etc.? There are better things to gripe about. Evolve already. Go ahead, I'll wait. :p |
I didn't realise that McBeth was written in 1603–1607 This is a time pre-mass immigration when the population of the British Isles was tiny in comparison to what it is now I wasn't around at the time but find it hard to believe that someone with the name McBeth and speaking broad Scotch was a black African man I don't think Shakespeare would even need to spell it out But wasn't Shakespeare also a Black African, woman I believe |
Othello isn't a black man per se; he is a 'Moor', The Moor of Venice |
Fun historical factoid: The Last King of Scotland WAS a black African man - Idi Amin https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455590/ |
Fun fact, The Scottish Play (albeit not historically accurate) based upon real life person who lived and ruled at the beginning of 11th century in Scotland, and 100% were white Scottish male. Also, all US-made movies based upon Shakespeare's plays are abominations despite the casting, and honestly play is a play, transfer it to the big screen requires finesse, which with all due respect to Joel Coen he do not posses, so, how about some original scripts for movies, stop torturing viewers and The Bard in his afterlife. |
Yeah, but McBeth WAS a black man and that's an historical FACT, Jack Top marks to tbe Coen brothers for getting it right No miscasting going on here |
@ Guest-3987 It is to do with the escalating costs of colour film If you watch a Quentin Tarantino movie you will often see the movie switch to black & white when the production runs out of color roll |
jaxe, you must fucking flip your shit when any movie comes out, i mean people flying in the air, boys who stick to building using webs |
Why are the 'woke' brigade trying to change history? McBeth was white as was Anne Boleyn who was portrayed as a black woman in a recent series that flopped. |