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Location: Everybody is going to hurt you, you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for-B Marley
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Only b'c some people make it so.
Okay, I'll bite. I'd no more want Bond to be Black, or Asian, or NA, or Mexican, or anything else, than I'd want Shaft to be White or anything else. Some characters, like Shaft and Bond, should just remain as they are b'c that's how they were created and we've fallen in love with them as they are. Could we use more Black heroes and characters who inspire and entertain (without too much gratuitousness, of course) like Shaft and Bond? Of course. I'm all for that. Bring 'em on.
Why not? If you can find an actor good enough to pull it off, whether white, black or Mexican, go for it. The major selling point of James Bond is his suaveness, his sophistication and his sense of humor. Few actors can pull it off, although I'm pretty impressed with our current James Bond, Daniel Craig (even though the last Bond movie, Quantum of Solace wasn't that great). Find an actor to pull it off well and I don't think race will matter at all. After all, why does James Bond have to be the typical Englishman? In fact, I've always thought that Andy Garcia (a Cuban American) could have pulled it off well, along with Jude Law (who is English).
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