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Somebody tell this group about Othello, Aida, The Godfather, Lawrence of Arabia and Zorba the Greek!
"A US white supremacist group has called for a boycott of the Kenneth Branagh-directed superhero movie Thor on the grounds that a black actor has been cast in the role of a Norse god.
The Council of Conservative Citizens is upset that London-born Idris Elba, star of The Wire and BBC detective series Luther as well as a number of Hollywood films, is to play deity Heimdall in the Marvel Studios feature. The group, which opposes inter-racial marriage and gay rights, has set up a website, boycott-thor.com to set out its opposition to what it sees as an example of leftwing social engineering.
"It [is] well known that Marvel is a company that advocates for leftwing ideologies and causes," the site reads. "Marvel frontman Stan 'Lee' Lieber boasts of being a major financier of leftwing political candidates. Marvel has viciously attacked the Tea Party movement, conservatives and European heritage.
"Now they have taken it one further, casting a black man as a Norse deity in their new movie Thor. Marvel has now inserted social engineering into European mythology."
Hmmm maybe the next wonderwoman movie will star a shemale to play Wonder Woman? I would watch it just to see how many anti-gays would later turn into shemale admirers. LOL
Reads like a publicty stunt, some fringies looking for attention and donor $$$.
For ****s and giggles, the C.of C.C. should put together a low budget remake of Shaft and cast a white actor in the lead.
I was really surprised when I found out Stringer Bell was played by an English actor.
One of the best TV interviews I ever saw was Elba recounting the conversations he had with everyday Baltimoreans when they met him. Instead of them having a conversation with a homeboy who sounded like Stringer Bell, they were astonished to hear this guy enunciate like a Shakespearean actor........
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