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"While Smith and Williams are both black men, critics say the role should go to an actor with darker skin, citing Idris Elba and Mahershala Ali as examples of more appropriate choices."
The ones saying that are the ones with darker skin. Business as usual, don't make it about ability, make it about skin color. No more black Romeos and Juliets I guess.
More Twitter shenanigans. 12 people kvetching on Twitter can always be counted on to generate an "outrage" article. LOL
No one cares.
This is most likely it. You get a few outlier types that like to stir up trouble, then all it takes is major news media outlet to pick it up and give it more cred than it deserves.
I'd to think that we're not that crazy now where black people have to be a certain shade of black to qualify for a role or a part in a movie.
God lord I didn't think we get much lower and stupider in our society otherwise.
This is most likely it. You get a few outlier types that like to stir up trouble, then all it takes is major news media outlet to pick it up and give it more cred than it deserves.
I'd to think that we're not that crazy now where black people have to be a certain shade of black to qualify for a role or a part in a movie.
God lord I didn't think we get much lower and stupider in our society otherwise.
Rest easy. From what I saw people who even talked about it did it in a “wow they look nothing alike lol” kind of way, not in a “THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!” kind of way. A few did seem annoyed by the difference but they mostly got ignored or mocked. There was more discussion of his acting chops... like could he pull off the role. Mr Williams is known for his rather intense personality and is not particularly likeable, kind of the opposite of Will Smith.
There was way more “outrage” about him as that stupid CGI blue genie than this.
Does this go only one way? Would there be such outrage if a darker skinned black played to role of a lighter skinned black?
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