Hollywood Whitewashing

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Dirk Diggler

Dirk Diggler

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Thread inspired by this article:
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp....says-actor-chloe-bennet-amid-whitewashing-row

Is this really a thing? I'm genuinely open minded about whether it is or not. On the one hand it seems shocking that she had to change her name to get work, but then I think did she really have to do that? Is it maybe coincidence that she hit it off after changing her name, I mean how can she be sure it was down to the name change? Stage names have been a thing since stages were invented. Marion Morrison didn't change his name due to racism, surely?

The actor that pulled out of Hellboy, similar thing ... casting people who bear no relation to the character (Tom Cruise/Jack Reacher) is not restricted to Asian characters?

Thoughts?
 
It only works one way though, the perpetually offended brigade only get their knickers in a twist when it's a white actor pencilled in to play somebody who may, or may not, be Asian or black in whatever literature the story is lifted from. They seem to be perfectly fine with a black actor being portraying character who is described as white in the source material.
 
Things that can sort this out:

Legislation
Capitalism

Things that can't sort this out:

Loony left wingers who think that positive discrimination is anything more than reverse racism.
 
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