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Sep. 15th, 2022 12:33 pmWhen someone is complaining about minority representation in a film or TV show, you'll often hear "what if we cast a white guy to play Martin Luther King Jr"?
Whoever is using this comparison knows the difference between a fictional character in a mythical race, and a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement.
And it's no accident that they picked, in their example, a civil rights leader. Nor is it an accident when they cast right-wing hero Mel Gibson in the role.
They're just using it as an excuse to say something super-offensive and frame it as an intellectual debate, marketplace of ideas, free speech!
Sargon of Akkad already did this exact thing for when they cast black dwarves in Rings of Power, and now facebook memes are circulating about this now, so expect this tactic to be repeated and refined in the future.
Whoever is using this comparison knows the difference between a fictional character in a mythical race, and a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement.
And it's no accident that they picked, in their example, a civil rights leader. Nor is it an accident when they cast right-wing hero Mel Gibson in the role.
They're just using it as an excuse to say something super-offensive and frame it as an intellectual debate, marketplace of ideas, free speech!
Sargon of Akkad already did this exact thing for when they cast black dwarves in Rings of Power, and now facebook memes are circulating about this now, so expect this tactic to be repeated and refined in the future.
