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Casting. No Africans?

posted 8 years ago by kreemer
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So, ok, here we are.
I'm African.

I never really mind that noon-Africans play most rules in most movies except when slaves or gangsta's are involved.

However, here we are, in Africa, with an African sorry annnnnnd no Africans.

If Proyas had cast this with fabulous Black actors and actresses (and there are many) and included one or two of the main white actors he'd have had a hit on his hands.

They'd have brought something to this of pride and meaning.

And flamboyance.

Before you react, think about it.
Outs an African film, in an African country, using African myth and mythology. No Africans.

So what are we watching?

[–] raf-33 8 years ago

Nice white feet, African man. Btw if you were truly African you'd likely know that blacks are sub-Saharan and not just a feature of "Everywhere in Africa".

Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived. -Isaac Asimov

[–] RidiculousPasta 8 years ago

Oh wow more lies from yet another white kid trying so hard to pretend that whites make up more of the global population than they really do. You are the tiniest minority, keep lying to yourself. You exist in so few regions that you have to lie about areas you've never even so much as been to in real life.

[–] aupple 8 years ago

Egypt is in Africa but isn't populated with black Africans that we normally associate with Ethiopia, Nigeria, etc. Egyptians are more of persian/middle eastern descent.

[–] RidiculousPasta 8 years ago

Are Americans really this dense? America wasn't full of Caucasians either, moron. Wars happen, areas get taken over, and populated with mixtures of new people. Grow up and read a book.

[–] xDracavelix 8 years ago

What we see as Egypt today is a reduced nation, Sudan was a part of Egypt but was split fairly recently I think in the 50s.. A lot of families were forcibly moved during a damn project way back when the British controlled Egypt.

There is a political party actively calling for the reunification of both nations but its minute and has little chance of success.

Racism is alive and well in Egypt today, but you can find some families of the original Sudanese/Egyptian descendants in parts of Egypt and even Cairo. But the language spoken of the nubian-nile ppl has been extinct since early 1900s I think

[–] ian_spurlock 8 years ago

Not all Africans are black, racist. Neither were the Egyptians.

[–] JMaharramov 8 years ago

This White man told me yesterday that Europeans built the pyramids. Do you think he used this movie as his reference point?

[–] jon_combo 8 years ago

It's stated early on in the film, that they can turn into all manner of creatures, and then they cast white actors... damn... that's racist.