Lack of diversity

Its a business, not a fairness contest...



What a crazy nation of socialist republics that are together in a federation, of craziness

It's exactly this kind of statement that sets the fight for equality back. Forcing black or asian actors into movies won't do any good. This way of thinking brings us to the edge of a world where at least one of the leads in Straight outta Compton was white. Ladies and gentlemen, Neil Patrick Harris as Ice Cube!

In my opinion you don't have to force diversity and gender equality into movies that are purely work of fiction. As I understand it this is not a real story set in the real world, but a work of fantasy. Maybe it's slight racism by the writer and/or the director, maybe it's an excess of political correctness.

Spike Lee won't get angry letters because of the many black actors he casts. It's just his vision (his weird views on white people in general are another story). Star Wars VII was one of the biggest movies of the century and one of the two leads was black. Hollywood is Hollywood, so it takes a bit longer, but we're getting there. Annoying posts like this one won't change the world overnight.

That argument isn't very smart, in fact it's kind of stupid. You think your fighting for equality but your not. The role is written for a white person and the casting director casts a white person, using that argument you could say Tim Burton and Roman Polanski are racists. Or you could say that Marvel is racist for having more white superheroes than black superheroes. The argument is stupid because it's a futile effort. Saying someone is racist for not casting people of color in a movie they make is not smart, why don't you just focus on the quality of the movie and not the quantity of colored actors/ actresses.

"The chick"? How misogynistic are you?

So the casting in this film should've been based mainly on achieving diversity, rather than on deciding to cast the most ideally suited actor/actress for the main part/role in the movie? Got it.



"Life IS pain highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something".

Is this based of something or is it an original screenplay? IMDB list only Edgar Wright for writing credits - so if he's the original writer, as the director he's going to know best what he's looking for in an actor.

You've also got to remember that maybe white writers don't feel comfortable writing a back story or attitude/persona for someone of a different race that they can't relate to. If you're looking for more minorities getting lead roles, it could stem from a lack of minorities involved in the writing process.

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They don't diversity for the sake of diversity. Edgar Wright can write who he wants.

But Jamie Foxx and Eiza Gonzalez are in it though...