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A white actor needs to play Shaft...


I'm sure all the folks who say who say James Bond should be played by a black actor agree.

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So Shaft needs a white buddy?

Ah, you corrected your headline. You had left it as “A white actor needs to paly Shaft.”

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Black Shaft doesn't need a white friend, but white Shaft should be a "wigger" or (perhaps to be more PC, I should say) be played like Gary Oldman in True Romance!!!

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I never understood this.If a white man steps into the shoes of a female/black character everyone cries sexism/racism.But if a woman or a black man step into the shoes of a white male character everyone claps their hands and praises progress.How can SJWs condemn something that they themselves practice.

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Hypocrisy is the word you are looking for.

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Who is everybody? I think this is your hyper inflamed imagination that SJWs are running amok. Some ideas are okay, as in ground-breaking and forward thinking, and some are just dumb. You want Shaft to be White? Watch John Wick.

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I don't want Shaft to be white.That's the point.I wish this race/gender swapping gimmick would just end already.As far as SJWs running amok.Take a look at the CW or as i call it now the SJCW.They have gone agenda crazy.

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when has a black man step into the shoes of a white male character?

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Jimmy Olsen - Supergirl.Perry White - batman vs Superman.James t West - Wild wild west movie.Johnny Storm - Fantastic 4.Ving Rhames - Kojak.Ralph Cramden - The Honeymooners movie.I'm sure there are other examples but that's all that comes to mind.Gender swapping is far more common than race swapping.

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and don't forget the Equalizer...black Robert McCall...:S

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>> when has a black man step into the shoes of a white male character<<

Go see the Broadway play Hamilton.

It got worldwide acclaim. Tony awards. Not a whitey in it. Even got a Kennedy Center honor for the authors. (usually have to be in the entertainment biz for 30+ years for a KCH).

Try writing a play about Martin Luther King with no blacks and see if it gets a go on Broadway

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You are a dumbass...🙄🙄🙄🙄

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Someone like Mel Gibson, yeah.

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Mel is too old, but how about adding Richard Roundtree to the next Expendables??

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Richard Dreyfuss as Baby Face Nelson?

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RD and BFN sort of looked alike. RD also played Meyer Lansky who he doesn't resemble at all.

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C Thomas Howell was not the best choice for BFN. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112433/

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That one bald British dude would make a good shaft.

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Hahhah . . .

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A man needs to play Wonder Woman.

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No, it goes the other way?

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WHOLE TOPIC IS JUVENILE AND EMBARASSING.

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more juvenile and embarrassing than asking why a black actor can't play a white character?

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YES.

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Tell us why. And please don't SHOUT.

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he does that, better get your earplugs, he's been doing it for 20 years apparently, and still hasnt noticed how unpleasant it is.
Maybe its Brian Blessed

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Superman should be played by a trannie.

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