Saturday, June 27, 2020

Actors barred from Acting

The complaints have been growing for years.  There were those upset that Apu the Indian-American in The Simpsons was voiced by a white actor, Hank Azaria.  Well, that can't stand.  Earlier this year, Azarian left the role.  Now Jenny Slate will no longer voice the role of a half-white, half-black character because she is white.  Kristen Bell will no voice a character that doesn't match her race.  Is this a one way thing?  Do we need to redub Star Wars so James Earl Jones isn't the voice of Darth Vader?  How about the entire cast of Hamilton?  Will future actors to take the role of FDR be required to suffer paralysis from polio?  Can only a blind and deaf actress play Helen Keller?  How dare Daniel Day-Lewis, who is only 6'1" tall play 6'4" Abraham Lincoln?  How does heterosexual Armie Hammer get the role of homosexual Oliver in Call Me by Your Name?  How does a 60 year-old Meryl Streep get cast as a 40 something Julia Child in Julie & Julia?  Let's not even get started with all the 20 somethings who play high school students.  When will this madness end?  When will we start casting people who match the demographics of the characters they play?  Who do these people think they are that they act like someone else with different experiences than themselves?  Clearly, they are insensitive racists, sexists, ablists, ageists, and so on.  Shame!

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