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hypocrisy in action! It makes perfect sense that Zoe Saldana was made to feel extreme guilt - so much that she wound up making a tearful public apology - for playing the role of a black woman; Nina Simone.  while others like Jennifer Lawrence are given a complete pass for playing the role of a Russian.  As Lawrence is of English, German, Irish and Scottish ancestry, she had no more “right” to take on the role of a Russian than Zoe Saldana had to take on the role of a black woman, she being of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent. Some will say the distinction between the two is quite different; Russia, England, Ireland, Germany and Scotland all being anglo while Africa and the Dominican Republic, or Puerto Rico, are two completely different races. It’s a fair point, I suppose, though it doesn’t make anything less hypocritical in my eyes. In fact, nitpicking like that just makes everything seem as petty as it is. The idea that actors should stick to their race or ethnicity is as ludicrous as the notion that they should never take on the role of anyone that is not the same age, height, or any other bland detail you can think up. A man should only play a man, and never a younger or older one. A homosexual character should only be played by a homosexual, and he or she must NEVER pretend to be straight if they are not. You see, it should swing both ways, and not just discriminate against white males, which is pretty much the point these days. And since everyone seems to be so bent on getting offended, we better not allow anyone to fake an accent either. I don’t want people from the north part of the U.S. talking like folks from the south, or I’ll get upset, and if you’re from Australia and cover up the way you talk I’m going to call you out as inauthentic and claim you a race traitor. I know acting is pretending, but there need to be strict limits on what you can pretend about from now on. I’m thinking adding hair extensions to someone who doesn’t actually have long hair is pretty offensive to those of us who took the time to grow it out naturally, and that any actor or actress even putting on a wig that has long hair is appropriating the culture of us long-hairs. Plus it sends the message to people with short hair, or no hair at all, that they are not glamorous or important. We need to make sure every single person in the world doesn’t feel slighted by even the smallest thing. And lets not forget all the robots that are put out of work because people in movies pretend to be cyborgs and whatnot. What about the poor robots? If authenticity is what you are truly striving for, don’t just stop at demanding all black roles go to black people. If all you are looking for is something to get upset about, or something that fits into your agenda but doesn’t really help better society as a whole, by all means get mad when a Mexican takes on the role of a black person while giving zero shits about an English, German, Irish, Scottish woman taking on the role of a Russian. Why one is offensive, and not the other, is a mystery that I certainly don’t have the answer to. In my eyes, it’s just hypocrisy in action! People of a certain color / race will get mad even if a part is given to another person of color / race if it’s not the exact same one, while white folks apparently don’t put that much weight in that particular decision, they just want to make the movie and cast who they feel is the best person for the part. If they have to change their hair, bulk up, drastically slim down, alter the way they speak, walk, move then it’s a challenge it seems most actors and actresses are willing to accept. Some will go as far as to play the role of a different gender, and I can say I’ve seen that done both extremely well and terribly, for both men and women. People that are twice the age of their character will still play both versions, and either use makeup or utilize CGI. Everything seems to be open to being acted or pretended or faked, except race, and more recently sexual orientation. Black people want ONLY black actors to portray parts written for black people and LGBTQ want ONLY other LGBTQ’s to portray parts written for them. No faking, acting or pretending there. They absolutely demand it! They just don’t care about the rest of it, if it doesn’t pertain to them. Police aren’t killing black people during traffic stops because black people didn’t get nominated for an Academy award or something, and worrying about that sort of thing takes time, energy and attention away from the real issues. Do you want to be accepted and respected, or do you want to<b> whine </font></b>about the fact that there hasn’t been a black Superman yet? Which do you think will benefit society more? Zoe Saldana injured exactly ZERO people by portraying Nina Simone, and let me tell you, I’ve seen the movie, and she did an outstanding job of it. The woman deserves praise, not public humiliation or shaming, but society as a whole seemed to think she needed to be punished. What a fucked up reality we live in if that is the case. |
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