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minus-squarebridgeburner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 months agoSo from ur PoV, it would also then be fine if for example a white actor would play MLK in a movie about him?
minus-squareIusedtobeanalien@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoI won’t be happy until a big Nigerian woman plays Sir Winston Churchill
minus-squareRagnvaldG@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoHe would just be a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.
minus-squareEcholynx@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThe difference is that MLK is a real person whose appearance we know. Helen is a fictional myth. Go find a real depiction of her appearance (not a stylized one, as in art, which is an interpretation).
So from ur PoV, it would also then be fine if for example a white actor would play MLK in a movie about him?
I won’t be happy until a big Nigerian woman plays Sir Winston Churchill
He would just be a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.
Dudeception
The difference is that MLK is a real person whose appearance we know.
Helen is a fictional myth. Go find a real depiction of her appearance (not a stylized one, as in art, which is an interpretation).