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Go-To Guy for "Evil White Man" roles.

posted 4 years ago by whynotwriteme (7725)
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It's Shannon's schtick. Characters who aren't just evil, but evil because they are white and male. Can't make an "evil white man" movie without him.

[–] cyberbob (3488) 4 years ago

Or Mads Mikkelsen. Or Christoph Waltz. Or Gary Oldman in the 90s

Actors get typecast. It's always been a part of Hollywood and always will be

[–] whynotwriteme (7725) 4 years ago

Those guys play a lot of evil characters, too, but their characters generally just serve the role of antagonist without a racial element. Mikkelsen even plays a lot of heroic people. Michael Shannon specializes in the "white male = evil" kind of villain.

[–] cyberbob (3488) 3 years ago

No he doesn't. In what film besides Shape of Water does he play a villain in which he is explicitly a chauvinist?

I've seen plenty of his villainous roles and I can't say that he specializes in what you describe

[–] acidraindrop (3055) 2 years ago

It seems like OP had no other reference, and used your single suggestion to answer someone else lol

That said, I think he played a bigot in Premium Rush if I'm not mistaken. Fantastic villain. Really worked well within the story.

[–] bjoh249 (23) 3 years ago

He is an evil person.

[–] TimMC (9143) 3 years ago

He does seem to be evil. I agree.

No joke.

[–] Leodicaprio (6426) 2 years ago

yaa i remember when Zod was wokified and became a cringe white supremacist... oh right..

movies have had bad white guys since forever since the beginning of time

-norma bates
-the joker
-hanibal lect
-darth vader
-eveyr bad guy in the godfather
-every bad guy in casino
-the terminator
-Count Dracula
-Hans gruber
-bascially every bond villain

sooo now having the is woke loll. if they had a female villain you'd cry too.

[–] whynotwriteme (7725) 2 years ago

So to you, there is no discernible difference in presentation between, say, Darth Vader in "Star Wars" and Shannon's portrayal of Strickland in "The Shape of Water"?

My point is, the White villains in earlier films were villains who simply happened to be played by Caucasians oppressing everyone on the "good guy" side. Now, we're seeing people like Shannon consistently portraying White villains who specifically exist as Leftist's strawmen "White Conservatives" to oppress gays, minorities, the disabled, etc.

[–] Leodicaprio (6426) 2 years ago

you've mentioned one example, over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. when people call you out you just repeat your nonsense. as if bringing up the shape over water multiple times with somehow confuse us he has played multiple of this character. when you write something like

It's Shannon's schtick. Characters who aren't just evil, but evil because they are white and male. Can't make an "evil white man" movie without him.

you better come with receipts. at least 3.

[–] FilmBoy (1167) 2 years ago

Yep - was great as WHITE DEATH in BULLET TRAIN

[–] alexjohans0n (2094) 2 years ago

Many claims he killed Tyre Nichols!