According to reports:-
https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1775998/next-james-bond-007-daniel-craig-idris-elba-rege-jean-page
People are going to get very "excited" about this!
Only if they want it to bomb.
shareI knew the franchise would follow the road of wokism, that a nonwhite would take the leading character, but my bet was on a Muslim or brown guy in general, Middle Eastern. The woke industry has no patience or scruples. Ian Fleming won’t Rest in Peace.
shareIt will be a disaster.
They canceled Black Batgirl and people hate gay black Dr. Who...so prepare for the fallout.
Never would have thought Bond would ever go woke but unfortunately that is the world we live in during the 21st century. Star Wars was the beginning..
shareGhostbusters 2016 say's hold my beer!
shareI don't EVER want to hear ANYONE complain about cultural appropriation ever again!! This HALLOWEEN you are allowed to dress up as anything your hearts desire.
shareThere should be a "Shaft" reboot, starring a white actor. Sit back and watch the woke hypocrites come out of the woodwork.
shareThe usual line is 'Ah, but you see being black is an essential part of who that character is!' Which it may well often be; but you hear that every time, it never works the other way round.
shareIf you break down the plot of the original Shaft to the basic components being black (or any race) is not essential. At the simplest level the story is David vs. Goliath.
The "giant" Italian mob challenges the "smaller" Harlem mob by kidnapping the boss's daughter over a slight (I have forgotten the reason). The smaller mob sends in their champion, Shaft/David who defeats the giant mob.
This is a story we have read, heard, and seen many times in different variations. The real reason Shaft and the smaller mob are black is because the producers wanted to make a Blaxploitation film (i.e. money). You could argue the times being the 70's are a factor.
Ian Fleming created Bond as a white spy because in the times (50's/60's) a spy posing as an upper-crust English businessman would have been white.
A modern interpretation of either character could be any race. The world has changed tremendously since the 50's/60's/70's.
What is the necessity to make Bond non-white (or Shaft non-black)? Why not create an ORIGINAL black super spy in the Bond tradition?
The XXX series was an unsuccessful attempt, but why not try again?
'What is the necessity to make Bond non-white (or Shaft non-black)? Why not create an ORIGINAL black super spy in the Bond tradition?'
Exactly.
Well this didn't happen.
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