Here in the US there has been a lot of TV exposure for a big budget
summer film directed by, and starring, Kevin Costner. It's set in the
American west in the period 1861-1864.
In viewing the trailers something jumped out at me: there appears to
have been no attempt to include actors of color to meet casting
quotas--you know, that woke policy that allow us to understand that
there were quite a few black courtiers in the merry Olde England of
several centuries ago.
Looking at the extensive cast list briefly, I saw only one black
person.
Consider that Costner, riding on the wave of the very successful TV
series, Yellowstone, draws a lot of water in Hollywood right now.
Is this to be a new trend--to ignore DEI casting sensibilities?
On 6/11/24 1:04 PM, TT wrote:> Sawfish kirjoitti 11.6.2024 klo 19.14:>> Here in the US there has been a lot of TV exposure for a big budget >> summer film directed by, and starring, Kevin Costner. It's set in the>> American west in the period 1861-1864.>>>> In viewing the trailers something jumped out at me: there appears to>> have been no attempt to include actors of color to meet casting >> quotas--you know, that woke policy that allow us to understand that >> there were quite a few black
On 6/11/24 1:04 PM, TT wrote:
Sawfish kirjoitti 11.6.2024 klo 19.14:
Here in the US there has been a lot of TV exposure for a big budget
summer film directed by, and starring, Kevin Costner. It's set in the
American west in the period 1861-1864.
In viewing the trailers something jumped out at me: there appears to
have been no attempt to include actors of color to meet casting
quotas--you know, that woke policy that allow us to understand that
there were quite a few black courtiers in the merry Olde England of
several centuries ago.
Looking at the extensive cast list briefly, I saw only one black
person.
Consider that Costner, riding on the wave of the very successful TV
series, Yellowstone, draws a lot of water in Hollywood right now.
Is this to be a new trend--to ignore DEI casting sensibilities?
So there goes the Oscar nomination.
Watched couple episodes of the new Star Wars series THE ACOLYTE. Lead is
a black girl and I think in first episode there weren't any white
male characters apart from one male convict with a 30 seconds role.
Even a bunch of jedi kids were all coloured.
There was at least one white male in ep2, but he was swiftly killed
off (Dean-Charles Chapman as Torbin).
Cast:
Amandla Stenberg as Osha/Mae - black woman.. non-binary, they/them
Lee Jung-jae as Sol - South Korean
Manny Jacinto as Qimir - Filipino-Chinese
Dafne Keen as Jecki Lon - white woman
Charlie Barnett as Yord Fandar - black
Jodie Turner-Smith as Mother Aniseya - black
Rebecca Henderson as Vernestra Rwoh - white lesbian
Carrie-Anne Moss as Indara - white woman
Dean-Charles Chapman as Torbin - WHITE MALE, 2 min role
Margarita Levieva as Mother Koril - white woman
Abigail Thorn as Ensign Eurus - white lesbian woman
Leah and Lauren Brady as young Osha and Mae - black girls
Amy Tsang as TBC - Chinese
David Harewood as TBC - black
Guaranteed Kathleen Kennedy quality.
Well, if you want US TV commercials, you come away with the impression
that the US is 60% black.
Ratings generate the money and money is what they are after and is what makes or alter the rules and policies. Give it time.
On 6/12/24 4:14 AM, TT wrote:
Sawfish kirjoitti 12.6.2024 klo 0.29:
On 6/11/24 1:04 PM, TT wrote:
Sawfish kirjoitti 11.6.2024 klo 19.14:
Here in the US there has been a lot of TV exposure for a big budget
summer film directed by, and starring, Kevin Costner. It's set in the >>>>> American west in the period 1861-1864.
In viewing the trailers something jumped out at me: there appears to >>>>> have been no attempt to include actors of color to meet casting
quotas--you know, that woke policy that allow us to understand that
there were quite a few black courtiers in the merry Olde England of
several centuries ago.
Looking at the extensive cast list briefly, I saw only one black
person.
Consider that Costner, riding on the wave of the very successful TV
series, Yellowstone, draws a lot of water in Hollywood right now.
Is this to be a new trend--to ignore DEI casting sensibilities?
So there goes the Oscar nomination.
Watched couple episodes of the new Star Wars series THE ACOLYTE.
Lead is
a black girl and I think in first episode there weren't any white
male characters apart from one male convict with a 30 seconds role.
Even a bunch of jedi kids were all coloured.
There was at least one white male in ep2, but he was swiftly killed
off (Dean-Charles Chapman as Torbin).
Cast:
Amandla Stenberg as Osha/Mae - black woman.. non-binary, they/them
Lee Jung-jae as Sol - South Korean
Manny Jacinto as Qimir - Filipino-Chinese
Dafne Keen as Jecki Lon - white woman
Charlie Barnett as Yord Fandar - black
Jodie Turner-Smith as Mother Aniseya - black
Rebecca Henderson as Vernestra Rwoh - white lesbian
Carrie-Anne Moss as Indara - white woman
Dean-Charles Chapman as Torbin - WHITE MALE, 2 min role
Margarita Levieva as Mother Koril - white woman
Abigail Thorn as Ensign Eurus - white lesbian woman
Leah and Lauren Brady as young Osha and Mae - black girls
Amy Tsang as TBC - Chinese
David Harewood as TBC - black
Guaranteed Kathleen Kennedy quality.
Well, if you want US TV commercials, you come away with the
impression that the US is 60% black.
And let me guess... commercials have lots of white woman & black male
couples... but none white male & black/asian woman couples?
What you see most commonly on TV ads currently in multi-racial pairings
seem to be white female, black male, then white male Asian female, then
white males, then white/black males.
It's hard to recall seeing a white male with a black female--although it seems vaguely familiar.
Asian males are seen as either the head of a family, or alone.
Now, what I see in real life here on the US west coast for hetero
biracial pairings is:
White male/Asian female by far the most
Black male/white female
Black male/Asian female (not often)
White female/Asian male and white male/black female (both very rare)
Basically you see black females and Asian males left out in the cold in
this sort of pairing.
I've never yet seen an Asian male/black female.
There are exceptions, and this is a quick subjective recollection, but I think it's close.
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