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teacup posted:People aren't cast white as a reason. Pretty much this. Whenever anyone says, "[James Bond / Batman / Spider-Man / etc.] can't be black," all I can hear is, "how can I project myself onto a fantasy embodiment character who isn't Just Like Me?!?" There's simply nothing inherent about the whiteness of the vast majority of characters who are white. My bigger question is: why isn't Rush Limbaugh dead yet? He's a substance-less bigot who's been nothing but rotting flotsam in a sea of irrelevance since the turn of the millennium. And somehow he still says things and other media sources grant it some level of attention. Now I just want a queer genderfuck Bond. Played by a black transman, who's Welsh for good measure. Because gently caress you, Rush.
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Darko posted:Therefore, the only time that it is part of a characterization of a character is when that social categorization directly comes into play in some manner. And Bond is often described as being from a working class background, in Craig's case to the point of resenting the entrenched wealth surrounding him in his current life as a spy (a plot point in Casino Royale.) That'd be an even more visceral reality for a black Bond working for MI6. So they could go there.
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Cnut the Great posted:I thought he came from a wealthy background, attending prestigious private schools and such. Probably true at different times. In Casino Royale, there's that scene where Vesper psychoanalyzes him on a train, and asserts he attended fancy boarding schools on "someone else's dime" and thus has a chip on his shoulder. It's probably a retcon, but clearly they decided it was important to re-characterize Bond as working class for the Craig movies.
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