binary solo said:
The question is, why would you change a character from black to white in a movie or story that is already dominated by white characters? What would be the purpose in doing that? Why was the F4 originally all white in the first place? Was there an inherent racism in the F4 being all white because of the general social attitudes of the time? Should we be bound to the more inherently racist society in which the F4 was originally conceived, or can we incorporate a more enlightened understanding of humanity wherein actually black people can be heroes too? If a movie or story is predominantly black, then changing one major character to white can be a legit thing. Why not, for instance create an interracial family in a story that was historically all black, because it was written at a time when an interracial marriage was completely unthinkable? Was the race of each character determined by a completely neutral coin toss? No, the makers of the movie had their reasons to choose to make Storm a black person, and that was at least in part a sociologically driven decision intended to appeal to a wider audience. Does that make the decision wrong? No. Is it the reason most people didn't go see the movie? Also no. Is it the reason some people didn't go see the movie? Probably yes. Are the number of people who didn't see the movie because Storm is black the main reason the movie flooped? No. Do you think the movie would have been a better movie with Storm being white? I doubt it, but even if you think [insert random white actor here] would have been an improvement, the movie still would have sucked and flopped. So again, I ask why bring up the race of Storm when it is not at all relevant to the failure of this movie or the fact that there will be no sequel? |
I see - double standards there. It's fine to change a character from white to black but not the reverse.
