shikamaru317 said:
In the case of Ciri I do think race matters, since she is an established character who is described as being "pale" and having "ashen white skin" in the books, not to mention being portrayed as white in the games. I understand them wanting to get some racial diversity into the shows cast, since basically every main character in the Witcher is white, but i just think there are better ways to go about doing that than changing the established races of main characters. They could just as easily create some new characters who match lore friendly dark skinned races in order to get better racial representation on the cast. All that being said though, if they do cast a BAME Ciri, I won't be joining those who will inevitably send her hate, because that would be wrong, she wasn't the one who chose to change the race of the character, she just auditioned for a role, actors have got to eat too, lol. My hate will be directed squarely in the direction it belongs, at the producer, as she will have literally lied if she changes the race of Ciri, because she specifically said that she wouldn't change the races of characters. |
None of that actually sounds like it matters. In other words in a book, you give descriptions of the character but that part can be easily changed from 'pale" to "ebony" and it would still not change the actual character. The crazy part is, if the show creator would create new race, new characters or something like that, people would still complain. The fact is, hating period is wrong. If you do not like the direction of a show without even watching it, then its probably just best to just not watch and move on with your life. Caring if a character is white or non white in a fiction show no matter what the source material is just isn't worth the energy. The only thing I care about as far as this show is concerned is wheher its good or not.
