All race swapping any which way is just plain stupid and unnecessary. At its worst, it takes you out of the intended experience because it just does not make any sense whatsoever. Even at best, it stands out as a deliberate act of some kind. Why go out of your way to do that? Because it's political, that's why. That's also why everything sucks nowadays. Get politics out of entertainment, there is a time and a place and this is not it. Let stories play out in their original form as intended.
There was a time when John Wayne played Genghis Khan, which is pretty much as stupid as it gets. It was a different time back then, it wasn't political but they thought nobody would come to see a film about some Mongolian warlord unless they had a big name star playing the role. But he looks so ridiculous, oh lord...







