The thing is, US dominance in the movie industry goes back at least to WW1, which is a heck of a long time. Perhaps it's not right, but that's the way it goes.
It's nice if casting can be nationality-blind, though; whoever is best for the part, provided they pull off the accent. Which, incidentally, is working to the advantage of a lot of Aussie actors in Hollywood nowadays (Russell, Nicole, Cate, Guy, Geoffry et al, I'm looking at you).
jimi, I do understand where you're coming from (Disney's cultural imperialism with regard to stories drives me up the wall, for instance), but I think you're barking up the wrong tree.
Okay, now this is driving me nuts. I could have sworn I'd seen another failed tv series (not Forever Knight)...maybe it was a mini or a movie...very similar to the Kindred but more 80s. Where the cute lead guy came over all fangy whenever he got grindy with the girl. I've been all over netflix and imdb.
If it was a dream, I ought to get someone to produce it because I remember it being campy fun. And kinda hot.
Damn.
Ring any bells?
Beej, the only thing I can think of is the Cliffhangers anthology TV series from 1979 with Michael Nouri as Dracula. Could that be it?
I think it's great that a black actor who's never opened a movie is considered a flagship of the American attack on world culture. If I halfway believed it, I'd be tickled...well, not pink.
Definition question: What's the sensation generated by the scene in
The Incredibles
when the family
reunites in the forest and strikes that pose?
It was mentioned in a USA Today article as a crypoint, and just the mention of it gave me resonant shivers. But I don't have a word for the emotion it called up.
Certainly not a cry point for me. I think an equivalent moment might be
the climax of "Into the Fire" in OMWF, where Buffy kicks in the door to the Bronze,
sort of a pump-your-fist-in-the-air-YEAH! moment. I dunno, is that exultation?
I was thinking exultation. Kind of a "HELL yeah!" moment.
I don't think Renee Zellweger "stole" Bridget Jones any more than Hugh Jackman "stole" Wolverine. Film is an international medium and films are cast with an eye to pulling in audiences with as wide a net as possible. In terms of looking abroad, it partially has to do with where the product is. My Brother lives in Holland, and they have a lot of British shows on there--although I know British TV has no Dutch television shows. Is that a slap in the face to Dutch culture or does it have to do with the relative size of the telvision industry in both cultures? I don't think England is engaging in cultural imperialism when they regularly take Dutch game shows (and so do we here in America, for that matter) and remake them in English. Do you?
Did you have any crypoints, DX? Or moments you recognised as such?
Does that sort of exultation make you feel weepy, Steph? Or do you recognise it as a different sort of emotional moment?
Oh, and let's forget imperialism and border wars for a moment -- Hugh Jackman stole Wolverine from the short people.
Did Nicole Kidman and Jude Law steal Cold Mountain from Americans? Did shooting it in Europe steal it from Americans? Or is it only stealing if a lot of your colleagues do it? Otherwise it's just you showing a remarkable adaptive (and dare I say it -- acting) ability?
Did Naveen Andrews steal Sayid from an Iraqi actor?
