At this point in time, in the USA, both Greek and Italian are considered subsets of White. The default Person in both Hollywood movies and current American society is (Straight Christian) White Male. Therefore the vast majority of Hollywood roles are open to men of pretty much any European heritage in a way that they are not open to minorities.
Bingo. This. And the default Person in the Hollywood writer's room, last I saw, was also White Male (something like 90%, as I recall).
I've noticed in TV that the more non-white writers on staff, the better the representation gets. It's not like there aren't still black guys getting cast as criminals, but they're also getting cast as cops, nurses, random people of all class levels and guilt levels, etc. I think when I ran it in my head, having at least two non-white writers seemed to be the point at which there's a critical mass for the, "err... you know how that looks, right?" voice.
I think when I ran it in my head, having at least two non-white writers seemed to be the point at which there's a critical mass for the, "err... you know how that looks, right?" voice.
I imagine it's a lot easier to bring this sort of thing up when there's someone else in the room who will say "Yeah, I noticed that too."
That's one of the things I like about Criminal Minds--they only have one POC on their regular cast (and they're getting rid of two of their three female cast members; boo!), but they will cast a POC and/or a female as their Cop of the Week on a regular basis.
I imagine it's a lot easier to bring this sort of thing up when there's someone else in the room who will say "Yeah, I noticed that too."
From the interviews I've seen, yep. Three, and you get to awesome balance! And there may also be unicorns.
I recall my nephew telling me that casting-wise it was an asset for him that he looks "ambiguously ethnic". I'll have to ask him where he heard that and does it mean that, as a 3/4 caucasian person, he has just as much of a shot at any particular role as the actor who is 100% the ethnicity the casting department is looking for.
50 upcoming movie remakes. I'm kinda traumatised by some of these. Though I will watch the
hell
out of Tom Hardy as Mad Max. Oh, yeah.
I'm kinda traumatised by some of these.
Was
Porkey's
one of those?
Also,
‘The Black Hole’
?
‘Yellow Submarine’
? (Are they gonna use The Beatles' music for that?)
Hitchcock should not be remade. Nor should
My Fair Lady,
or
Arthur,
even with Helen Mirren.
