Clearly I need to go back and read it again, because that never became clear to me. Dur. White bias FTFail.
I'm glad it's not just me because I completely missed that.
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sj - Mar 28, 2011 2:51:39 pm PDT #13807 of 30000
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Consuela - Mar 28, 2011 2:54:48 pm PDT #13808 of 30000
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I missed it too; it came up in later discussions on the book. It's more subtle than in Anansi Boys.
beekaytee - Mar 28, 2011 3:46:00 pm PDT #13809 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
It's more subtle than in Anansi Boys.
I had a whahuh? look on my face when I read this. Then I had to remind myself that I did not read Anansi Boys, but rather, listened to it read by Lenny Henry. I've checked that one out of the library three times so far and hear something new every time I listen to it. Absolutely wonderful. But, in no way subtle in the 'casting.'
§ ita § - Mar 28, 2011 4:19:16 pm PDT #13810 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But, in no way subtle in the 'casting.'
Did different people read different roles? Or did you assume the main character was black just because the reader of the whole book was black?
§ ita § - Mar 28, 2011 4:38:01 pm PDT #13811 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is your kid old enough for The Empire Strikes Back? TL/DR: Maybe, maybe not. Jesse would approve.
Someone asks the important question, though--when do you tell them about the prequels?
Amy - Mar 28, 2011 4:49:52 pm PDT #13812 of 30000
Because books.
Someone asks the important question, though--when do you tell them about the prequels?
Never would have been good for me.
Jon B. - Mar 28, 2011 5:19:48 pm PDT #13813 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I just saw Super. I think I liked it. It was pretty uncompromising with the violence, and the turns from funny to disturbing can be wrenching. But I think I liked it.
Note: I haven't seen Kickass so I can't compare.
beekaytee - Mar 28, 2011 5:49:55 pm PDT #13814 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Did different people read different roles? Or did you assume the main character was black just because the reader of the whole book was black?
I could have sworn I made the assumption based on something the reader said, but it may have been solely based on the voices Henry did.
I didn't assume that all the characters were black but I was certain the main character was.
§ ita § - Mar 28, 2011 6:10:50 pm PDT #13815 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He did black voices? I'm not getting what you're saying. Maybe I should listen to it.
For the record, I got that he was West Indian, most likely Jamaican, but I don't remember an explicit calling out of race.
Fiona - Mar 28, 2011 7:53:43 pm PDT #13816 of 30000
Is there a cinematographer-turned-director who's won multiple Oscars for the former?
There's Steven Soderbergh, who has won an Oscar for directing and does all of his cinematography under the pseudonym Peter Andrews.
Barry Sonnenfeld would also fit the bill if he had won some Oscars.
They are all who spring to mind just now.