CoughLando! It’s not racist to suggest an actor was specifically chosen to tick a demographic box. Star Wars has a well deserved reputation about it’s deployment of female and ethnically diverse characters. Even Mace Windu and Panaka were support characters. At least in this film a main cast member is an actor of colour and that should be applauded. It’s not controversy that Rey was always going to be female in a saga where the protagonist has been male six out the last six times. Both actors were cast on merit but both characters were written to type and when it’s not Jar-jar level insensitive there is nothing wrong with that in my view.
Post #890812
- Author
- Bingowings
- Parent topic
- What didn't you like about TFA? SPOILERS
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/890812/action/topic#890812
- Date created
- 29-Dec-2015, 2:06 AM