Post #3784687
2026-07-13 12:24 UTC
It’s a myth. No one who matters cares what color the actor’s skin is as long as they do good work portraying the character.
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@usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 2026-07-13 13:38
I might care if the character has a well-defined appearance in the source material and it’s important to their character. That’s not the case for The Odyssey of course, but there’s a steelman version of the argument that has some merit.
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@Viceversa@lemmy.world 2026-07-13 14:06
It’s a myth. It’s a myth of ancient Greece. In my opinion the appearance of an actor may be irrelevant for the theatrical piece, but for cinema miscast will damage the overall image.
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@ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 2026-07-13 15:37
Tell that to Ursula Le Guin when she saw all those white people in the Earthsea adaptations.