I love Barry Jenkins, there's no author I respect more than James Baldwin, and I'm glad 2018 has allowed this kind of project to exist and have a platform (and hopefully an audience) I can't wait for If Beale Street Could Talk.
I'm just asking bro. I've seen plenty of Black Americans talking about this and I've noticed that too. One or two cases would okay, but I can cite plenty of examples like Insecure, 12 Years a slave, Selma and now the future Harriett Tubman movie,etc. there's a problem. Why when Black Americans who question this kind of erasure and want some authenticity, y'all are trying to silence them ? And can we stop comparing everything with white people, like they're uncomparable. It'd better to compare a group of color with another group of color who are both victim of white supremacy. I'm Black Canadian myself, and I was like: "Stephan James, come back ! We need you, bro!" He's playing all those Black American roles and few of Black Canadian ones. Like I would die to see Canadian Blackness finally represented on the screen instead of the same type of blackness. But that's just me though.
@@alexn.2901 I understand your point of view. In my opinion, an actor's job is to disappear into the character. I'm African (hence my RUclips name) and the reverse happens as well: Denzel Washington plays an South African Activist Steve Biko (1st Oscar nomination) Forest Whitaker wins Oscar by playing an Ugandan dictator Don Cheadle is Oscar nominated by playing an Rwandan Hotel manager/ Hero Will Smith plays a Nigerian Doctor in the movie Concussion Jennifer Hudson plays Winnie Mandela As an African (living in the US) it does not bother me as long as they do the movie role justice. In addition, I mentioned the "WHITE FOLK" is because it is the same scenario. I mean think about it: Nicole Kidman (Australian), Charlize Theron (South African), Christian Bale (British), Cate Blanchett (Australian), Ryan Gosling (Canadian) etc are all FOREIGN ACTORS who are huge stars in HOLLYWOOD. Does anyone really think they are taking away opportunities from White American actors?!
I love Barry Jenkins, there's no author I respect more than James Baldwin, and I'm glad 2018 has allowed this kind of project to exist and have a platform (and hopefully an audience)
I can't wait for If Beale Street Could Talk.
That film though🥵
Stephan james✋
lol why they cast a non-Black American to play a Black American tho?
Do you have the same reaction when British/ Australian actors are cast as White American characters?!
I'm just asking bro.
I've seen plenty of Black Americans talking about this and I've noticed that too.
One or two cases would okay, but I can cite plenty of examples like Insecure, 12 Years a slave, Selma and now the future Harriett Tubman movie,etc. there's a problem.
Why when Black Americans who question this kind of erasure and want some authenticity, y'all are trying to silence them ?
And can we stop comparing everything with white people, like they're uncomparable. It'd better to compare a group of color with another group of color who are both victim of white supremacy.
I'm Black Canadian myself, and I was like: "Stephan James, come back ! We need you, bro!"
He's playing all those Black American roles and few of Black Canadian ones.
Like I would die to see Canadian Blackness finally represented on the screen instead of the same type of blackness.
But that's just me though.
@@alexn.2901 I understand your point of view. In my opinion, an actor's job is to disappear into the character. I'm African (hence my RUclips name) and the reverse happens as well:
Denzel Washington plays an South African Activist Steve Biko (1st Oscar nomination)
Forest Whitaker wins Oscar by playing an Ugandan dictator
Don Cheadle is Oscar nominated by playing an Rwandan Hotel manager/ Hero
Will Smith plays a Nigerian Doctor in the movie Concussion
Jennifer Hudson plays Winnie Mandela
As an African (living in the US) it does not bother me as long as they do the movie role justice. In addition, I mentioned the "WHITE FOLK" is because it is the same scenario. I mean think about it: Nicole Kidman (Australian), Charlize Theron (South African), Christian Bale (British), Cate Blanchett (Australian), Ryan Gosling (Canadian) etc are all FOREIGN ACTORS who are huge stars in HOLLYWOOD. Does anyone really think they are taking away opportunities from White American actors?!
@@AfroAngola I'm not saying that the other way around is good either. Like I've seen plenty of Black Americans saying that.