I watched a British movie based off a true story from the 1920s called Wicked Little Letters. They made the main judge black and also the husband of the main character black. Neither were true and it’s so unbelievable that it sort of ruins the characters with how out of place it feels.

I know many movies do this to be eligible for awards now, but there should at least be exemptions for true stories to stay accurate and still eligible for awards. Otherwise it feels wrong.

Also, it’s kind of sad that there will always be someone willing to take on these roles knowing they are not accurate and only in it to meet some diversity quota. It is also insulting towards the real life characters from the story to not be accurately represented. I don’t know.

I agree that I don’t care if it’s a new fiction movie full of as much diversity as possible, but it is wrong that historically accurate movies can’t qualify for awards.

This post was edited on 4/13/24 at 9:53 am

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Posted by TN Tygah

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Posted on 4/13/24 at 11:58 am to beauchristopher

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Also, it’s kind of sad that there will always be someone willing to take on these roles knowing they are not accurate and only in it to meet some diversity quota. It is also insulting towards the real life characters from the story to not be accurately represented. I don’t know.

There was that black actor who refused to take James Bond for that reason, I think.

Little Mermaid wouldn’t have bothered me as much except for the fact that it was written by a Danish guy, and Denmark is whiter than the North Pole. Also the fact that the intention was inclusion but when it came to marketing it in China they airbrushed her skin to make her lighter and put the advertising focus more on Sebastian and Flounder.

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