So sometime this past Sept, I had this exchange about Idris Elba playing a Norse god in the upcoming Marvel movie Thor from a trailer posted on Youtube.
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darthtyruss said:
ok seen the video for the movie...it looks awesome..BUT..WHAT THE HELL IS A BLACK GUY PLAYING A NORSE GOD FOR..HOLLYWOOD BULLSHIT..the changed Heimdall,the guardian to the gate of Asgard into a black man..BULL SHIT..if they can do that..iwant a WHITE guy to play the BLACK PANTHER,,Hollywood gets it wrong again
beijoguy co-signed:
@darthtyruss HAHA! Good call! Maybe they can get a black guy to play Nick Fury, or the Kingpin, or James West...oh...wait...
my rebuttal:
awww. more whinin' bout Idris Elba as Heimdall. This annoyed with Last Airbender? How about blonde Brad Pitt as Achilles--and the not very Turkish Trojans? This outraged at Italian Rene Russo as Frigga? How about Celtic Ray Stevenson (who previously played a Roman) as Volstagg--a bit off no? Black actors as Norse gods is odd, but not new (Eartha Kitt as Freya, 1989). Maybe its reparations for a century+ of black-face. Given history tho, I'd be wary on demanding "Nordic purity." Never ends well.
darthtyruss loses it and releases his inner Nazi:
@chocbwoy_____ you such a idiot..there isn't that much difference between the actors you list..at least there white..and remark about the Celtic ray Stevenson as volstagg..Celts and Norse are like cousins..u liberal fag...at least there not AFRICAN .play a NORSE GOD..dumb ass..i want a white guy to play the hero Shaka zula..or the Black panther,,take that u African loven reject
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Ahhh. Gotta love it when the full on racism comes out. I hope Marvel casts the next Captain America as Chinese! lol