The Eternal Appeal To Triviality

[@guygadbois3010]

In the last discussion I had about Astrid's race swap I asked "If it's 'so important to have representation' then why is it okay to take that representation away from white girls?" and the response was that white girls have plenty of movie roles already and they shouldn't complain. So, the standard Marxist redistrution of wealth, but movie roles instead of wealth. It descended from there (of course) to where I was told I should be satisfied with identifying with the white part of a mixed-race actor which sounds like old-school Southern racism with terms like 'octaroon' and 'quadroon' at play. I do think a race swap tends to be more acceptable if the actor involved has a high celebrity status, e.g., few cared that Sam Jackson took the role of Nick Fury since Jackson is a popular actor. Of two actors who have played Nick Fury, who do you want, Sam Jackson or David Hasselhoff?

[@StevenThomas-l2o]

So true I'm down for Ryan Gosling to take over the mantle of Black Panther😂