And I think you hit the nail on the head about why people would have such an issue with this. There would be an uproar over an African-American woman being cast in the role of Wonder Woman and quite frankly I don't think most of the people who would have a problem would be bigots or racists. The character has a nearly seventy year history of being white and there would be some serious opposition if the casting went another way. Is that right? I really don't know. I mean I don't give a rip what your skin color is or what God you worship or who you want to spend the bed time lovin' with and my knee jerk reaction is that you should stick to what is on the page because if the roles were reversed and they wanted to cast a white actress to play Storm there would be an uproar. I think such a thing works both ways.
Can you cast against type? Sure, Michael Clarke Duncan made a great Kingpin, but I think there is a difference between a villain from Daredevil and Spider-Man that the vast majority of civilians have never heard of and Wonder Woman, who has been in the public eye on television for nearly forty years now. There is a perception of what the character looks like and I think that is where the problem lies. On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Erika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think that depends on who is drawing her. Personally, I don't like a > flat-bottomed WW with outrageous boobs. I think she looks best when > she is full up top without looking like a porn star AND has a curvy > bum. If she is supposed to be the feminine ideal, that would be my > definition. Beyonce is gorgeous and I would looove to have her body, > but (a) She's not a very good actress and (b) she would have to be for > people to get past the fact that WW has always been white. > > On Nov 10, 8:33 am, Ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, I'm not kidding. I would never joke about such serious matters. > > Again, not trying to be sexist or racist, but she does not have enough > > up top and too much at the bottom for a good Wonder Woman. > > > > E > > > > On Nov 10, 8:27 am, "Todd Elliott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Are you kidding me? She is smoking hot and has curves on her curves. > I > > > just want to see her dress as Wonder Woman for Halloween. > > > > > ----------------------------- > > > Todd Elliott > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/11/09/beyonce-wants-to-be-wonder-woman... > > > > > > Ok, please don't take thess words in the wrong way because I have no > > > > intention of being racist and/or sexist, just honest. > > > > I think Beyonce is smokin hot but I don't think she should play > Wonder > > > > Woman. So far, every female that has been set as a rumor to play > > > > Wonder Woman has been terribly wrong. None of them, so far, has the > > > > curves that Wonder Woman should have. If I were to see Wonder Woman > on > > > > the big screen, I want to see a female with a closer shaped body that > > > > is drawn in the comics. To me, even though in retrospect the show > > > > sucked, Linda Carter was the perfect Wonder Woman. She was absolutely > > > > gorgeous and had the exact, perfectly curved body that fit the > > > > character. > > > > They need to find an unknown that is closest to the comic character > as > > > > they can. > > > > > > E > > > -- This post/e-mail was written by Michael Bailey, Superman Apologist Hey, I have a podcast http://www.viewsfromthelongbox.com Hey, I have a comic book blog. http://www.fortressofbaileytude.com Hey, I'm on the Unique Geek http://www.theuniquegeek.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
