Current Events > Julia Roberts suggested by studio executive to play Harriet Tubman

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https://cheezburger.com/9763333/internet-reacts-to-julia-roberts-portraying-harriet-tubman

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/julia-roberts-was-first-choice-to-play-abolitionist-harriet-tubman-11865490

A white woman to play a real life black woman whose race is an important part of her identity.

It was so long ago. Nobody is going to know the difference, he reportedly said.

just another example that studio executives really dont care about actors not looking like the characters they would be portraying. Nobody should even be thinking it wise for a white person to play a black person, let alone actually say it out loud or online.
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i wanna know who the exec is so we can publicly shame them.

the sheer stupidity of this idea is unforgiveable
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So like a reverse Hamilton?

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As much as I like cheeseburgers, you're gonna have to do better than cheezburger.com

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Hey, hats off to him for not seeing race.

They already made a black man the villain of the movie and now this comes out...?
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nothing wrong with that tho? race doesn't matter in a good acting performance

As long as all the slaves are white too.
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thronedfire2 posted...

As much as I like cheeseburgers, you're gonna have to do better than cheezburger.com

It was on my facebook feed. I honestly never heard of this movie before then.
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spudger posted...

i wanna know who the exec is so we can publicly shame them.

the sheer stupidity of this idea is unforgiveable

It was a different time back then.

No need to shame that individual for a foolish idea from ages ago. It's not like it actually got approved.
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LoDsdeath posted...

Hey, hats off to him for not seeing race.

Lmao

WerewolfPaws posted...

They already made a black man the villain of the movie and now this comes out...?

Who would sign on to the part

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You know, I don't really buy much into most contemporary definitions of social justice, but what the hell possessed the studio executives to think that this was a good idea, even in 1995?! Seriously. What the ****.

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s0nicfan posted...

So like a reverse Hamilton?

There's the conservative take.
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Ryangrad posted...

s0nicfan posted...

So like a reverse Hamilton?

There's the conservative take.

I've never seen Hamilton, but it would be a valid take if Alexander Hamilton was played by a black man. Considering the racial dynamics of the time, you weren't going to find a non-white Founding Father of the United States.

That said, casting a white woman as Harriet Tubman would be a ridiculous decision.

Esrac posted...

Ryangrad posted...

s0nicfan posted...

So like a reverse Hamilton?

There's the conservative take.

I've never seen Hamilton, but it would be a valid take if Alexander Hamilton was played by a black man. Considering the racial dynamics of the time, you weren't going to find a non-white Founding Father of the United States.

That said, casting a white woman as Harriet Tubman would be a ridiculous decision.

Ive seen Hamilton with a black male lead.
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Esrac posted...

Ryangrad posted...

s0nicfan posted...

So like a reverse Hamilton?

There's the conservative take.

I've never seen Hamilton, but it would be a valid take if Alexander Hamilton was played by a black man. Considering the racial dynamics of the time, you weren't going to find a non-white Founding Father of the United States.

That said, casting a white woman as Harriet Tubman would be a ridiculous decision.

Thankfully it never happened.
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TheRealDill2009 posted...

spudger posted...

i wanna know who the exec is so we can publicly shame them.

the sheer stupidity of this idea is unforgiveable

It was a different time back then.

No need to shame that individual for a foolish idea from ages ago. It's not like it actually got approved.

Its like shaming a Canadian Prime Minister for a picture taken decades ago
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Being a studio exec seems like such a sweet gig
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Esrac posted...

I've never seen Hamilton, but it would be a valid take if Alexander Hamilton was played by a black man. Considering the racial dynamics of the time, you weren't going to find a non-white Founding Father of the United States.

That said, casting a white woman as Harriet Tubman would be a ridiculous decision.

http://www.playbill.com/article/where-is-the-original-cast-of-broadways-hamilton-now

Most of the founding fathers cast were black. That was kind of the whole conceit of the play. The director has explicitly said in interviews his casting was conscious, not color blind. Hamilton himself was Latino. I think the only white founding father was Washington.

By the way, I'm not saying Julia Roberts in this role is a good idea. It's incredibly stupid and I'm glad they didn't go through with it.

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