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[quote=Anonymous]1. Since it is not a documentary, and you know, fantasy movie, that is totally fine.

2. For the most part, an actor's race is irrelevant. Alson actor's job is to act, and it doesn't matter what color they are.

3. there are caveats to that. Historical figures like Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln probably should be played by black and white actors respectively, because so much of the history is tied into race.

3. however, it would be totally badass to cast a black Abraham Lincoln in a Bill & Ted's excellent adventure movie or something like that where historical accuracy isn't really the point.

4. which brings us back to Mary Poppins in which historical accuracy is not at all the point of the movie, so anything goes.

5. maybe you don't intend to be this op, but you sound like one of the people complaining that Star wars cast black, Asian, and Hispanic actors as a diversity stunt, because these races at ethnicities werenot present in the original Star wars. GMAB

6. Finally, I forget which director said it, but he made a point that choosing to cast all white actors to be historically accurate is kind of racist. I go back to an actor's job is to act, and if race is not a significant part of a character, then it doesn't really matter who is playing what.

7. Tl;Dr Stop being pedantic and just enjoy the movie[/quote]

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