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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with prior posters that neither of these two actresses could actually have “passed.”  Someone like Rashida Jones would have been far more believable.  [/quote]

I think the focus is more on the acting and the storyline and not on trying to convince yourself that either actress could pass for white or looks white enough to pass.  You are missing the story and all the nuances in the movie.  Rashida Jones is not the caliber actress that could play either of these roles.  Both Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga are Oscar level actresses.  A Rashida Jones type is not even though she could easily pass for white.  Just because an actress may look the part does not mean she has the talent to play it.  [/quote]

+1. [/quote]

Plus I believe that Rebecca Hall, who adapted and directed it (and whose mother was 1/2 Black passing) wanted the audience to be aware at all times that the women were Black, and wonder why others didn’t see them that way. She also wanted Black actresses because most movies that have a character passing used white actresses to play those roles, and yet white women haven’t lived the same experience at all.[/quote]

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