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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I remember when they were outraged Dunkirk had no black characters.

A friggin WW2 movie in Europe where the English were trying to escape for their lives……and they’re mad because that historical story has no major presence of black people.  Truly insane how DEI is a de facto cult.  You can’t even tell stories from history now as they were. [/quote]

Ok.

I’m the op if this thread…surprised to see it pop up again!

I’m fine with historical films using actors that make sense rather than inserting diversity for the sake of diversity. But any slavery-era film will have black and white actors. And black men did fight in WWII.

But if you rewatch mainstream movies from the 1980s primarily made for a teenage audience—like Footloose—you’ll realize Hollywood made a choice to not include black actors in even a token way. It begs the question…why?

The dance scene is what is most stark, particularly given this was the era of dance films and breakdancing. [/quote]

Would you be upset if it were a film about an academic team?  You know black people do things besides dance, right?  [/quote]

Bless your heart for trying to spur deep thought, but you have missed the point, Dear.

The point is I think it’s wrong for all the Hollywood films of the 80s targeting a teenage audience to not include any black actors…regardless of the setting or focus of the film.

Their choice to not even include at least a few black actors during a big dance scene at a time when Hollywood was churning out dance movies just baffles me. It seems like a choice they made rather than an oversight. I mean, imagine being on set as they choreographed the scene. It didn’t occur to anybody that the scene was perhaps shockingly white?

Wonder who choreographed the film. [/quote]

Willing to bet at that time rural Kansas was “shockingly white.” And guess what -even white kids in rural KS wanted to break dance in the 80s. I’m all for representation, but this idiocy gives so many people who are not into representation fuel to call the idea absurd. So, really, dig in your heels, pat your back, you’ve made this ridiculously laughable.[/quote]

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