On 2024-01-16 00:58:14 +0000, Rich said:

> On Monday 15 January 2024 at 15:22:13 UTC-5, Your Name wrote:
>> On 2024-01-15 16:33:40 +0000, moviePig said:> > On 1/14/2024 10:44 PM,
>> Irish Mike wrote:> >> On Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 3:52:19 PM UTC-5,
>> moviePig wrote:> >>> On 1/14/2024 3:45 PM, Your Name wrote:> >>>> On
>> 2024-01-14 18:21:02 +0000, Rich said:> >>>>>> >>>>>
>> https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-o-russell-direct-selena-gomez-linda-ronstadt-biopic-1234946670/>
>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> Can you IMAGINE if an Anglo was cast as say Selena?>
>> >>>>> >>>> For true "equality" they should be casting an asian man.
>> ;-)> >>>> >>> Fine by me, if he can sing like Ronstadt...> >>> >> I'm a
>> bit confused Mr. Pig. Linda Ronstadt's family has Mexican> >> heritage.
>> She recorded Mexican songs. What's the issue?> >> > The issue is
>> whether we should give a shit about such things.
>> The "issue" is that they keep gender or race swapping existing white>
>> people, especially white males, (whether fictional characters or real>
>> historical people) without a second thought in casting decisions to>
>> appease the "Politically Correct" morons, yet doing the opposite for>
>> any other person would result in massive riots (probably by those same>
>> "Politically Correct" morons since they have no actual understanding
>> of> the term "equality").
>
> It's most embarrassing for the race when they insist on pretending that
> a member of a certain race had ANYTHING to do with some positive
> historical invention or action that they had little or nothing to do
> with. For example, inflating the contribution of some black
> arithmeticians as being saviors of the space program. Not only is it
> silly and historically inaccurate, but anyone with an ounce of
> integrity and a conscience would be offended that they were portrayed
> taking credit for the work of other people.

That's an old problem, and not confined to race or gender. Just look at
all the American-made World War I and II movies in which Americans save
the day ... when in reality Americans weren't even at the historical
events being portrayed in the movie. :-\