Alexandra Shipp star of the tragic Aaliyah lifetime movie is cast as Storm in new X-Men film

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Bi-racial. Black dad, white mom. I don't think she identifies as black.

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I have nieces that are bi-racial (black dad, white mom) but they identify as black. Not that it'll make a difference because Storm is not bi-racial, she's black.


Which leads me to another question, why black dudes gotta bring these problems into

our community? Just....why? :why:


Lol......


but really though.....:comeon:
 

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I understood the outrage of Ridley Scott's new flick, now I'm incapable of understanding this? Look at it from this point of view, what if you were Alexandra Shipp and wanted to play the role of Storm, what if the studio told you that they loved your performance but that your skin wasn't black enough? Obviously thecoli wasn't around but I don't remember any outrage about Halle playing storm. Now we're in here speculating that Alexandra identifies more with her white side then her black side, idk, I still think it's a little ridiculous :manny:
I would understand. This isn't some new creative project, its based off materials that has been out for decades. Its whitewashing one of the few black figures in the series. Just because she may be a good actor (apparently she isn't), she doesn't match the source/original material. Will Smith might have the acting ability to play JFK in a new movie, but he's so different from the actually person that he shouldn't be considered. Get what I'm saying? :patrice:
 

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I would understand. This isn't some new creative project, its based off materials that has been out for decades. Its whitewashing one of the few black figures in the series. Just because she may be a good actor (apparently she isn't), she doesn't match the source/original material. Will Smith might have the acting ability to play JFK in a new movie, but he's so different from the actually person that he shouldn't be considered. Get what I'm saying? :patrice:
this is a fictional character we're talking about, you can alter certain details and leave the character wholly intact. Maybe they'll CGI her darker.
 

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this is a fictional character we're talking about, you can alter certain details and leave the character wholly intact. Maybe they'll CGI her darker.
Being a fictional character is irrelevant. There are decades of source material where she's always depicted in a specific way.
:snoop: at the bolded. Thats the same as the Exodus shyt. Same as those magazines where they'd darkened some white girls to make them look African. That would just be like some 21st century black face. Why do that when you could just get a dark skinned actress in the first place? Are you white? Are you trolling? :what:
 

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Being a fictional character is irrelevant. There are decades of source material where she's always depicted in a specific way.
:snoop: at the bolded. Thats the same as the Exodus shyt. Same as those magazines where they'd darkened some white girls to make them look African. That would just be like some 21st century black face. Why do that when you could just get a dark skinned actress in the first place? Are you white? Are you trolling? :what:
Yeah, I was joking about the last sentence breh :heh:

You were talking about Will Smith being played by JFK, that's just not even close to a mudblood playing storm in my opinion, I'm assuming you also hated the casting of Halle? Angela Bassett would've been a sick storm
 

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Yeah, I was joking about the last sentence breh :heh:

You were talking about Will Smith being played by JFK, that's just not even close to a mudblood playing storm in my opinion, I'm assuming you also hated the casting of Halle? Angela Bassett would've been a sick storm
Oh ok, it's hard to tell sarcasm through text sometimes :manny:

But my point was that she's a misrepresentation of the character. & I don't think Halle was a great casting either. They shoulda got an actual African woman to play her
 
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