John Leguizamo slams the 'all-white cast' of Super Mario Bros. film and lack of 'Latinx leads'

[saturn7]

Only because for about a century there was no choice check box for them to identify as anything else

What else would they check? Many are descendants of Spaniards and other Europeans.

This is an interesting story about the conflict between American Indian Pueblos and Hispano descendants.

Of Bloodlines and Conquistadors

 

[Dynamite James]

 

[boriquaking]

Is Mario Italian or Japanese lol?

Italian

 

[Batsute]

How is this any different than The Little Mermaid situation?
If The Little Mermaid can now be black, why can't Mario be Mexican?

Cause Japan don’t play that shyt. When Nintendo saw that script draft and they had peach be basically Captain Marvel and Mario as Kevin James, they told Hollywood, “go back and do it right”

 

[CopiousX]

I don't know if Identity politics are as Big in Japan as they are here. I'd imagine the bigger Target demographic for Nintendo would be their own people, followed by their neighbors China.

The existence of Hispanics probably didn't even occur to whoever was green lighting this thing in Japan. It'd be like 20th century-fox making a wolverine movie and Japanese people complaining that it has no Okinawans in it

 

[degu9089]

I don't know if Identity politics are as Big in Japan as they are here. I'd imagine the bigger Target demographic for Nintendo would be their own people, followed by their neighbors China.

The existence of Hispanics probably didn't even occur to whoever was green lighting this thing in Japan. It'd be like 20th century-fox making a wolverine movie and Japanese people complaining that it has no Okinawans in it

The Hulk would be a better comparison. Wolverine be all up in Japan on some fukkery.

 

[itsyoung!!]

Latinx is an offensive term.

 

[REdefinition]

Why is thecoli so passionately disgruntled about this?

 

[Top Left]

Gonna see mario this weekend

 

[Redwood]

Latinx is an offensive term.

What happened to just saying Latin?

 

[Top Left]

What happened to just saying Latin?

X if for all the alfabets

 

[MrLogic]

#1 fck Leguizamo of gp

# 2 I guess he wanted to voice someone but folk like him only get like that if someone black involved (Keegan with toad.) Then Latin folk get brown all of a sudden and say what about us.

#3 adults having culture war over movies games and comics is always to me.

alt right thought them gamergate geeks was gonna create Hilter ver of Germany over night but they end up bytching about who plays who in fairy tails and sci fiction/fantasy movies.

Forgetting you had cacs playing native americans and eygptains back then even till this day

 

[Cloutius Maximus]

i was getting faded the other day and realized i actually kinda respect how John deebo'd his way into being a spokesperson for Latinos. Saw him on the news the other day running his mouth. He found a lane for himself tho and got some roles off this, that's that NY hustle yall New Yorkers talk about right?

 

[spliz]

This is stupid. Mario and Luigi are italian.

 

[The_Unchosen_One]

Goombas are obviously Brown... should've had a latino play the part