Gonna preface this post and say : This is likely bullshyt.
Having said that...it does bring up some interesting discussions.
I would love to see a black person with Luthors typical mannerisms.
A black as the smartest person in the entire DC UNIVERSE....and c00ns wanna cry about "source material"?
This is why we lose....
You'll never see Jews complaining about the Wonder Woman casting...but niccas are more loyal to dorky comic books than their own fukking race.
These types of arguments are extremely short-sighted. Y'all must have an extremely strong aversion to nuance and subtlety to feel this way.
You have to think a little deeper than "Villain = Bad Representation"...this shyt is so deep and twisted and complicated that that simply doesn't cut it.
Andy & Amos are nice. Blindside is nice. Slaves, servants, and "the help" are nice. These characterizations tend to have a *negative* impact on us however.
Blacks can be interesting. I think I'm interesting. I know other interesting black people....but our media representation is commonly just BORING and PREDICTABLE. Good or bad...we are just fukking mannequins in popular media. A people with no personality, culture, wit, charm, intelligence, sex appeal, or anything else that other groups get constantly portrayed as.
I remember after Denzel's turn in Training Day, there were some blacks (That I typically had respect for no less) angry that he "had to play a villain to win an oscar". I'm like, really? Do people not understand a complete, nuanced, intelligent, clever, charismatic individual when they see one? Y'all would rather have a bubbly, comedic, Chris Tucker Rush Hour type of cop over Alonzo?
The main issue with black villain representation in the media isn't that they are always diabolical or that they are always plotting...it's that they are not even villains..their "criminals". There is a difference. If y'all think that casting Lex Luthor as black, is the same as say.....the random niccas in a Law & Order police line-up, I don't know what to tell ya....
Training Day/American Gangster/Nino Brown (this ones close, but I still like it because Wesley brought so much to the character) type of characterizations don't "hurt" us. The same way that Italians aren't heart by movies like
Casino or
Goodfellas.
Hell if anything..I'd like to see that black ultra-villain/super devious shyt more...I *want* a Black Dr. Doom....I *want* a Black Magneto....I *want* a Black Littlefinger.
Y'all make it seem like...instead of trying to take over the world/maximize his power/grow an empire...that they are gonna have Denzel up in their scheming on how to pimp hoes and slang crack on a street corner. Like they are gonna have Idris planning smash and grabs. C'mon now.
