Wuthering Heights trailer (he's Black)

[valet]

CbuttC went crazy over the "Hunger Games". Imagine what they'll say about this.

 

[Fillerguy]

cacs where mad at Hunger games cuz they're retarded. This dont look like its staying close to the book anyway. Heathcliff's supposed to go from the gutter to Don status, Lord of a Manor type shyt. No negro rising up like that in the 1800s. Especially if he lusting after a pawg

 

[The Real]

In the original, the character is supposed to be "swarthy" and dark-haired, and the book itself implies that he may be of mixed origin, coming from an illegitimate union between a sailor from India, the Middle East, or a Black man. He comes from a port town where immigrants and foreign sailors are common, and other characters spend a lot of time fixating on his looks.

If they want to do it accurately, they should choose someone with ambiguous looks anyway, which they never do, so I don't see choosing someone who is clearly Black as any less accurate than choosing someone who is clearly white.

@ CbuttC, though.

 

[Fillerguy]

In the original, the character is supposed to be "swarthy" and dark-haired, and the book itself implies that he may be of mixed origin, coming from an illegitimate union between a sailor from India, the Middle East, or a Black man. He comes from a port town where immigrants and foreign sailors are common, and other characters spend a lot of time fixating on his looks.

If they want to do it accurately, they should choose someone with ambiguous looks anyway, which they never do, so I don't see choosing someone who is clearly Black as any less accurate than choosing someone who is clearly white.

@ CbuttC, though.

I always assumed he was Freddie Mercury's color but I saw the 30s film right after i finished the book. plays to tv shows to films, Heath's been white. ppl will complain. i never thought about it as a interracial romance.