Fine with me. Additionally, maybe they could do something with Ron Troupe, the token black
Planet reporter in the comics and TAS. Or they could use the TAS character of Angela Chen.
In
Superman: Doomsday, Mercy Graves was played by Cree Summer, and I think she was depicted as African-American, though with blonde hair:
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0582726/bio
And we got an Asian Mercy Graves (Gwendoline Yeo) in
The Batman.
Here we go again!
No! No!, A 1,000 times,
NO!
There are two black characters in the comics already, Ron Trope and Inspector Bill Henderson-they can be the black characters Superman/Clark Kent meets and deals with, along with maybe also John Henry Irons (Steel) and his niece. (This objection comes from a 42-year old Afro-Canadian male, BTW.)
For a post that has some wonderful insight on Superman's character, it ends with a knee-jerk reaction--rolleyes noted--over the suggestion that someone of a different skin complexion play Lois Lane.
No one stated out right that it should be a black actress and only a black actress. Or an asian actress. The suggestion was that casting not limit itself to a white, dark-haired actress. There are a great deal of talented actresses in the Hollywood pool of different ethnicities. So why not open up the field? Same with the other characters.
Why should the Daily Planet be limited to Ron Trope as the only ethnic representation? In fact, when was the last time he really contributed anything to the Superman comics. Usually, he gets no more than a panel or two and some witty remark aimed at Steve Lombard.
Uhhh... Superman's Kryptonian and Lois is human. There's already a much bigger "racial element" to the story than any trivial difference in skin complexion. And unless the movie were set in the past, there's no way that Lois being dark-skinned would be an "element" in the story at all. When was the last time you saw a TV show or movie that presented a mixed-ethnicity romance and made an issue out of the fact that it was mixed?
This reminds me of the penultimate scene in the 1970s issue of
Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane, "
I Am Curious (Black)!"
Sure we can laugh at the simplicity with how the issue deals with race and racial tensions, even the stereotypes it contains and the sledgehammer ending that makes "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" look more subtle.
In the issue, Superman uses a device to transfigure Lois from white to black. The penultimate scene has the black Lois asking Superman if he'd still love her and marry her if she remained black. I find his response brilliant:
You ask me that of me...Superman? An alien from the Krypton? A universal outsider? I don't even have human skin! It's tougher than steel!
Of course, Lois's cringeworthy come back ("But your skin is the
right color") ruins it.
