^Hey, you make valid points. I certainly don't want to seem adamant on the issue.
Why Is a White Actor Playing 'Prince of Persia' Title Role?
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No, I think everybody is saying they are of the same race. What is wrong is subdividing that race to an absurb level. I guess if needed we can break ethnicity down to a specific neighborhood like urban gangsters do.
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I think The Artist Formerly Known as Prince should have been Prince of Persia.
He could have been "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince of Persia!"
I'll shut up now.
[throws tomato]
Because Americans hate arabs and if an arab was cast in that role the movie wouldnt make any money in the states.
Guess I missed that memo.
Whoop dee doo. Just about every American Superhero these days are being portrayed by the British, and nobody seems to care. And neither do I.
Because I can only think of two Brits playing American super heroes in the last few years,so "just about every" strikes me as inaccurate.
Conscious racism aside, it's intellectually lazy to cast a half-Jewish/half-Swedish American and make him learn a British accent to play the "Prince of Persia" - yeah, I'm sure the Iranians are thrilled. The movie had a huge budget and we've got a civilization going here - they should have found a talented and hot Persian for the part. There are plenty out there dreaming of parts like this.
PS: jokes aside, I've often thought of using Djalili's last name in a my fiction since I first saw him in "Jason and the Argonauts".
PS: jokes aside, I've often thought of using Djalili's last name in a my fiction since I first saw him in "Jason and the Argonauts".
It can't be racist! It's all white people!
It's one of many American-made, anti-English revisionist history movies.
You mean one of two Gibson-made, anti-English revisionist history movies.
The 5th Element and The Messenger: Joan of Arc, and a very successful model.
No it doesn't, but Disney usually plays it safe, especially when it's an expensive movie like PoP and they're looking to building a multi-film franchise out of it.
It can't be racist! It's all white people!
It's one of many American-made, anti-English revisionist history movies.
Then how can it be racist, if all the people involved are the same race? There's probably another word for it.
For all of the bitching, it looks like this movie is a turd anyway. So much for casting a big name in the lead 
Didn't she break in as "the next Brooke Shields" or was that another model a few years before her?
What exactly are you saying? You don't make any comment, apart from this.
If an Arab were cast, Iranians would probably be even more incensed.
Arpy said:
Oh, I did forget to mention this--the British accent. Why is the British accent always a placeholder for "foreign" (and also "pre-modern")?
He's not going to be speaking Farsi, Kurd, or Azeri, so what's the difference?
I wonder how they feel about Jewish Gyllenhaal playing the role.