Current Events > There will not be a single Slavic actor playing a character on the Witcher TV

(+) Yeah! (+)

The only Slavic is playing a show original character, which doesn't really count as one of the series characters.

Great job showcasing Poland's biggest piece of cultural relevance since WW2 (where over 20% of their population was killed, and their history and culture was targeted by the Soviet under occupation)

Although I guess getting screwed over really is the best way to represent Poland.
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People just need to get over this "only a gay actor can play a gay character" shit.
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shnangyboos posted...

People just need to get over this "only a gay actor can play a gay character" shit.

Would you be fine with an adaptation for a Korean story having a diverse cast of actors but not Korean actors?

Because that's largely the same scenario.
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The_Ivory_Man posted...

Would you be fine with an adaptation for a Korean story having a diverse cast of actors but not Korean actors?

Yes.

>istredd is black

I can't wait for the witcher fanbase to see that episode
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The_Ivory_Man posted...

shnangyboos posted...

People just need to get over this "only a gay actor can play a gay character" shit.

Would you be fine with an adaptation for a Korean story having a diverse cast of actors but not Korean actors?

Because that's largely the same scenario.

The point of acting is to be someone that you arent. Were you upset that Frodo wasnt played by a real Hobbit?
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I wouldn't care. I don't agree with race swapping in general, just because someone should actually look like the character they're playing, but I don't really put more thought into it beyond that.
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The_Ivory_Man posted...

shnangyboos posted...

People just need to get over this "only a gay actor can play a gay character" shit.

Would you be fine with an adaptation for a Korean story having a diverse cast of actors but not Korean actors?

Because that's largely the same scenario.

Oldboy?
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Chicken posted...

The_Ivory_Man posted...

shnangyboos posted...

People just need to get over this "only a gay actor can play a gay character" shit.

Would you be fine with an adaptation for a Korean story having a diverse cast of actors but not Korean actors?

Because that's largely the same scenario.

The point of acting is to be someone that you arent. Were you upset that Frodo wasnt played by a real Hobbit?

I was, but then I got lost in Elijah Wood's eyes.
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Darmik posted...

The_Ivory_Man posted...

shnangyboos posted...

People just need to get over this "only a gay actor can play a gay character" shit.

Would you be fine with an adaptation for a Korean story having a diverse cast of actors but not Korean actors?

Because that's largely the same scenario.

Oldboy?

And that was shit and nowhere near close to the original.

I did mean something more entrenched in their mythology though, should have specified that.

Chicken posted...

The_Ivory_Man posted...

shnangyboos posted...

People just need to get over this "only a gay actor can play a gay character" shit.

Would you be fine with an adaptation for a Korean story having a diverse cast of actors but not Korean actors?

Because that's largely the same scenario.

The point of acting is to be someone that you arent. Were you upset that Frodo wasnt played by a real Hobbit?

Are you okay with The Last Airbender's casting?

Being gay or being a fantasy creature isn't something tied to ethnicity. Playing a ethnic Polish character kinda is.

And when it's a discriminated group being looked over yet again in a story with roots in their own folkore, it kinda sucks.

It's the fact that nowadays even someone like Witold Pilecki wouldn't be cast as a Pole in a Hollywood nowadays.
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How about they not make the show at all, there you happy now?
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iPhone_7 posted...

How about they not make the show at all, there you happy now?

"Man I wish there were Egyptian actors in this movie about this film using Egyptian myth.

Wow, how about they just don't make it, happy now?"

Personally I wish I could get something I would like.
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Put that blame on the writer of the Witcher. All he wanted was dollars signs. If he cared about Poland he would have made it a stipulation to get at least one of them on the show.
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Alright, lads.

*cracks knuckles*

Time to get on twitter and act offended on behalf of others!
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shnangyboos posted...

People just need to get over this "only a gay actor can play a gay character" shit.

That's not really the main issue when people complain about these types of whitewashing.
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Isn't the author of the books like a major asshole?
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But the Hexer TV series and movie were filled with Slavic actors, why are you not watching them instead?
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scar the 1 posted...

shnangyboos posted...

People just need to get over this "only a gay actor can play a gay character" shit.

That's not really the main issue when people complain about these types of whitewashing.

How is it whitewashing when the stories are set in a fantasy land that got elfs and orcs?
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Foppe posted...

scar the 1 posted...

shnangyboos posted...

People just need to get over this "only a gay actor can play a gay character" shit.

That's not really the main issue when people complain about these types of whitewashing.

How is it whitewashing when the stories are set in a fantasy land that got elfs and orcs?

Call it whatever you want. I'm talking about the phenomenon the poster I quoted referenced, where a member of a marginalized group is portrayed by someone who is not a member of that group. IDK if you should call it whitewashing or CA or whatever, I don't really care. My point is just that the main issue people have is not that "only a gay actor can play a gay character", it's rather that the marginalized group is being exploited but not represented. You can agree or disagree with it, but it's fundamentally different from what shnangyboos is presenting as the argument.

...the way it would apply to The Witcher, I guess, is that Hollywood would make a lot of money off of something that is ostensibly Slavic/Polish culture, while not including Slavic/Polish talent in the realization. So I guess CA is the more appropriate term?
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Darmik posted...

The_Ivory_Man posted...

shnangyboos posted...

People just need to get over this "only a gay actor can play a gay character" shit.

Would you be fine with an adaptation for a Korean story having a diverse cast of actors but not Korean actors?

Because that's largely the same scenario.

Oldboy?

Not a good example, its just a remake. Same as americans did remakes of the Ring without having to include Japanese actors

Or you could look at it like Hollywood profiting off of one person's work. And representation used to mean simply having these characters, but now if you have these characters but they are played by people who aren't a part of that group, it's now exploitation? Seriously, the rules are changing every day. And who the hell is even deciding these rules?
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No Polish folks? Really? I thought there was at least a couple.
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Chicken posted...

The_Ivory_Man posted...

shnangyboos posted...

People just need to get over this "only a gay actor can play a gay character" shit.

Would you be fine with an adaptation for a Korean story having a diverse cast of actors but not Korean actors?

Because that's largely the same scenario.

The point of acting is to be someone that you arent. Were you upset that Frodo wasnt played by a real Hobbit?

Yes, but I understand it since the Hobbits were going to Isengard.
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