dravenonred

dravenonred t1_ixnwffx wrote

Reply to comment by falsehood in Andor - Episode 12 Finale - Discussion Thread! by PhoOhThree

Cassian was the most wanted criminal in the empire at that point, and all he wanted to was keep his head down and they wouldn't even let him do that. He was arrested not because he was a Aldgani raider, but just because someone felt like fucking with him. Zero correlation.

Its what made him realize you don't have a choice. You fight and suffer or you submit and suffer.

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dravenonred t1_ix80nrl wrote

Reply to comment by Bob_12_Pack in David Baddiel explores TV's problem portraying Jewish life on screen by PetyrDayne

Right? Like, that's not a problem for us. I don't have to be mad about Michael Fassbender playing a Jewish magneto when half the Avengers are Jewish actors playing non-jewish roles. Working Jewish actors are doing okay as is.

But when Idris Elba is "too urban" to play James Bond and Laverne Cox doesn't get cis character roles, they have a much better argument for authentic casting than we do.

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dravenonred t1_ix801j0 wrote

Reply to David Baddiel explores TV's problem portraying Jewish life on screen by PetyrDayne

This article is paternalistic garbage.

It arbitrarily picks Seinfeld as a "high point" of Jewish comedy, and then uses this unearned distinction to pick apart the lack of Jewish focus?

It dismisses Marvelous Ms. Maisel, which is arguably a love letter to New York Jewish society of the 50s, because it's lead isn't Jewish despite a deep bench of accomplished Jewish talent both on camera and behind the scenes?

Lastly, it attacks the very idea of non-jewish playing Jews as "an exception" to casting authenticity pressures while being amazingly ignorant that the whole point is that black/gay/trans actors are being actively crowded out of media by being relegated to "their" type of characters, who are then split with more conventional actors on top of it. Jewish actors are welcomed into play many types of roles, which does in fact take off the pressure to always cast authentic Jews as Jewish characters.

Ok, done kvetching for a while. But garbage.

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