What If Inception Was Recast With Black Actors?
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Inspired by this quote: “Imagine a film such as Inception with an entire cast of black people – do you think it would be successful? Would people watch it? But no one questions the fact that everyone’s white. That’s what we have to change.” - Idris Elba
Inception recast → Idris Elba as Cobb, Richard Ayoade as Arthur, Anthony Mackie as Robert Fischer, Zoe Saldana as Ariadne, Jamie Foxx as Eames, Kerry Washington as Mal, Forest Whitaker as Yusuf, Michael K. Williams as Saito, Jeffrey Wright as Browning, Danny Glover as Maurice Fischer, and Gina Torres as Miles
Inception recast → Idris Elba as Cobb, Richard Ayoade as Arthur, Anthony Mackie as Robert Fischer, Zoe Saldana as Ariadne, Jamie Foxx as Eames, Kerry Washington as Mal, Forest Whitaker as Yusuf, Michael K. Williams as Saito, Jeffrey Wright as Browning, Danny Glover as Maurice Fischer, and Gina Torres as Miles
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Inception is based on a ducktales book/ story....
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i loved Inception
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Inspired by this quote: “Imagine a film such as Inception with an entire cast of black people – do you think it would be successful? Would people watch it? But no one questions the fact that everyone’s white. That’s what we have to change.” - Idris Elba
Inception recast → Idris Elba as Cobb, Richard Ayoade as Arthur, Anthony Mackie as Robert Fischer, Zoe Saldana as Ariadne, Jamie Foxx as Eames, Kerry Washington as Mal, Forest Whitaker as Yusuf, Michael K. Williams as Saito, Jeffrey Wright as Browning, Danny Glover as Maurice Fischer, and Gina Torres as Miles
I see 3 people on here that aren't black..
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would be cool to see but.. would it be as critically acclaimed or commercially successful doubt it.. ? it might be straight to dvd
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Zoe saldana is half Dominican and half puerto rican if I recall.
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Zoe saldana is half Dominican and half puerto rican if I recall.
She's still is a ? . -
It would actually have soul to the film and superior.
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Zoe saldana is half Dominican and half puerto rican if I recall.
which makes her black whether she likes it or not -
White people would complain
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Zoe saldana is half Dominican and half puerto rican if I recall.
Word black people cant be from the Caribbean -
What if
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Wouldn't get off a shelf.
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There would be a random crossdressing character thrown in for no reason.
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Put Anthony Mackie in it
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I believe the larger question is why is whiteness so normalized? Why are we still at this juncture? When a movie casts all white people it doesn't raise an eye brow it is considered "for general audiences" why though? White people aren't a majority of the world's population and if you include over seas markets arent even the majority of movie industry consumers.
However any movie that casts an all Black or an all Latino or all Asian cast is deemed as niche as if somehow the only people on earth that are universally relatable are white folks? -
I believe the larger question is why is whiteness so normalized? Why are we still at this juncture? When a movie casts all white people it doesn't raise an eye brow it is considered "for general audiences" why though? White people aren't a majority of the world's population and if you include over seas markets arent even the majority of movie industry consumers.
However any movie that casts an all Black or an all Latino or all Asian cast is deemed as niche as if somehow the only people on earth that are universally relatable are white folks?
Universal appeal is the term they use!
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You can say that about any great film though. If it ain't about slavery or some other destitute story, will never if rarely see a big budget a
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CopperKing wrote: »
lol Do people really not understand the difference between Black and African American? If you going to exclude Zoe because she's from the Carribbean, you might as well exclude Idris since he's from England.
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Its like Marvel is takin forever to make a Black Panther movie. Showin an advanced civilization of untouchable Black folk is too much for white folk to handle.
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You ask this as if you don't know the answer...and I know you do.I believe the larger question is why is whiteness so normalized? Why are we still at this juncture? When a movie casts all white people it doesn't raise an eye brow it is considered "for general audiences" why though? White people aren't a majority of the world's population and if you include over seas markets arent even the majority of movie industry consumers.
However any movie that casts an all Black or an all Latino or all Asian cast is deemed as niche as if somehow the only people on earth that are universally relatable are white folks?
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That ? been on the backburner forever.Its like Marvel is takin forever to make a Black Panther movie. Showin an advanced civilization of untouchable Black folk is too much for white folk to handle.
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I believe the larger question is why is whiteness so normalized? Why are we still at this juncture? When a movie casts all white people it doesn't raise an eye brow it is considered "for general audiences" why though? White people aren't a majority of the world's population and if you include over seas markets arent even the majority of movie industry consumers.
However any movie that casts an all Black or an all Latino or all Asian cast is deemed as niche as if somehow the only people on earth that are universally relatable are white folks?
Whites have been conditioned to believe that they are the epitome. It wouldn't be much of a surprise if a movie like Inception was recasted with black actors and received little to no audience. Any movie that depicts blacks in a serious and powerful role debunks any preconceived notion society may have of us. They are content with blacks being the clowns and the "help" because it plays into their widely viewed conception of us. Our jobs as blacks shouldn't be to ponder over the reasons why some whites are the way they are and how to change it. That is an internal issue that they themselves will be forced to address as time moves on.
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playmaker88 wrote: »would be cool to see but.. would it be as critically acclaimed or commercially successful doubt it.. ? it might be straight to dvd
I think just say that just to say it. Dreamgirls did well, Ray and ABCs Black cast version of Cinderella with Whitney and Brandy was well received.
Blade which was a Snipes vehicle put Marvel on the map and comic book movies as a serious genre.
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Directors make the films. What if it was a black director? Who would it be and what black director could make this kind of film?
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Its like Marvel is takin forever to make a Black Panther movie. Showin an advanced civilization of untouchable Black folk is too much for white folk to handle.
Nah, if they did this, then what race would the antagonist be?
Even though that airbender ? was garbage, you see how they did the cast.
Ain't no way they can make that film. They would have to make Asians the villains or aliens.
