The film is called Maestro.They had a Maestro in Bradley's film?
The film is called Maestro.They had a Maestro in Bradley's film?
I'd be careful about that sort of generalisation. The importance of race has varied over time and most of the time when people complain about this stuff it turns out they didn't get it right.I obviously understand dramas can be (and often are these days) flexible/fluid with history, timeframes and social constructs. However given this film is set in 1920s England, I think it's almost farcical to cast a dark-skinned actor in the role of female policewoman when this simply wouldn't have been possible at that time. I actually find this sort of thing quite insulting to the viewer. In a way, yes I understand not an important way, you could assert it's rewriting history.
Your comment makes little sense within the context of my post.The same argument can be made for Shakespeare too.
Do you want it all historically accurate, or making it more understandable.
There's an argument for both ways
What generalisation?I'd be careful about that sort of generalisation. The importance of race has varied over time and most of the time when people complain about this stuff it turns out they didn't get it right.
Having said that, it's a bloody comedy FFS.
That there weren't ethnic minorities in the UK in the dim and distant past.What generalisation?
What am I not getting right?
That there weren't ethnic minorities in the UK in the dim and distant past.
Where did I say or suggest that? My (correct) assertion is there weren't any female ethnic minorities in the UK police in the 1920s.That there weren't ethnic minorities in the UK in the dim and distant past.
It's a comedy, I suspect your understanding is wrong.Where did I say or suggest that? My (correct) assertion is there weren't any female ethnic minorities in the UK police in the 1920s.
My thread isn't to do with hating on any group. It's to do with inaccurate representation in tv progs/movies. Fine if the production is very obviously being flexible with the period, my understanding is that's not the case with the film in question.
It's a comedy, I suspect your understanding is wrong.
I'm with you. I thought it was somethingorother woke, gone too far. Would they cast a tall black OR white guy as Hitler? No, that would be silly - as the casting director in your example was.... however last night I was watching the Graham Norton chat show. Olivia Colman was on promoting her latest film (or movie if you prefer) called Wicked Little Letters. It's based on a true story that happened in 1920s England and I think they've pretty much set the film in the same era. Note the film isn't a fantasy type affair where anything could be going on.
Cue clip of the film. Woman opens door and there's a female policewoman standing. This is historically ok as the first UK female policewoman was in 1915 with them becoming more prevalent in the 1920s. However the actor (or actress if you prefer) playing the part very obviously has dark skin. I'm not sure what ethnicity she's supposed to be in the film, in real life she's Singaporean. However when it comes to Asian/Black policewomen, the first one I can find started to serve with the Met in 1968 ... a fair bit after the 1920s.
I obviously understand dramas can be (and often are these days) flexible/fluid with history, timeframes and social constructs. However given this film is set in 1920s England, I think it's almost farcical to cast a dark-skinned actor in the role of female policewoman when this simply wouldn't have been possible at that time. I actually find this sort of thing quite insulting to the viewer. In a way, yes I understand not an important way, you could assert it's rewriting history.
Why not go the whole hog and have her drive away in a Vauxhall Viva?
I'm hoping this thread doesn't become a racist rant fest, that's not my intention in creating it. It's more the fact of dramas insulting our intelligence with things that, historically, simply couldn't have happened.
I'm with you. I thought it was somethingorother woke, gone too far. Would they cast a tall black OR white guy as Hitler? No, that would be silly - as the casting director in your example was.
I get you if it is a comedy (I really do not know)
But Funk does point out that it's based on a true story.
True stories have real people. Even characters loosely based on real people need a bit of accuracy about them.