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redirish28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:53 PM Original message |
By Asgard's Hammer! Far-righty whities mighty uptighty about black actor playing Norse god |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, white supremacists. Please boycott this movie. |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Agreed. They should boycott everything. Especially jelly donuts. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. And oxygen. (nt) |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. Branagh loves to cast out of the box. |
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redirish28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. My wife loves his movies both as a director and actor. I'll be honest I don't see the appeal. |
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wikileaksfan (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Branagh is great as Swedish detective Wallander on Masterpiece Theatre |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. Yes, he is--love that show! nt |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. In high school, my English class went to see his film adaptation of |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 02:12 AM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Don Pedro and Don John are half-brothers. And Don John was born out of wedlock. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. Idris Elba |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Looks pretty insanely cool in the part |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. Asgard is a place, not a deity. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Or Thor's hammer, Mjolnir n/t |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. Idris Elba should stick to playing black characters, like Jesus. n/t |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I wish these fucks were forced to watch Huey Freeman's "The Adventures of Black Jesus" |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. Stupid assholes! It's a f*cking myth!!! |
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toddaa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. Heimdallr was the doorman of Asgard |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. LOL. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. Do these idiots even deserve one line of Newsprint? |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. Kinda funny |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 02:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
38. I'm with you. |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. Branagh also cast a black actor to play, heaven help us... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Beat me to the punch. :^) |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. If I may, actually the first black actor to play Othello was in 1943. |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Thanks |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Appreciate your graciousness in my being pedantic. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. It was wonderful, a smart casting decision. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 02:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
41. In the movies, maybe. Black actors have been playing Othello on stage for centuries. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. My first question to them is, "Am I supposed to care?" |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. This may make me go see a movie I otherwise had no interest in |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I saw the trailer. Did not seem too interesting. But now, it's on my must see list. nt. |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. Well, you gotta admit, on the surface a black Thor sounds... |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. It's a Black Heimdall, the guardian of the Rainbow Bridge |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I think that the point is that all Norse should be considered blond & white |
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Tyrs WolfDaemon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 04:11 AM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Thor is supposed to be a red head |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. o noes! eek! wadda twadjitty! |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
27. He was freaking awesome in U.S. Office |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
28. I didn't realize that the comic book ... |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. I'm sure there are plenty of female roles in the movie |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
32. Best OP title ever. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
36. ah yes, the RAINBOW Bridge. Maybe the fundies should give the rainbow |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
39. Thank God it's not Grabthar's hammer |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
42. They didn't use real gods, why isn't anyone up in arms over this? |
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