Donkey in the series of Shrek is dubbed by Eddie Murphy, who is a black individual, accompanying Shrek in his adventure to save Fiona. Why accompanying?Then there is Chris Tucker with Jackie Chan in the movie Rush Hour. Did you notice how Chris Tucker plays a character that is funny, whereas Jackie Chan plays a character that wants to get stuff done fast. It is shown in the picture that Chris Tucker has a more playful character, and Jackie Chan is the more serious type.
The issue is not how black individuals are given a more funny character to play but how they're hardly given roles that are more serious. This shows that these individuals are carefree, all they care about is making jokes and distracting others rather than helping them in a more serious and professional way.
So, a few questions I'd like for you all to answer are:
1) Does race play a role in the type of character actors are given?
2) Should black individuals be given a more serious and funny role?
3) As of yet we don't see any effects of this seterotype, do you think in future we might?
So, a few questions I'd like for you all to answer are:
1) Does race play a role in the type of character actors are given?
2) Should black individuals be given a more serious and funny role?
3) As of yet we don't see any effects of this seterotype, do you think in future we might?
Racism does not really play a big role in the characters given to actors. The producers rather give actors a character they are good at which in turn, may attract more viewers to viewing that particular movie. An example is Russel Peters who normally performs concerts normally in a large group of people and seem to do very good at that. He wasn’t told to play the role of an action man which is clearly obvious that he may do poorly at it.
ReplyDeleteThe role played by black people in movies should of their own choice. The law applies still here. That is, freedom of expression. The black actors should be allowed to choice the part they want to play in a movie like a white person would be. This would at least make it fair to everyone in the movie industry.
3) As of yet we don't see any effects of this seterotype, do you think in future we might?
Yeah
In the future I surely think there would be a lot of stereotypic movies being released. It seems to be gradually starting. Most movies portray men to be more stronger than women and also show a lot of heroic characters compared to females.
I think race definitely plays a role in some cases when casting actors for a certain type of character. For example, when has Jackie Chan ever been cast as a person who doesn’t know martial arts? Also, black actors have been cast as the “token black guy” very often.
ReplyDeleteHowever, there are some black actors that are given more serious roles such as Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman. I think as a result of casting black actors for mainly the “token black guy” role, it will become tedious in the media (if it already hasn’t), which will result in black actors auditioning for more dramatic roles.