Remember when I ranted about that horrendous adaptation butchering of Cooper's The Dark is Rising?
Sometimes I wonder where they grow the people who power the money that makes our movies and television and general pop culture. I mean, if you listened to these people, they'd have you convinced that if you are American, anglo, middle class, and raised in a generally suburban environment (give or take a few cows or transit buses), that you couldn't possibly ever want to spend money to look at someone who isn't also... American, anglo, middle class, and generally suburban.
Is this why we import so many actors from Canada, because they don't sound like they have an accent at all, to American ears? Because dogs forbid that the character have an accent, damn it, because that would be a strike-out on the first go-round. OMG, he's british! Oh, noes! Because apparently a mediocre American, white, middle class, suburban actor is way way better than a really awesome, NOT-American, possibly accented, non-Anglo*, and who knows for class or regional upbringing. Nope, let's go with the safe mediocre actor, because then the viewers can relate! Especially the children. Think of the children!
*shoots someone. possibly self*
( I could ask, at what point did you realize people have different color skin, or speak with strange accents, or aren't all from the same place/culture as you, but it's not something most of us ever think about. )
Sometimes I wonder where they grow the people who power the money that makes our movies and television and general pop culture. I mean, if you listened to these people, they'd have you convinced that if you are American, anglo, middle class, and raised in a generally suburban environment (give or take a few cows or transit buses), that you couldn't possibly ever want to spend money to look at someone who isn't also... American, anglo, middle class, and generally suburban.
Is this why we import so many actors from Canada, because they don't sound like they have an accent at all, to American ears? Because dogs forbid that the character have an accent, damn it, because that would be a strike-out on the first go-round. OMG, he's british! Oh, noes! Because apparently a mediocre American, white, middle class, suburban actor is way way better than a really awesome, NOT-American, possibly accented, non-Anglo*, and who knows for class or regional upbringing. Nope, let's go with the safe mediocre actor, because then the viewers can relate! Especially the children. Think of the children!
*shoots someone. possibly self*
( I could ask, at what point did you realize people have different color skin, or speak with strange accents, or aren't all from the same place/culture as you, but it's not something most of us ever think about. )
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