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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2016-08-13 03:07 pm

[ SECRET POST #3510 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3510 ⌋

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[Stephen King]


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[John Green]


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[American Gods]


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[Charlie Hunnam in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword]


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[Penn & Teller: Fool Us]


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[Steven Universe]


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[Questionable Content]


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[Ghostbusters 2016]











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(Anonymous) 2016-08-13 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I actually found the way Shadow seemed stuck in between different things and the kinds of questions people asked him surprisingly relatable. The experience of people sort of projecting on you (a racist prison warden who likely encounters a lot of black inmates asks him if he's got 'nigger blood'; Sam who's half-Native American and likes him or thinks he's cute asks him if he has Native ancestry) is a part of his character I really liked, and not something I can see happening with someone like Whittle.

This isn't to say Whittle is a bad actor nor does it have anything to do with his actual race, it's just that most people would not do that at someone who seems as apparently black as he does. And I guess they could re-write the role so that Shadow becomes a black guy, but to me this would be changing it from the book and making it into a different sort of character entirely.