I think its more about actors getting roles than progressive elements in the story really. Hollywood has a casting and paying problem separate from the decisions around which stories get told and how, which is of course also a problem
Also though fwiw I disagree with your point because these aren't really effective historical accounts, they are stories and stories are more reflections of their tellers than their subjects. Like, most of the shit in period pieces is hollywood invention anyway, why not be inventive away from white supremacy rather than in favor of it in that case
But why keep telling those same stories about the same four or five white people. It's just like Henry VIII (and wives), Mary Queen of Scots, Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria. There's like a billion stories about these people.
I get that it's good to actually boost the amount of roles available for POC but why not also boost the stories of real POC at the same time? Hell, it might even get people to learn about these people and such.
It just reinforces that the only stories worth telling in history are rich white people, no matter who plays them.
It is sort of making the best of a bad situation, true. But its still a sign of progress. Definitely easier to cast black people than getting people to stop making or watching things about Henry VIII, even if that's the ideal
I think its more about actors getting roles than progressive elements in the story really. Hollywood has a casting and paying problem separate from the decisions around which stories get told and how, which is of course also a problem
Also though fwiw I disagree with your point because these aren't really effective historical accounts, they are stories and stories are more reflections of their tellers than their subjects. Like, most of the shit in period pieces is hollywood invention anyway, why not be inventive away from white supremacy rather than in favor of it in that case
But why keep telling those same stories about the same four or five white people. It's just like Henry VIII (and wives), Mary Queen of Scots, Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria. There's like a billion stories about these people.
I get that it's good to actually boost the amount of roles available for POC but why not also boost the stories of real POC at the same time? Hell, it might even get people to learn about these people and such.
It just reinforces that the only stories worth telling in history are rich white people, no matter who plays them.
I haven't seen anything about Shakespeare the person
I think its common all over to have historical fiction based on the powerful. In India we've got historical fiction about kings fighting kings
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It is sort of making the best of a bad situation, true. But its still a sign of progress. Definitely easier to cast black people than getting people to stop making or watching things about Henry VIII, even if that's the ideal