Bwahaha!

[yendi]

Yet another reason to see Thor:

A group of racists are pissed off that Idris Elba is in the movie as a Norse god. Pissing off racist assholes while seeing a comic book movie? Perfect.

(As noted by bookkeeper)

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[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Idris Elba makes a perfect Heimdall.

[marajs.livejournal.com]

maybe, just MAYBE, the casting director saw him as a good actor and not just a skin color. Possibly?

[rubian77.livejournal.com]

So did they boycott Erik the Viking as well? That had Eartha Kitt, who is not exactly of Norse ancestry.

Did anyone bother to explain to them that it's just a movie, and they should really just relax?

[spoothbrush.livejournal.com]

Dude. GODS. Gods can be any damn color that they want. I would paint Loki green in one scene just to be entertaining. Or maybe lavender.

[tithenai.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing this -- I used it to explain to my brother what asymmetrical axes of power are and how they're relevant to discussions of race and what is or isn't racist (see also: white-washing in Last Airbender = racist, whereas casting black man in stereotypical white role = subversive).

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

I LIKE IT.