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ยป The three genres of modern "historical" visual media
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post 1694163563 11-30-2023, 11:57 AM
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The three genres of modern "historical" visual media

(1)The Race Swap:to portray a historical figure associated with Western Civilization in a positive light and/or in an accurate presentation consistent with recorded history, the historical figure must be portrayed by a black actor/actress.Example: Queen Cleopatra, Hannibal Barca.

(2)The Hit Piece:if a historical figure cannot be feasibly race-swapped, for reasons such as public knowledge of the figure, then the historical figure may be portrayed by a "white" actor, but the film must be an absurd character assassination that borders on incoherence. Humiliation must be the main goal.Example: Napoleon.

(3)The Puff Piece:if a historical figure is actually of African ancestry, then their deeds, virtues, allegiances, goals, and accomplishments must be rewritten, even inverted, to be portrayed in an unambiguoisly positive light with great exaggeration.Example: The Woman King.
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post 1694167693 11-30-2023, 01:18 PM
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post 1694167743 11-30-2023, 01:19 PM
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That's a perfect summary, nothing like rewriting history.......

And ignorant Zoomers will believe it.
post 1694168823 11-30-2023, 01:40 PM
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As soon as I started reading #3 I thought of that movie.



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post 1694169403 11-30-2023, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted By jimbone21
As soon as I started reading #3 I thought of that movie.



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Never saw it, and I plan on never watching it, even if I'm beyond bored.
post 1694174413 11-30-2023, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted By jimbone21
As soon as I started reading #3 I thought of that movie.



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I'm ready for the George Washington Carver + Lewis Latimer film where they invent a peanut powered megazord that kills Hitler.
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post 1694174503 11-30-2023, 03:53 PM
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Yeah. It's called blackwashing, and it's pretty annoying. To be fair, whitey did this for like a century though. Still, it's just as dumb.

Also would pay to see that killing hitler movie.
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Originally Posted By RIPcockroach
Yeah. It's called blackwashing, and it's pretty annoying. To be fair, whitey did this for like a century though. Still, it's just as dumb.

Also would pay to see that killing hitler movie.
True, whitey did that for a while indeed. That is true and point taken. I think it was for really different reasons though. I don't think they were trying to erase anyone's history or hurt anyone's reputation in the sense of using the media as a weapon. I think the reason was moreso the general status of black people/black actors at the time and the simple willingness to cast them in movies. IE, discrimination. It was an issue on the back end instead of the front end. Not that it's any better.

Also... it's not the black people doing it. There's no revenge going on from the side of black people. It's a third party altogether that are simply using black people to do this. So I don't blame black people for this in any way whatsoever. Why wouldn't they accept these sweet movie roles?
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