How The Left KILLED Arts, Culture & Entertainment. People Are Turning to Old Films & TV Shows
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- On today's #NCFWhittle we speak with classically-trained actor, singer, writer & podcaster, Clifton Duncan about the state of acting, arts and culture in America and the West after 15 years of exposure to woke ideology.
To support Duncan's one-man show, please visit: www.Sowellplay.com
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How can ANYONE think that Ann Boleyn was BLACK it's bloody ridiculous.
She had black hair. That's apparently enough.
Gandhi was white .
Because it is an ideology that is designed to ignore science and history.
There is a reason people are white. And it has nothing to do with getting the best jobs.
Being upper/middle class takes care of that
but it's also very devious, almost fraudulent, probably criminally insane
@@jemzargo She had auburn hair.
As a 63 yr old widow living alone I only watch old 'pre-woke' tv shows and films from free streaming services as mainstream modern tv and films make me want to scream/puke. I cancelled my tv license a few years back in protest at the BBC, the mainstream media 'news' and the generally disgusting quality and content thereof. The dross that is mainstream now is absolutely terrible, degrading and disgusting. When I first saw an early episode of Bridgerton with a black main female character where they should all be white I didn't get it at first, then I realised it's all part of the woke culture and the re-writing of history. I feel like I'm living in a parallel universe and I hate it. The 'new normal' is terrifying and not for me.
I'm 53 and mostly watch TH-cam and classic DVDs.
You're hardly alone, honey. YT music critic Todd In The Shadows recently lamented that there really is no "new" music being created, and that everyone(Even the young)are revisiting sounds created pre-2016. This isn't surprising... The censoriousness of our culture has stifled truly free expression
I agree. I watch a lot of Films from the 40's and 50's Film Noir.
We're the same - we only watch things now that were made before "diversity" was imposed on everything. Young people are currently being brought up to believe rubbish like "Bridgerton". It's a very nasty agenda.
My free apple TV trial was woke as hell . Nothing but leftist political garbage . No purchase and wouldn't even watch it for free.
One show replaced first man landing on the moon with a Russian communist woman .
Isn’t this called “cultural appropriation?” Anne Boelyn was a historical figure, a queen of England: she had a white skin … she was not black. If “blacking up” isn’t acceptable why is this? This isn’t equality … it’s ridiculous!
You're right there. Racism is unacceptable in any form unless it's anti white racism, then it's OK.
And Bridgerton? Really? Queen Charlotte was not black and there were no black dukes in Britain
@@sueguesy5415 Didn't the actress, Adjoa Andoh, who plays the role of a regency duchess in Bridgerton, call the Royal family’s balcony appearance during the Coronation “terribly white”. She said "we've gone from the rich diversity of the Abbey to a terribly white balcony". Perhaps she would have liked to have been invited to appear on the balcony, you know a fictional duchess, among the real deal.
Watching drying paint is more entertaining than watching modern films.
We seem to currently be plagued by writers who loathe the white working class
I grew up with:
Are you being served, George and Mildred, in sickness and in health, steptoe and son, dads army, Reggie Perrin, rising damp, only fools and horses, etc etc etc
All these shows and characters were funny and sympathetic at the same time
We are now trapped in a cultural marxist monolith
All the shows you mentioned were actually funny too (and still are) - try finding anything funny that passes for "comedy" these days.
It's not just the working class, either . I've lost count of the number of times I've been told off, and probably discounted even more often, for sounding "too posh"! And being versatile, which used to be the whole point of being an actor, is no longer required.
Plus, the job itself isn't even much fun anymore!
And Butterflies with Wendy Craig, the Likely lads, it ain’t half hot mum, open all hours, Porridge. They all had a moral theme and they represented us warts and all. We’re no longer represented which is why we have lost interest. The last tv programme I remember with a British message was My Family axed by the BBC because it was too middle class.
Many of the shows above are being repeated on various Freeview channels, with trigger warnings and 'bleeps' (a lot in a couple of cases - but you can lipread: one or two shows do sound shocking today). I've been watching Steptoe right through from the early sixties, which I saw as a child. The writing and acting are astonishingly good and still funny sixty years later, every episode a study of character. What happened, it all seems now to be aimed at aliens, or rather the very people who are not watching the mainstream channels it's on: presumably funded by the taxpayer/licence fee payer, since most of the remaining ads are crass as well, and wouldn't appeal to the rest of us.
Can't believe we have to state the OBVIOUS. This is why, as much as I adore period drama, I loathe Bridgerton because it's a LIE! They've twisted the fabric of truth and I can't abide it.
I agree 100% . I was a big Period Drama fan until they pushed obvious lies about Historical Period Dramas.
Bridgerton is the most mendacious example of woke blackwashing.
@winstonsmith7801 it actually gives me a knot in my stomach when I glimpse it on Netflix. I have a physical reaction to the brazen dishonesty, its like being in the novel 1984 and having to 'ignore the evidence of my senses' and swallow the PARTY LIE
@chamberpot969 yes, like communist propaganda, except it's race instead of class
@@manusha1349 Spot on , The Jane Austen's "Sanditon" Adaptation was the end for me.
We are not multicultural, the desecration of old churches and headstones is absolutely disgusting! My ancestors didn't die for us to be replaced and our History twisted into false narratives.
Total agreement
I was blacklisted & shunned for 7 years because of my support of Brexit
When I was cancelled the industry had been pretty much the same as it had been in 1988
When I was uncancelled I was horrified
The Industry its changed more in 5 years than in the last 70!!!
While these artists hearts maybe in the right place, they're minds aren't
Anne Boyln wasn't black, Marilyn Monroe wasn't Chinese & Cleopatra wasn't from Turkey
This is an attempt to modernise every single part of our & erase everything else
There's also several films whether it be Babylon, Barbie or Tick, Tick Boom which browbeat older audiences for loving the classics & that the naive youth rule the future
Some of the brilliant films from when I was growing up The Mask, Breakfast Club, Bill & Ted Excellent Adventure
None of these would get made today because they offend the headcases controlling the arts world
We need to go back to basics & focus on character not skin colour as Mr Luther King said
The people who own Hollyweird are very into victim roles.. they seem to live for it. Creating diversion and subverting everything that comes through their hands. If they cared about their audience they wouldn't be so tone deaf and would want to stop losing money. It's so bizarre. I'm 45 and movies used to be entertaining, or maybe I'm culture blind. It's starting to make me doubt my sanity.
Spot the white person in T . V . commercials .
Tesco are the worst,going against all the laws of genetics every time they show a family.
I turn the sound off every time I refuse to be brainwashed with their idiocy. White women are nearly always ginger or over 70 and white men are usually portrayed as goons. Of course everyone has mixed race families don’t they?
The numbers speak for themselves, they are 2.5x over represented on tv
Usually it's Alan Patridge, Alf Bundy or Homer Simpson
Actually he's yellow
Like being in downtown Nairobi . Or London .
It's not just disturbing to re-write history and destroy it for young people, it is Orwellian and evil.
It's also unsulting to blacks. It's like saying they have no strong characters, no heros and villians of their own.
Yeah, can you imagine a white Mandela or Biko! Obviously not, but I could most certainly imagine the outrage!
"Blacks"
British T.V is over the top Black friendly, it's almost as though, our t.v are afraid not to use black people at or everything, It's bloody ridiculous, if they want to enter a white country which Britain mostly is ( Or was) then they should expect white T.V, you wouldn't go live in Nigeria and expect White people in their adverts, and playing historical characters in drama, wouldn't you find it strange? I would! No it's so over the top and historically incorrect and confusing for youngsters, it's out of control, common sense has gone out the window I'm afraid and all because media are afraid of being called racists, whether you are back and born here, or whether you chose to come here recently, recognise you are from a black background, and don't shout racism cos you didn't get the part of Anne Boleyn, ridiculous! 16:01
it's called communism..it is a part of the tactics that they use to divorce people from their own history.
"no heros and villians of their own" ............
Historically they don't, none worth celebrating given the mores of our times anyway. There might have been, but without a written history they're lost in the mists of unrecorded time.
Smart chap, he is right that its absurd to ban black people from Shakespeare or other roles, where i draw the line is where black people and leftists try to exclude English people from aspects of our own culture such as banning barristers wigs or censoring sitcoms from the 70s and 80s. I'm rewatching Only Fools and Horses on Sky and its been cut to oblivion to remove jokes that have any racial connotations
Surely the dvds were only recently cut? Try and get the releases pre 2010.
I think he is completely wrong about that. Shakespeare is for the most part white culture.
Great guest and a very sensible conversation..
Why not have Martin Luther King being portrayed by a White person i mean that would be just as crazy as this is
Yeah or a white Mandela. Equality has gone out of the window everything goes in one direction now and authenticity and facts are being destroyed in the name of diversity and inclusion.
I would pay to watch that .
Can you imagine the outrage at that 😂
Imagine Peter Dinklage in a biopic as Usain Bolt..why not?
Oh I’d love it. Imagine the outrage. It would be hilarious. 😂😂
I stopped going to the cinema in the early 2000s. I stopped watching anything made new shortly after that. I only watch old movies on youtube now. But even there, all the commercials features 90% black people even though I live in Germany/Switzerland where 90% of people are white. You would think I'm watching from Nigeria. It's extremely off putting.
I'm feeling insulted for being white these days. The world has gone nuts!
Wonderful conversation - there is hope. As an artist I now exhibit for ‘truth, goodness and beauty’ - concepts not encouraged in the progressive art world.
I want to see Ann Frank played by Jacki Chan.
Ah, Anne Flank :D
20 or more years ago, that would've been awesome
It would be funny to hear him say Anne Frank .
Guest staring Diane Abbot as Adolf Hitler 🤣
@@misdangered4326 perfect 😁
It’s hard to teach black history and discrimination when students can point out that Anne Boleyn was black.
yeah i mean how did they discriminate against black people if they were the black people..lol their whole arguement is dumb..so you say they enslaved themselves and sold them to themselves? it is hilarious to watch them try to fumble through any logical arguement...Tell them they need to pay themselves reparations..bwhahahaah
Divide and conquer. Don't fall for it.
Greetings from Venice Italy. Thankyou for the refreshing conversation so nice in the midst of so much negativity 👏👏👏👏
No actor should ever adopt an accent other than their own; it's cultural appropriation. Neither should they be allowed to play anything but themselves, for the same reason. In fact, by their own woke logic, acting should be banned altogether.
Who would these people find to act the part of a murderer?
Seriously- if not to challenge yourself - WTF is the point of being an actor?
It's so funny to see people that doesn't understand irony answer such a post.
Exactly. This character is a deaf migrant from Algeria but who's mother was Brazilian. He suffered a traumatic drowning incident in his youth which is how he lost his hearing. Quick, get to the immigration centre and find a guy from Algeria with a Brazilian mother who lost his hearing from a traumatic drowning incident and tell him we absolutely need him for this new movie being made.
While you're down there, please also find a Nigerian woman - we are making a biopic on Lady Diana soon.
@@Jasna-zd2zl A white, straight man, duh!!!
What a lovely guy, I really enjoyed that interview❤
The level to which cognitive deficiency has descended in the modern woke era is excruciatingly embarrassing. Casting a black woman as Ann Boleyn is an historical anachronism equivalent to having a television on the set of this period drama and demanding that no one from either the cast or the audience notices.
The wonderful and sublime Clifton Duncan. What a fantastic interview. Getting right into the nitty gritty of the arts and the encroachment of ideology. Wonderful. Thank you 😊
I watch loads of TV from the 70's, 80's, and 60's. Started out with sci-fi, but now I watch all sorts. Currently I am in the middle of viewing all 71 episodes of 70's women's prison drama Within these Walls. And it is excellent.
such a great comment about no one batting an eyelid about a black romeo ten years ago!! yesss!! now ita rammed diwn our throats to the point we CANT believe the actor was cast on merit...just to create controversy, or worse diversity quotas. 😔
A one-man show about Thomas Sowell sounds fascinating
Starring Roseanne Barr 😁
@@misssamjh 😂
I would watch the hell out of that shit.
Starring a white guy!
Nicky Minaj is available.
I'm 23 and only watch films from pre 2000.... This new woke world makes me sick.
Juliet is meant to be beautiful and the actress isn’t sorry facts are facts.
some black women really are beautiful, but it's still a mistake to cast Juliet as a black in that context
@@michaelfraser5723 it’s not her colour it’s her features she has a jaw, John Cana would be envious of.
Well I could posit that it's potentially in addition to her potential for being cast based on her race (which I honestly don't know about, but as the guest stated wouldn't have been an issue until it became the point) it could be an example of the issues with female characters within the video game sphere (lowering the bar of beauty standards to make allowances for the "passing" of *others* ) making it's way into the theatre world?
Again I don't know for certain, but it does seem like these ideas spread out from the gaming world into the other avenues of the arts.
@@WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS I already said it’s not her ace/ skin colour strange how those supposedly against racism always seem to look to race as the reason for something.
I have begun watching movies from the 30s and 40s. They are absolutely wonderful and much better than movies of today.
Actor-vist, Jodie Turner-Smith, has moved on from being the first black Anne Boleyn. She is now delivering the coup de grace on the Star Wars franchise as a space lesbian witch who don't need no man (in any part of the process) in order to have twin daughters.
Lesbians having force-babies was the most rodiculous thing i a have ever seen. Farting snakes and flying elephans are nothing compared to this.
Lesbian space witches are more believable than a black Ann Boleyn…🤷🏾♀️
As a real historical figure, Ann Boleyn needs to be played by a white woman who can actually act.
Yes , turning out to be a "star" tick box actress . Should have a special Oscar award for tick boxers . At least that would be honest .
But Meryl Streep would win every year.
Mainstream TV is Finished And I Think That Goes For Political PARTYS As well Unless Thay Start Listening To the Majority of the British Public .🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧 .
I agree, vote Reform
Reform UK?
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I can only imagine the uproar if Roots was remade with a diverse cast.....
I rememeber roots, the start features a white man capturing the protaganist somewhere in Africa. it wasn't until quite recently that I discovered this depiction wasn't exactly truthful!
What an interesting, intelligent interview, many thanks 😊
As someone on the left with lots of friends on the left, I can confirm that many on the left hate this nonsense as well.
Clifton Duncan as Thomas Sowell....oh...my....God YES! I get Sowell being reluctant, but he deserves to be memorialised like this. From seeing him on here I think Duncan could do him justice. Not only does Sowell deserve to be better known, but maybe he can be persuaded that this could be a very powerful cultural tool to push forward his ideas. As Peter's US namesake Bill Whittle has said for years, it's the cultural battlefield where the right has not so much lost, as been utterly absent. The idea of a one man show about Sowell is a great idea in and of itself, and as a wonderful bi-product it would bring the grand old man and his work to a wider audience.
I go to the cinema about once a week. So far this calendar year I have seen ONE new movie. All the rest have been rereleases of classic movies; Mad Max saga, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Trainspotting, Shallow Grave, Die Hard, It's Wonderful Life, Demolition Man, etc etc. It's been great but I don't feel any great pull towards anyting new.
Adopting cultural Marxist identity politics has absolutely destroyed the British Arts and Entertainment. Very few people i know now go the theatre, cinema or museums now. Forced diversity and political preaching is the opposite of creative arts and entertainment.
That guy said that “people just sort of agree that it’s good just to go along” something to that effect. I beg to differ … people are just NOT watching it. The industry is losing money and he seems to want to lightly skip over that.
Binge Watched Seinfeld on Netflix and I couldn't believe the genuine laughs I had even though I literally have nothing in common with the characters in the show. Representation itself does not mean a product is better or more appealing
I cherish my DVD collection of old films.
The recent TV remake of Shardlake was ruined by anachronistic placements of hordes of Africans and Pakistanis in the England of Henry the 8th, they even had a Black Bishop, was there a Black Bishop in Tudor England? The DEI, in your faceness of this made it unwatchable. Cant we at least have our past left alone? because our future certainly looks grim
Btw if anyone pulls the 'oh well its fiction, there was no Shardlake irl' argument....narratives, though fictional, must have consistent internal logic to work properly at the level of art
It's fun .. I like the new remix / mashup of history .. don't forget, in another 200 years from now, everybody will be mixed-race. There simply won't be any white actors to play Henry 8th. We can soon ignore skin colour altogether
How do you know they were Pakistanis? It's nearly always Indians and specifically Hindu Indians, that are cast as Pakistanis rarely venture into acting. Does it say they are Pakistanis as the credits role?No! I have just had a look at the performers backgrounds and it's nearly all Indians.
@@blackwarb thanks that's more authentic then
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Sorry but if I am going to watch a historical drama say on the period of Henry V111 with a diverse group, I want to see the replication of actors of the individuals from that time as historically correct. That applies to changing any pattern as it changes history for the next generations That is not racist that is adhering to the historical facts. Leaving that aside, ITV plus has The Prisoner (1966) made and acted by the amazing Patrick McGoohan, well worth a watch, as a subject matter for todays madness
Same. I want accuracy. If I see any DEI I switch off.
Plots and characters have disappeared from contemporary films, it's all just bare bums and car crashes.
What a wonderful interview with a gentleman 👏
All the best films are from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and a little bit of the 2000s. I'm aIways watching older movies as they are just brilliant. I will never entertain this new messed-up woke bs like many others! It's horrible beyond belief. Are they actually making money from box ticking? Really hope people come to their senses and don't watch this messed-up new regime. It's extremely unnecessary. People should just ignore all of it, and we'll see the establishment in that field hilariously crumble. It's not entertainment. It's a cancerous new way of thinking. GO AWAY, NO-ONE IS INTERESTED!!!!!
A lot of shows from those eras would be considered woke if made today. I know because I grew up in the 80s and 90s
Very nice conversation.
The Shakespeare plays were written around the nationalities of the characters in them. Change that around and the play becomes meaningless.
Just look at what wins major art exhibitions, says it all
Excellent. Thank you for interview. Mr. Duncan is a gem in our midst. Gives me hope for the future of the arts.
We all know that. Plus it’s a one way street, black people playing white characters; perfectly acceptable. White actors playing black characters - a/ would never be Allowed b/ would be described as cultural appropriation or the like.
What’s more annoying is that it’s acceptable for this channel to interview a black person who can say it’s nonsense.
However if I was to say it (We all think it!) as a white middle aged man I would be described as ‘ far right’ or ‘racist’.
The world we live in…..
True . I want to hear from white actresses who were not called for the Anne Boleyn casting audition .They are the real frontline victims of this racial discrimination .Who is speaking out for them ? Their agents ? Their union Equity ? Neither ?
Beverly Knight played Emily Pankhurst in a theatre in London could not believe it
What next? Mica Paris as Nancy Astor? I'm amazed people didn't walk out.
Also comedy is dying. Most contemporary work is about as amusing as a wet weekend in Hartlepool.
I agree. I can't think of a single so called comedy/comedian that has made me laugh in years.
Clapping at Stand-up shows instead of laughing has to stop.
The woke have no sense of humour - constantly offended
@@carolinehuguk6394 Derry girls, the Young Offenders, Motherland, Friday night dinner, Two doors down and The Other One.
These are just some of the (fairly recent) shows that have been hilarious
"There's a history of blakc Shakespearean actors dating back to 18th Century." Not in Great Britain.
Thank you for pointing that out. It is true. So many layers of deception and most people don't even notice it.
Shakespeare was black. And gay. And female. Apparently.
A lot of times its the laziness of it that annoys me, for example, they made Achilles black on a series about the trojan war, they could have instead looked at the trojan war from Memnons point of view, a prince of Ethiopia who came very close to defeating Achillies in single combat, and in the myth/story is highly regarded by both sides, an interesting take on a very old story, instead they just change a clearly mediteranean character to a southern African one, by changing history we are erasing the achievments and accomplishments of genuine black and female historical characters.
Love this man he talks common sense. Great guest 🇬🇧
Watched the new Napoleon film recently but switched it straight off when a black general appeared in the French Army, nothing against black people but hate history being portrayed incorrectly.
Clifton Duncan is great! Such a talent and uses such balanced language.
The ultimate woke family advert: mother Indian, father black, daughter Chinese. Maximum DEI virtue signalling kudos.
For me it boils down to 'can I suspend my disbelief throughout?' Generally, in British period drama, and particularly where historical (or legendary) charachters are portrayed, I can't.
For me, the main concern is that it is giving the less educated, and particularly people of colour, a totally wrong view of history, to the point where the recent book 'Brilliant Black British History' tells a disingenuous history of Britain (including that the first Britons were black and that blacks built Britain). I'd rather see some of the civillisation, history and legends of Africa - my guess, though, is that Queen Amina of Zaria wouldn't be played by a white woman!
I do get that none white people should be proportionately seen in the media, on TV, films, and on the radio. But a worrying problem arises when for instance black actors are used hugely disproportionately, especially in advertising. It seems that this might arise because there are far more ethnic minorities in London and some other cities. But this is a nation and people are watching and listening across the nation and the proportions of the actors on screen should match the national proportion. But what is happening now hugely and racially disadvantages white actors who must now be finding it hard to get work in the media in proportion to the white population. This is not going unnoticed and it draws attention to ethnicity in a way that could be very unhelpful for race ralations
Great interview, all the best to Mr. Duncan and his endeavor.
He's over-optimistic about the state of affairs in Europe.
Perhaps, Ann Boleyn's toenails were painted black.
I like this guy and I LOVE the idea of a one-man show about Thomas Sowell. Thanks for bringing him to my attention.
8:51 The problem with cancelling these people in the past is that these were the great men of that generation. In the Bible, Noah was said to be blameless amongst the people "of his time". There is only one man who has ever lived that transcended all generations in his conduct and that is Jesus himself. The rest of us can only hope to be great men of our generation. If these men don't count as great men, then imagine what monsters we would have been remembered as
Here, NCF, Whittle and Duncan as our new culture forum given presence, made vivid, as contemporary and inspirational discussion . . . was all but perfect - a n d then, The Great Thomas Sowell enters ! (is invoked) . . . I'm sold !
am looking to support the dynamic Mr. Duncan in this thrilling enterprise.
More arts culture, please dear NCF !
Our new culture burgeoning ever the more so -
Duke Ellington had more culture and elegance in his toilet bowl than the entire rap world.
Definitely. The decadence is in all genres of music. It started to go horribly wrong in the classical/orchestral world with the mid 20th century atonalists. I think rock music went downhill particularly with the punk era, and so on. There still are quality musicians, but they're fighting a losing battle.
@@philiphumphrey1548 i agree about punk, much to-do about nothing.
That was so interesting, Clifton is such a lovely character, it was fascinating hearing about the development of his play idea and also the history of different races playing unexpected roles in the theatre
Thanks Peter!
Can anyone imagine Benedick Cumbersnack playing Idris Elba's part in the Wire? Wouldn't work. Your brain would be screaming wtf? It's the same in reverse.
Imagine a white Nelson Mandela U can't hide history and a mixed Elizabeth 1
I discovered Clifton’s TH-cam channel a while back. What a lovely, perceptive, and pleasantly sane person he is. I recommend watching his content. I particularly enjoyed the Mr Metokur interview! 🙂
On purpose
Nobody would ever say Earth Wind and Fire needed, a White Lesbian, an Asian Woman, a Nerdy White Guy, a Latina Woman, and Native American Man.
Exactly. This is the problem I had with the show Bridgerton and I couldn't get past the first episode, but everyone who asks me why I don't watch it, I just say 'it didn't click'
There is a good way to push back! It's called not watching or paying for it. Hm!
He's spot on, we can see the agenda behind casting and it just doesn't feel genuine. It's too much about the message and not enough about the entertainment.
Good morning everyone
An example of the 'suspension of disbelief' in casting actors/singers - Pavarotti playing the starving student in 'La Boheme'.
In a free society Ann Boleyn can be shown as black provided the producers accept the racist comments over the stupidity of it in a free society .It works both ways .
There's nothing wrong with artistic interpretation in tv and film. It's when it masquerades as fact it becomes tiresome.
Clifton is amazing !
I know this guy, he has got such a lovely voice.
❤ from Amsterdam.
Why not make stories about other cultures with people from those cultures? This constant reinvention is not creative. 😃
When Laurence Olivier 'blacked-up' to play Othello, I assume that the RSC lacked talented black actors. Today, there would be no excuse for that: just as there is no excuse for black actors playing 'white' roles. Why cannot "the BAME community" write plays and movies which reflect society as it is today? VERA always features a plethora of non-indigenous actors and actresses. So what? Unless Northumberland and Tyneside are not genuinely so diverse.
Lol --- they're not. Vera is waaaaaaayyy over-representative when it comes to race especially. This doesn't actually bother me too much in a modern setting, even if the geographical setting grates a little. Most areas of the UK are NOT London or Birmingham, and although I know most casting directors probably live in big cities, they shouldn't replicate the demos of their own habitations all over the rest of the UK in their shows.
I was puzzled by the increasing number of mixed marriages portrayed in recent series of Vera and wondered if this represented actual demographic change in that area. I was surprised to find that this area actually has the lowest percentage of non whites in the country. So Vera was actually very significantly misrepresenting the reality of the population in that area. I think this matters but not because I am racist but because I like my drama to be rooted in reality if that is what is what the writer is trying to portray.
@@hayleylongster4698 Hi Hayley, as we used to say of those media types, "They don't get out much"! Hemmed in by the M25 and other ring-roads, they imagine the entirety of the UK is as they are. They should come to rural Somerset.....for some peace and sanity, if nothing else. Although the Commies are even at work in our area.
@@annboyce1090 I completely agree, Ann. I think 'drama' is one of the weak points in the American Communist ('woke') attack on Western Culture.
Just don’t watch it. There is so much older stuff out there still work seeing
Great idea about Sowell but surely it has to be a two person production along the lines of knowing master and doubting student
And if you still haven't watched 'The Wire' get on it asap. Takes a while to grasp the Baltimore accent but once you do... boom! I had the same issue, reading Trainspotting and Wuthering Heights, get the tilts and flows of the lingo and you unlock the story.
Extraordinary interview- will watch closely for the Thomas Sowell production ❤ So many of us have turned away from the Arts bc of its capture by progressive authoritarianism
They STILL haven't learned, even after Cleopatra, Star Wars, and Dr Who 😂😂
Nobody wants your irrelevant 'message' just burn the budget for your revisionist history rubbish now, it would be a lot easier and quicker
Excellent interview, what a lovely man
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
Great guest. Well spoken.
I have little issue with black actors trying their hand at the plays of Shakespeare. But when it comes to historical dramas, it was already bad enough how Hollywood arrogantly rewrites history when the actual history was far more interesting. Deliberately casting black actors into European history in which their African ancestors had no role, really destroys being able to suspend belief and immerse oneself in the story.
So many people nowadays only get their history from movies and dramas. As things are people are being taught false history and a great opportunity for teaching is lost.
I’d be looking forward to the Thomas Sowell one man show. Of course I’d have to see it online, since I’m living in Vancouver, BC.
Write it large, people don't like being told what to think.
That was great and I wish Clifton well. Will now check out his play. Thank you.
I have no issue with "race swapping" on the stage, to the point I don't regard it race-swapping, because stage culture has never focussed heavily on demographics so long the player can act. In its formal beginnings men played as women because women were banned.
The backlash with the Tom Holland Romeo and Juliet is a mixture of people not understanding stage culture, actual racists and then people upset at the fact that the Juliet chosen wasn't a conventional beauty.
I personally had a minor issue with her casting as the base requirements (imo) weren't met was because she wasn't a generic beauty, for me, in something like Romeo and Juliet, the romance pair have to have a beauty that is pleasing to the most people to make it believable that after one meeting the pair are ready to die for one another. Tom Holland is, though he's not very attractive to me (still looks like a teenager) I can acknowledge that he is very attractive to large groups of people so (again imo) is a good choice for Romeo. Unfortunately Francesca has a masculine face which doesn't fit into that generic dainty idea of a Juliet. If in some topsy turvy world Elisabeth Moss was cast as a Juliet, I'd have the same complaints.
I do want to add that there are plenty of feminine-faced dark skinned black women despite the far left saying that complaints are from people who don't find dark skinned women attractive. Lupita Nyong'o and Kiki Layne initially come to mind as attractive dark skinned black women who will on many people's mental lists of conventionally attractive women.
My 2 Worlds are colliding here , i watch Clifton on FNT etc.
Imagine if everyone was as cultured and intelligent as this man. I truly feel like most of our tribalism would disappear if everyone had his grace. He is so elegant it is as if he has been transported from another era.
Anne Boleyn black?! Golly!😳
Henry VIII was Chinese.
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