Why does she always have to play stereotypical roles
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activexcode — 14 years ago(February 05, 2012 04:12 PM)
LOaded:
She can't pass for Italian, Swedish, Korean or Polish. She's a beautiful bronze-skinned, ethnic-looking Asian Indian woman. Nothing wrong with that!
Now, actor Cliff Curtis is more "ethnically/racially ambiguous" and can play a variety of ethnicities.
Getting back to Archie, she is not stereotyped on the Good Wife. She's one of the best actors on that show! -
celavie77 — 14 years ago(July 10, 2011 03:42 PM)
yea i know man. also why does samuel jackson have to be black in all his movies?? can't h1c84e be ethnically anonymous or something??
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. That was hilarious pk.
Loadedbarrel is clearly a bit shallow and judgemental. Why should Archie be expected to do any roles outside her ethnicity in the first place? Just cuz Brad Pitt is white doesn't mean he should be expected to play someone with vitiligo that covers their whole face and body. I think she's more interested in playing characters who happen to Indian, etc. then have it be an issue.
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ragreen259 — 19 years ago(October 25, 2006 08:27 AM)
What's amusing about this post is, whenever someone who is Spanish plays a Mexican, or Indian plays an Italian, or white plays anybody, or, for chrissakes, is from New Zealand and plays an American (how come we couldn't find a Roman to play Russel Crowe's part in Gladiator?), or a straight guy plays a gay (gays playing straight people is apparently OK though) the bitching and whining is
particularly if the "offending party" is white or American.
Now we have you come along, wanting to know why someone of Indian heritage isn't cast as an Italian or Spaniard.
Do me a favor and go kick all those other people in the ass for me, will ya? The words "theater" and "acting" seem to have escaped them. -
jinnyjinks — 13 years ago(August 26, 2012 09:19 AM)
But she played the role well and Marian Peal was proud that she portrayed her in the movie and not some other actress. Plus Angelina and Peal are friends, so beep the media and beep the haters; she did a great job.
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SipteaHighTea — 19 years ago(November 16, 2006 07:50 PM)
I agree. I keep thinking that Robert DeNiro is Italian American from doing mobster movies but he is actually Irish descent. Andy Garcia play a wonderful role as an Italian American cop (George Stone - Irish name) in the movie the Untouchables. Finally, Anthony Quinn (Mexican descent) play a French Colonel in movie The Lost Command and a Greek Colonel in the movie Guns of Navaronne and an Indian Chief with Errol Flynn in the movie They died with their Boots on.
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LiveForever00 — 18 years ago(October 14, 2007 12:24 AM)
I think it's a good thing that she gets to play herself in movies. The good thing is that there are roles for Indians out there, instead of having to pretend to be something else. On the contrary, it sucks when actors can't ever play their own race but have to pretend to be Italian or something to conform to white society. Also, she can't pass for anything else. There is no reason for non-white actors to also play roles where race is not discussed.
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DD_dunsky1 — 18 years ago(October 15, 2007 02:46 PM)
Also, she can't pass for anything else.
Sure she can. I hate it when people have to be so damn politically correct and make a big deal about so called racial lines. She oughta be able to play a lead role in a major film without her ethnicity ever being mentioned or refered to. -
DD_dunsky1 — 18 years ago(October 18, 2007 07:58 AM)
Dude, let's be real, she could easlily play a latin American, middle eastern, Armenian, maybe even an Italian or Greek. The average american can scarcely tell the difference. You may be highly discerning because of your exposure or you may be South Asian yourself, but I'm afraid Joe Blow in the US dosn't make too many distinctions. And why not give her the lead in some disaster flick for example..without any reference to her race..and give her a blond american boyfriend? If I made movies I would. It's about time we got over thses stupid divisions.
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LiveForever00 — 18 years ago(October 21, 2007 11:24 PM)
DD dunsky maybe you live in redneck america where people can't discern different ethnicities because they have no minorities, but it's my experience that people in major american cities can broadly tell. I understand confusing armenian and persian maybe, but South Asians have a very distinct look and have a darker, different complexion from middle easterners. If you are chinese you can't pass for italian, and similarly, Archie looks Indian and wouldn't pass for anything else. Anyway, they never discussed her ethnicity in A good year, although for some reason they decided she should have an Indian accent.
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CelinaJaitley — 18 years ago(October 24, 2007 08:13 PM)
I disagree. I also think she could pass for Latina. Sorry.
And you're probably a Westerner. A lot of people here are really ignorant and can't differentiate between different ethnicities when it's actually quite obvious. I mean Naveen Andrews as an Iraqi? You've got to be kidding me?
Archie's features are too sharp and that nose makes it obvious where she's from. In reality, the only thing Archie can pass as (other than South Asian) is
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khanzz — 18 years ago(October 26, 2007 07:12 AM)
Archie looks Indian and wouldn't pass for anything else. Anyway, they never discussed her ethnicity in A good year, although for some reason they decided she should have an Indian accent.
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Loaded_Barrel01 — 18 years ago(October 26, 2007 09:22 AM)
Yes we are westerners and can't tell. But if she can pass for us then why should she limit her horizons. If people are somehow offended at her playing diferent ethnicities, then that is just plain stupid. I have no respect for that. I am for blurring ethnic lines.
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arus116 — 12 years ago(January 22, 2014 02:08 PM)
I don't really understand what the big deal is. I live in a very multicultural area and get mistaken for different ethnicities all the time (I am of Indian descent). It's not really that big of a deal. I have Middle Eastern friends who first thought I was also middle eastern and also had the same happen with some of my South American friends. I myself once mistook a Mexican girl I met as someone with an Indian background, and an Indian girl I met as Italian. There are facial feature and colouring amb7eciguities in many people across the globe, so don't assume that someone is ignorant because they are a Westerner. To me, sure Archie looks Indian, but I definitely think she can pull of other ethnicities, no problem.
Archie is a beautiful woman, and she is an actress. If she can pull off playing other ethnicities, then given the opportunity, she should be able to play those parts without other people crying about it.
Tell me would you
kill
to save a life?