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DeutschlandUberAlles — 13 years ago(July 03, 2012 04:46 AM)

Personally I find it somewhat discriminatory towards white people that there has never been any question of there being a white Shaft.
I would see no problem with a black James Bond, so on that level I see no reason why there couldn't be a white Shaft.
All races are equal. We need to get over this attitude that different races have inherrently different qualities. It is just an absurd concept.

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Was is it there was no problem re-making Uncle Buck( which was horrible) with a Black guy but when Shaft was proposed using a White guy then someone has a problem with it? To me it sounds like it's ok to remake a movie replacing the white lead with a black lead but, it's NOT ok if a white lead replaces a Black lead! ThatsF ucking bullS hit
I want to remake Roots using an ALL WHITE cast!

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If you want to see a "white shaft," just watch yourself some porn!
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There could be a white cop with that name. Just like there's several superheroes named Captain Marvel. Of course it would be devoid of the racial narrative. James Bond has no racial narrative. He's just an Englishman. The character Annie has no racial narrative, hence anyone can play her role.
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There already IS a white Shaft
he's called Dirty Harry.
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Sometimes I bring up a white John Shaft to people who demand a black James Bond, but frankly I don't want Shaft to be white anymore than I want Bond to be black.
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It's not 'just a movie about a black cop'. The original is synonymous with the discourse of the city in cinema, it deals with the issues of black space within the city (aka the 'ghetto') and the identity of/problems faced by African Americans within the city. Not too mention the fact it is one of the first Blaxploitation films.
So no, there could not be a White Shaft.

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That's a strange question. It's just a movie about a black cop, just like Bond movies are about a white british agent. There's really nothing more to it. There's no discrimination involved.
Why don't we just keep going and say why can't Rambo be asian, Indiana Jones be native american, or Dirty Harry be mexican. I think you're overthinking it.

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I think it would defeat the purpose of the movie, BUT I'd love to see Jason Statham play the role

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It seems you did.

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Uh.. the negroes? The dark-skinned persons? Those of African descent? What's the term nowadays? I must have missed the memo.
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The blacks?

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Daniel Craig could pull it off. Jason Statham, too.

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