Besides the obvious ridiculousness of politicizing an alien character look at that God awful design. If you posted that photo and just asked what role is this I feel most people would say prostitute.
Seems like a social justice warrior move. The picture Exaar posted is ... rather inconsistent with the comic character "Starfire." If the character's personality is matched as well as the imagery... eh.
I think this is also where the point is missed. A black starfire is irrelevant if she's actually Starfire. If she can bring the character to life as a person - that's great, and the skin color (and even the bad costume job) becomes a footnote. Which... may be exactly why they will butcher the character in the show. It's not about the character Starfire - it's about "blackness." Even if the actress doesn't want her skin color to be the focal point of her selection (hard to say - I know nothing about her) - the reason she was chosen is to 'create a discussion' (I have some of those free coffee coupons if anyone wants one) about her blackness rather than to actually have an actress play the character from the series.
On the other hand, having her sister, BlackFire, be ghostly white with jet-black hair would be kind of funny in and of itself. I would have to wait and see exactly how this plays out. Again, it's usually a bad omen when the SJW crowd starts playing role inversion like we're in an NXIVM club.
people have a prejudice when it comes to dark skinned actresses,especially of african descent. This is nothing new.
But their dislike for it, is just closed-mindedness, ignorance, and prejudice based.Listen, as along as she has orange skin,since star fire has orange skin, that's okay. She's a beautiful actress, they just need to do something about those horrific costumes.
Using a middle eastern, latina, etc...would've been predictable. We need to break barriers.
Starfire could've been a asian female, and I still wouldn't have mind.
I think people are too insecure and uptight about it.
lmao, she can't have a darker shade of orange?Lmao. And NONE of those starfires look exactly alike,different SHADES of orange, different body types, facial features, hair styles, hair grade. So what makes having a BLACK starfire, any different? You'll have a darker oranged starfire with green eyes and black features. Is there a problem?
Break barriers? Is this truly your own thought process, or is it something that has been programmed into you as a response to blatant nonsense?
First, the question is "what barrier" are you referring to, second is "does this barrier serve a useful function - IE - I don't get to go pick up grade school girls", and third is "does this actually break that barrier?" I would argue that there is no barrier present in casting an actress based on the character design - or, even if you want to argue it is a barrier, that it serves a logical and practical function.
Let's invert this scenario and say Black Panther were cast by a white actor.
Starfire could've been a asian female, and I still wouldn't have mind.
Why couldn't she have been a white twin-spirit transexual who claims black as a race? Barriers need to be broken, and I think that breaks more than just a few barriers.
I think people are too insecure and uptight about it.
People are getting tired of blatant nonsense being thrown in front of them. There are four lights.
From 1984:
It was as though some huge force were pressing down upon you—something that penetrated inside your skull, battering against your brain, frightening you out of your beliefs, persuading you, almost, to deny the evidence of your senses. In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy. The heresy of heresies was common sense. And what was terrifying was not that they would kill you for thinking otherwise, but that they might be right. For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable—what then?
" The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation. These contradictions are not accidental, nor do they result from ordinary hypocrisy; they are deliberate exercises in doublethink. For it is only by reconciling contradictions that power can be retained indefinitely. In no other way could the ancient cycle be broken. If human equality is to be for ever averted—if the High, as we have called them, are to keep their places permanently—then the prevailing mental condition must be controlled insanity. "
Seems like a social justice warrior move. The picture Exaar posted is ... rather inconsistent with the comic character "Starfire." If the character's personality is matched as well as the imagery... eh.
I think this is also where the point is missed. A black starfire is irrelevant if she's actually Starfire. If she can bring the character to life as a person - that's great, and the skin color (and even the bad costume job) becomes a footnote. Which... may be exactly why they will butcher the character in the show. It's not about the character Starfire - it's about "blackness." Even if the actress doesn't want her skin color to be the focal point of her selection (hard to say - I know nothing about her) - the reason she was chosen is to 'create a discussion' (I have some of those free coffee coupons if anyone wants one) about her blackness rather than to actually have an actress play the character from the series.
On the other hand, having her sister, BlackFire, be ghostly white with jet-black hair would be kind of funny in and of itself. I would have to wait and see exactly how this plays out. Again, it's usually a bad omen when the SJW crowd starts playing role inversion like we're in an NXIVM club.
Break barriers? Is this truly your own thought process, or is it something that has been programmed into you as a response to blatant nonsense?
First, the question is "what barrier" are you referring to, second is "does this barrier serve a useful function - IE - I don't get to go pick up grade school girls", and third is "does this actually break that barrier?" I would argue that there is no barrier present in casting an actress based on the character design - or, even if you want to argue it is a barrier, that it serves a logical and practical function.
Let's invert this scenario and say Black Panther were cast by a white actor.
Why couldn't she have been a white twin-spirit transexual who claims black as a race? Barriers need to be broken, and I think that breaks more than just a few barriers.
People are getting tired of blatant nonsense being thrown in front of them. There are four lights.
From 1984:
It was as though some huge force were pressing down upon you—something that penetrated inside your skull, battering against your brain, frightening you out of your beliefs, persuading you, almost, to deny the evidence of your senses. In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy. The heresy of heresies was common sense. And what was terrifying was not that they would kill you for thinking otherwise, but that they might be right. For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable—what then?
" The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation. These contradictions are not accidental, nor do they result from ordinary hypocrisy; they are deliberate exercises in doublethink. For it is only by reconciling contradictions that power can be retained indefinitely. In no other way could the ancient cycle be broken. If human equality is to be for ever averted—if the High, as we have called them, are to keep their places permanently—then the prevailing mental condition must be controlled insanity. "
You're a narcissist.And so manipulative of information. You misuse information in order to control the masses. It comes across as fear based, to me.
And your response is incredibly an exaggeration. I deal with people like you, on a regular basis. We all know you just use information to control people, not to inform them.
I have the freedom of saying or feeling however I want. And as in "barriers" I'm simply speaking in regards to acceptable things, such as "dark skinned" females playing more larger roles in action-hero movies. And I'm not talking about black panther. People do show prejudice when it comes to darker skin.
You're PREJUDICE.You look ridiculous using all this information just to prove your point, in fact, you look inferior. You have an insecurity.
I'm not even sure what you're babbling on about, what I'm saying makes sense. It's as simple as that...the wild banter of reverse psychology is totally unnecessary.And I'm not impressed or interested.
I think people are jumping to conclusions. I feel as though they should INCLUDE the skin colors, but who knows, maybe it's just them wearing disguises? Raven, is not raven, if she isn't a female, though. It wouldn't be the same. However, Starfire...can play as any female...just throw that orange skin and green eyes on, and make sure she has the body of a goddess...lmao.
We might as well start hiring blacks to portray Hitler while we are at it just to appease insane people. Of course they cry out "integration!" yet when it comes to their own stuff, they wish to be segregated.
Just take a look at their whining about the Oscars "It's 90% white" then they have a BET awards XD They want everyone's but they don't want others having theirs. Where have I heard of that mentality before?
Oh yeah... white supremacists.
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I don't think she looks the part.
Any female can play Starfire as she is an alien.
Although a redhead would be far easier as Starfire is a redhead with green eyes.
Just need to get her the Floridian spray tan and you get yourself a Starfire.
Also having a pausing accent would be a nice touch.
This gal though, or at least her design is not cutting it. Get Hallie Barry to do it, if you want a black chick lmao!
