Rudolf Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 (edited) I think James Bond, Wilhelm Tell or Sherlock Holmes should always be played by a male white actor. Help me compile a list of non-white fictional movie characters, used in multiple movies Captain Nemo- submarine commander Mowgli- paesant boy Turandot- princess Othello- general Charlie Chan- detective Mr. Tibbs- detective Shaft- cop Roger Murtaugh- cop (lethal weapon) Lando Calrissian- administrator Nick Fury- agent Agent J- agent Morpheus- agent Mace Windu- Jedi Aladdin- thief Sindbad- sailor Blade- vampire Apollo Creed- boxer Detective Inspector Lee- cop(Rush hour) Detective James Carter- cop Alex Cross- detective Axel Foley- detective (Beverlyhills cop) Mr.Miyagi- karate teacher Lt. Uhura - comunication officer Lt. Sulu- helmsman Sandokan- pirate Taras Bulba - hetman War Machine- soldier Storm- warrior Lucius Fox- business manager Kato - chauffeur (Green Hornet) let's avoid negatively used stereotypes a la Shylock-jewish moneylender what I want to show is that there are quite a few; so no need for a non-white prince charming Edited December 12, 2012 by Rudolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Blade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Morpheus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Hancock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 Hancockwas only used once (often a token black guy appears in a cast)Agent J-black agent.... is famous as a characterotherwise you could use any characer Will Smith has ever played Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accursed Arachnid!™ Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Maybe you're not aware of this, but a lot of Asian people are offended by being described as "yellow". I would think it was more offensive than "Oriental". You called Aladdin an "Arabian thief", can't you call Jackie Chan an Asian? Or be even more specific and call him Chinese? And Mr. Myagi an Okinawan? It still goes to the point of the thread. Just a thought.As far as more additions to the list:Lucius Fox - BatmanStorm - X-Men 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 If god had a voice, it would be Morgan Freeman. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 "They call me MISTER TIBBS!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 "They call me MISTER TIBBS!"That's a good one. Apparently the scene where he slapped the rich white guy got HUGE reactions back in '67. White audiences in total shock, black audiences cheering like crazy. Stuff like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 Maybe you're not aware of this, but a lot of Asian people are offended by being described as "yellow". I would think it was more offensive than "Oriental". You called Aladdin an "Arabian thief", can't you call Jackie Chan an Asian? Or be even more specific and call him Chinese? And Mr. Myagi an Okinawan? It still goes to the point of the thread. Just a thought.As far as more additions to the list:Lucius Fox - BatmanStorm - X-Mensorry if I offended anyoneI don't mind being caled white. Nobody should be offended being called black or yellow.African-American is a stupid name, because as Jay Leno once said technically all Americans are African-American (out of Africa hypothesis) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 (edited) If god had a voice, it would be Morgan Freeman.God has been played by a woman as wellnormally (at least in our culture) "he" is depicted as an old white man with a beardbut I am looking for non-white characters in movies, preferably already played by different non-white actors Edited December 12, 2012 by Rudolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punishment Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 (edited) Lando Calrissian Lt. Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes (AKA War Machine) Uhura Edited December 12, 2012 by Punishment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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