de Armas as Monroe - and Fox's opinion

[Not Heidi]

Ana de Armas, a Latina from Cuba and Spain, has been cast as Marilyn Monroe. One of the Foxites said it smacks of "racialism." Wtf is that? Just say racism, 🐔 💩.

And how is it racist? Perhaps she gave the best auditions, you morons. Perhaps the director found that she, above all others, has what s/he's looking for. Use your cute little pea brains.

Not only that, but they're questioning whether it was appropriate for an American to portray Margaret Thatcher, and an Irishman to portray Abraham Lincoln.

What in the name of Bob is wrong with these effing nationalists?

[Midnight Writer]

1. Is this all they've got? Do they complain when a white man plays Jesus?

Or a reality TV star plays President?

[Not Heidi]

2. 🤣

Excellent.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. Racialism is essentially Affirmative Action in their lexicon

I'd guess you know that but your post made it unclear in some ways.

I loved her in the latest Bladerunner, thought she was awesome.

[Not Heidi]

8. Actually, I hadn't thought about that. Thank you

I'd like someone of their ilk to define racism and racialism. My dictionary says only that racialism is a different word for racism. How are the words different, GOP peeps? (I'm not asking you all, my blue friends. Just putting it out there.)

(Plus I have a narcotic for severe pain and I took one half an hour ago, so my mind is probably a little muddled.)

[Fla Dem]

4. She a beautiful woman and has acted and starred in a number of American produced films.

Ana Celia de Armas Caso (Spanish: [ˈana ˈθelja de ˈarmas ˈkaso]; born 30 April 1988) is a Cuban and Spanish actress. She began her career in Cuba and had a leading role in the romantic drama Una rosa de Francia (2006). At age 18, she moved to Madrid, Spain, and starred in the popular teen drama El Internado for six seasons from 2007 to 2010.

After moving to Los Angeles, de Armas had English-speaking roles in the psychological thriller Knock Knock (2015) and the comedy-crime film War Dogs (2016), and had a supporting role in the sports biopic Hands of Stone (2016). She rose to prominence with her role as a holographic AI projection in the science fiction film Blade Runner 2049 (2017). For her performance as nurse Marta Cabrera in the mystery film Knives Out (2019), de Armas was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical and won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently played Bond girl Paloma in the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021) and starred in the psychological thriller Deep Water (2022).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_de_Armas

Jerks just have to get their digs in anyway they can to perpetuate and feed their racist audience racial crap to chew on.

[Not Heidi]

7. Hammer? Meet nail.

You're dead on.

[genxlib]

5. She is one of my favorites

But that does strike me as strange casting.

I don't think there is any racial angle to it at all but it just seems a strange fit.

We shall see. I have been surprised by strange casting choices before.

You can see the trailers here

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655389/videogallery/?ref_=tt_vi_sm

[Not Heidi]

6. Thanks for the link, genxlib

The movie looks pretty good. de Armas is fast becoming one of my favorite actors.

We have to wait until September 28 - when Kathy and I will be on our road trip. We can watch it in our hotel in Slidell, LA.