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Zendaya's role in SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING has been revealed!
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I never once considered black hair to be a big part of the aesthetics of Bond.
When I think Bond, I think of a handsome guy with a suit/tuxedo and a gun and when I think of MJ I think of a very beautiful girl with red hair.
I really don't understand why it's such an issue that some people would want MJ to have red hair.
Roger Moore had brown hair.
I'm not particularly a Bond fan so I couldn't speak for that fanbase.
That would be tremendous.
Too many Emma Stone jokes. Couldn't pick one.
Yeah, it seems like some people are trying to make this about her race or something. I'm sure there's a bunch of racist that are mad and there's 2 or 3 people on here who would prefer her to be white but wanting red hair is not the same as wanting her to be white.
The photoshop someone posted earlier in the thread looked great, I'd like to see something like that in the movie.
YesNOnoNOYes
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ratcliffja
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Fixed. Seriously. He could pass for the kid from Beasts of No Nation's dad and they would be 2 actors who could pull it off.
I think people were expecting a scene like in the comics where May and her friend arrange a blind date for Peter and he is all bummed out about it and then MJ turns up on the doorstep and does the fact it tiger thing,
I doubt most people even know she's of mixed ethnicity.
Hell, there was Internet drama a year or two back when Zendaya wore dreads to an event and people accused her of cultural appropriation because they just assumed she was white because of her looks.
The average person doesn't research a person's heritage. They just look at a photo and go "eh, looks white, black, asian, ginger, etc."
You obviously don't have kids or young nieces/nephews.
She's huge on the Disney channel.
DontBeThatGuy
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Show me.
CassidyIzABeast
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Whooooa interracial relationship! as a reveal is fucking stupid. FOH marvel(assuming that story is true)
HP_Wuvcraft
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This is the exchange that I'm waiting for:
"MJ needs to be white!"
"Why is that important to her character?"
"Because Peter is white!"
or
"Have you ever seen a black girl with red hair?"
And then followed by "I'm not racist".
You know what? I was almost going to say that I think I've seen her on Disney. I still watch a lot of Nickelodeon, but Disney Channel fell off my radar ever since That's So Raven and Hannah Montana went off the air (don't tell anyone I watched those, lol)
sleverfunk
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I trust in the marvel gods.
they could also make Gwen the college girl and do something to provide romantic tension OTHER than having one of them killed off
lightskintwin
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Watch Mary Jane become street now helping Spiderman's spidey sense with her street smarts.
Ultimate Spider-Man provides the blueprint.
Although we'd need to get Kitty Pryde back from Fox.
Stilton Disco
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Man, ginger people just cannot catch a break in recent superhero adaptations and updates.
Still there's nothing about the character that is in anyway race specific. The red hair is genuinely her only defining physical characteristic, so it would be nice if they included it, even if it's not natural red, but it's not exactly going to affect the plot if they don't bother.
Still there's nothing about the character that is in anyway race specific. The red hair is genuinely her only defining physical characteristic, so it would be nice if they included it, even if it's not natural red, but it's not exactly going to affect the plot if they don't bother.
The drama was a news anchor or some other moron calling her a pothead because of her dreads her ethnicity was never in question.
It's good that you mentioned that though, since the reception she's had so far for being cast as Mary Jane and the convenient scapegoat of hair color (lmao) shares the same root cause as the snarky comments she got for wearing dreads: tragic racist undertones.
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But I'm black. I want red hair. And your argument is bullshit.
Look there's racist people out there. Racist people will say all kinds of wild stuff that doesn't fly with me. But this reeks of Ghostbusters all over again.
You're putting the people who want red hair and the people you view as racist in the same box to fit an agenda when you shouldn't be. Sure some of the people who are saying that are trying to hide their thinly veiled racism but that doesn't mean most saying that are.
Mister Wolf
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I think they go perfect together. If I saw them walking down the street holding hands I would question how he got her fine ass which is exactly the Peter Mary Jane dynamic.
I think you're confused. The controversy was Giuliana Rancic saying Zendaya looked like she smelled like patchouli, or weed because she was wearing locs.
Emma was so good that anyone trying to do the role would have paled in comparison.
MJ definitely needs Red hair, - it's iconic for her, but it definitely doesn't have to be ginger-type red hair. The pic posted earlier is great. Going a different way makes sense when they already have Potts on screen.
How do you live with your head so far up your own ass?
IdreamofHIME
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My problems with Daniel Craig as Bond lie much deeper than his hair or eye colour.
*i Have no problem with the MJ casting
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I'd say I don't care because it wasn't a big part of who Bond is when he was cast and it isn't important now either.
Is she a good actress?
Surely that is more important than having red fucking hair.
On point.
Surely that is more important than having red fucking hair.
On point.
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Pretty much every single person saying Zendaya better have red hair is clearly stating they want her to have red hair. Which would then imply they have no problem with her being Mary Jane Watson.
Yet its the same people thread after thread who charge in and "dog whistle" " you are racist" over and over again. This is a discussion forum for what most of society would consider nerds, geeks, losers etc. Trivial things like Hair color, how many decks does the Enterprise have etc. are things that matter to those kind of people.
You aren't interested in a discussion. You run in throwing around accusations meant to silence and stifle discussion.
Yet its the same people thread after thread who charge in and "dog whistle" " you are racist" over and over again. This is a discussion forum for what most of society would consider nerds, geeks, losers etc. Trivial things like Hair color, how many decks does the Enterprise have etc. are things that matter to those kind of people.
You aren't interested in a discussion. You run in throwing around accusations meant to silence and stifle discussion.
Hot Coldman
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After Aunt May, nothing will surprise me with their re-casting. Just get the film out! ARGH I WANT SPIDEY
SpideySenses
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Vast, vast majority of race swaps in comic book movies/TV have been phenomenal, I'm kinda sceptical about this one but expect to be proven wrong. I do wish this had been a Miles Morales movie though, instead of changing up side characters, give us the strong black lead from the source material. Not to mention we really don't need cinematic Peter Parker back in high school for the third time in fifteen years.
broncobuster
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I don't care about the red hair one iota, but that's not the greatest example there. James Blonde was a thing roughly a decade ago.
Discotheque
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Yeah there was online outrage over that too funnily enough.
excelsiorlef
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Which people got over in like roughly the first 2 minutes of Casino Royale or hell roughly first minute of the first trailer.
If only there was a way for a person to change their hair color.
I actually hate eccentric girls like that lol.
EdibleKnife
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Scar Jo isn't a natural redhead. Neither was Kirsten Dunst. Why is this a 23 page topic?
The Cretan
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I hope she dyes her hair red for the movie.
Also, there is a huge difference between racism and wanting a character to look like his/her comic book counterpart. I'm not saying every comment is not racist, but some people want the movie characters look like their comic book counterparts.
Also, there is a huge difference between racism and wanting a character to look like his/her comic book counterpart. I'm not saying every comment is not racist, but some people want the movie characters look like their comic book counterparts.
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