The conversation about race swaps make me think of one question.
Would you take a race-swaped job? Seriously, think about it. They will race swap it anyway, and this one job, could change your life.
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@LukeAlmighty
For the life of me, I don't get how people getting offered these jobs don't find it offensive. Unless... maybe they aren't people.
@alyx
I still don't think so, especially, since holywood execs won't see playing a race-swap as a negative.
I would be MUCH more vorried about the social fallout of that decision myself.
@LukeAlmighty
It's not the execs a celebrity needs to be aware of. That's not the public image. The public image is you and me.
>I would be MUCH more vorried about the social fallout of that decision myself.
We rarely find out about celebrities that refuse a role. And we get even less information about why they refuse a role. Even if they were questioned on it, they could answer something as simple as "I'm not interested in Disney movies/movies for children/movies that are not original IP/etc". There are hundreds of reasons they could pull. Even IF they flat out said "I don't want to be the race swap", they could still spin that to gain public image, in that they could say "I'm better than to be used as a cheap brown crayon in your coloring book". They could easily spin in as "it's racist to give me the hand-me-down white roles".
@alyx
I meant the social fallout of accepting it. :D
@LukeAlmighty
A celebrity needs to be aware of their future income opportunities, not just their present ones. If something they do today has a chance to make them a pariah or damage their public image in any way, the best way forward is to not take the job. More than anything, the job of a celebrity is to keep a positive public image.
I can only assume that they've got the worst managers in the business.