White Power Group calls for Boycott of ‘Thor’ Over Casting of Idris Elba
And you thought nerdy fans complained about comic book movie casting– this one might become the all time champion.
DeathAndTaxesMag.com points us to the story that the Council of Conservative Citizens (flagged as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and no, we aren’t linking directly to them) are calling for a boycott of Marvel’s Thor movie due to the casting of Idris Elba in the role of Heimdall, in direct opposition to their White Nationalist beliefs.
Mr. Elba, as you can see from the photo, is about as non-Aryan as you can get.
Oh, hell, let me quote them so you don’t have to visit:
Norse mythology gets a multi-cultural remake in the upcoming movie
titled “Thor,” by Marvel studios. It’s not enough that Marvel attacks
conservative values and promotes the left-wing, now mythological Gods
must be re-invented with black skin.It seems that Marvel Studios believes that white people should have
nothing that is unique to themselves. An upcoming movie, based on the
comic book Thor, will give Norse mythology an insulting multi-cultural
make-over. One of the Gods will be played by Hip Hop DJ Idris Elba.
And of course, there’s now a “Boycott Thor” website. And no, we aren’t linking to that either, although we will quote them too:
Marvel has a history of advocating for the left-wing. In early 2010 they
even used their Captain America comic to attack the TEA Party movement.
Marvel front man Stan “Lee” Lieber personally funds left-wing political
candidates. Now Marvel has inserted left-wing social engineering into
European mythology, casting a black man to play a Norse deity.
Stan Lieber? Oh yeah, Stan “The Jew” Lee.
Me, I’m happy. Laughing at the Westboro Baptist Church at San Diego Comic-Con was getting boring. I love that a so-called Christian group is getting so upset about the depiction of Norse gods. And I can’t wait to hear what their reaction will be when they find out about Denzel Washington playing Jefferson Davis in 2012.
They’re called the “Council of Conservative Citizens.” That’s a logical enough name for a group like them. However, it reminds me of something. Especially if you look at the initials.
They’re the C.C.C. The letter ‘C’ often sounds the same as the letter ‘K’, so a straightforward replacement would make them the…
Yeah, I don’t know if that was intentional or not, but it’s fitting.
Anything that gets people like that all het up is fine with me.
To be honest, i’ve been thinking i might wait for a DVD release to see it … but i think i need to go on opening day to do my little part to add to the box office just to twist their knickers a tad tighter…
They're called the "Council of Conservative Citizens." That's a logical enough name for a group like them. However, it reminds me of something. Especially if you look at the initials.They're the C.C.C. The letter 'C' often sounds the same as the letter 'K', so a straightforward replacement would make them the…Yeah, I don't know if that was intentional or not, but it's fitting.
Anything that gets people like that all het up is fine with me.To be honest, i've been thinking i might wait for a DVD release to see it … but i think i need to go on opening day to do my little part to add to the box office just to twist their knickers a tad tighter…
You know casting Heimdall and Nick Fury as black men almost makes up for when Marvel turned ‘Bucky’ black.Almost. ‘-)
You know casting Heimdall and Nick Fury as black men almost makes up for when Marvel turned ‘Bucky’ black.
Almost. ‘-)
You know casting Heimdall and Nick Fury as black men almost makes up for when Marvel turned 'Bucky' black.Almost. '-)
I particularly love this portion of the quote: “…One of the Gods will be played by Hip Hop DJ Idris Elba.”
I guess these Aryan Supermen have never seen “The Wire,” “The Losers,” “Soul Food – The Series” “American Gangster” and “The Big C” or they would have known that Mr. Elba isn’t a hip hop artist but a highly accomplished British actor who would probably sound like most of the Asgardians in this film because of this! I wonder how they would have felt if they cast Shakespeare-trained Eammon Walker as Fandrall?
So it’ll be equally cool when the Black Panther movie stars Neil Patrick Harris? Can’t wait. And when Triple H gets to play Power Man in the Bendis Avengers movie.
Of course, we’ll be waiting a while before Michael Dorn plays Moses, though, won’t we?
You’re just going to copy and paste the last remark you made?Are you even a person, or just a white power bot programmed to input this post on message boards?
So it’ll be equally cool when the Black Panther movie stars Neil Patrick Harris? Can’t wait. And when Triple H gets to play Power Man in the Bendis Avengers movie.
Of course, we’ll be waiting a while before Michael Dorn plays Moses, though, won’t we?
James, give an example where the entire cast is black and one minor character is changed to white. That would be a more direct comparison.
Personally, I do think it’s a little odd that a Norse god was cast as a Black man. However, I don’t think it’s something worth getting upset over. I certainly don’t think we should consider it meaningful that a white supremacist is upset about it. Oh course they’re upset about it, they’re upset that black people are allowed in America at all. Their objection doesn’t mean anything.
I wonder if they ever visited Washington, DC since January 2009? Naaah!
I particularly love this portion of the quote: "…One of the Gods will be played by Hip Hop DJ Idris Elba."I guess these Aryan Supermen have never seen "The Wire," "The Losers," "Soul Food – The Series" "American Gangster" and "The Big C" or they would have known that Mr. Elba isn't a hip hop artist but a highly accomplished British actor who would probably sound like most of the Asgardians in this film because of this! I wonder how they would have felt if they cast Shakespeare-trained Eammon Walker as Fandrall?
So it'll be equally cool when the Black Panther movie stars Neil Patrick Harris? Can't wait. And when Triple H gets to play Power Man in the Bendis Avengers movie.Of course, we'll be waiting a while before Michael Dorn plays Moses, though, won't we?
You're just going to copy and paste the last remark you made?Are you even a person, or just a white power bot programmed to input this post on message boards?
So it'll be equally cool when the Black Panther movie stars Neil Patrick Harris? Can't wait. And when Triple H gets to play Power Man in the Bendis Avengers movie.Of course, we'll be waiting a while before Michael Dorn plays Moses, though, won't we?
James, give an example where the entire cast is black and one minor character is changed to white. That would be a more direct comparison.Personally, I do think it's a little odd that a Norse god was cast as a Black man. However, I don't think it's something worth getting upset over. I certainly don't think we should consider it meaningful that a white supremacist is upset about it. Oh course they're upset about it, they're upset that black people are allowed in America at all. Their objection doesn't mean anything.
I wonder if they ever visited Washington, DC since January 2009? Naaah!
Jason already covered what I had to say fairly well so I’ll just add a little bit.I’m often of the notion that “color-blind casting” is A-OK. It does seem that this wasn’t the place to do it but, oh well. I’m not going to let it bug me. It does help to find out that Heimdell is being played by Idris Elba, a darn fine actor by any standard. Hel, I just hope he has enough to DO in the movie. (And, yes, I did spell Hel like that on purpose.)Michael, I’m not sure what you mean about Marvel turning Bucky black. There was a black man in the role of Bucky (around “Captain America” 335 or so) but it wasn’t James “Bucky” Barnes. It was a completely different person and, for that matter, Steve Rogers wasn’t Captain America at that time, either. They also quickly changed his codename from Bucky to Battlestar. I’ve never read a story where James “Bucky” Barnes was anything other than a white boy.
“And, yes, I did spell Hel like that on purpose.”
I noticed that and laughed. Bonus points to you, good sir.
Jeff,All your points are correct so I should clarify mine, the issue is calling ANY Black man, ‘Bucky.’Any form of the word, ‘Buck’ when describing a black man is Jim Chow like at best.
That was addressed in that old story and is why Lemar Hoskins changed his codename and costume. If I remember correctly–and it was a LONG time ago–writer Mark Gruenwald actually didn’t know it was an offensive term when he started the storyline. When he found out, he had an older black character explain to Hoskins why it was a bad idea to be called “Bucky.” It was a faux pas, sure, but it was taken care of quickly.
The only reason I know that the term is offensive is because of that story. Of course, it’s not like I’d ever call anybody “Bucky” but it’s good to know that it’s actually wrong to do so. Live and learn.
(Slight digression: It was years after seeing the “Ocean’s 11” remake that I finally understood what the heck Bernie Mac’s character (Ramone) meant when he called Linus (Matt Damon) “cracker.” It just wasn’t something that I’d ever encountered.)
(Furthering the same digression: In the “City of Heroes” MMORPG, the word “cracker” is on the restricted word list. It doesn’t matter if you’re only talking about Ritz or Saltines, “cracker” will be for anybody who has the bad language filter on!)
Mark Gruenwald was a friend and a wonderful person. I’m know he meant no offense and I kidded him often about it.
Continuing The Off-Topic Track, I’m glad that the word “craker” has the same restriction as The N word. I’m not a fan of either word. Incidentally, I’m an African American (PC-speak for a black man that I still use) and I’ve had another “African American” man call me a “cracker” during a telephone conversation, presumably because I spoke English better than he did and I didn’t give him the information that he was looking for. I wonder if Mr. Elba ever encountered that problem?
Jason already covered what I had to say fairly well so I’ll just add a little bit.
I’m often of the notion that “color-blind casting” is A-OK. It does seem that this wasn’t the place to do it but, oh well. I’m not going to let it bug me. It does help to find out that Heimdell is being played by Idris Elba, a darn fine actor by any standard. Hel, I just hope he has enough to DO in the movie. (And, yes, I did spell Hel like that on purpose.)
Michael, I’m not sure what you mean about Marvel turning Bucky black. There was a black man in the role of Bucky (around “Captain America” 335 or so) but it wasn’t James “Bucky” Barnes. It was a completely different person and, for that matter, Steve Rogers wasn’t Captain America at that time, either. They also quickly changed his codename from Bucky to Battlestar. I’ve never read a story where James “Bucky” Barnes was anything other than a white boy.
Jeff,
All your points are correct so I should clarify mine, the issue is calling ANY Black man, ‘Bucky.’
Any form of the word, ‘Buck’ when describing a black man is Jim Chow like at best.
Jason already covered what I had to say fairly well so I'll just add a little bit.I'm often of the notion that "color-blind casting" is A-OK. It does seem that this wasn't the place to do it but, oh well. I'm not going to let it bug me. It does help to find out that Heimdell is being played by Idris Elba, a darn fine actor by any standard. Hel, I just hope he has enough to DO in the movie. (And, yes, I did spell Hel like that on purpose.)Michael, I'm not sure what you mean about Marvel turning Bucky black. There was a black man in the role of Bucky (around "Captain America" 335 or so) but it wasn't James "Bucky" Barnes. It was a completely different person and, for that matter, Steve Rogers wasn't Captain America at that time, either. They also quickly changed his codename from Bucky to Battlestar. I've never read a story where James "Bucky" Barnes was anything other than a white boy.
"And, yes, I did spell Hel like that on purpose."I noticed that and laughed. Bonus points to you, good sir.
Jeff,All your points are correct so I should clarify mine, the issue is calling ANY Black man, 'Bucky.'Any form of the word, 'Buck' when describing a black man is Jim Chow like at best.
That was addressed in that old story and is why Lemar Hoskins changed his codename and costume. If I remember correctly–and it was a LONG time ago–writer Mark Gruenwald actually didn't know it was an offensive term when he started the storyline. When he found out, he had an older black character explain to Hoskins why it was a bad idea to be called "Bucky." It was a faux pas, sure, but it was taken care of quickly.The only reason I know that the term is offensive is because of that story. Of course, it's not like I'd ever call anybody "Bucky" but it's good to know that it's actually wrong to do so. Live and learn. (Slight digression: It was years after seeing the "Ocean's 11" remake that I finally understood what the heck Bernie Mac's character (Ramone) meant when he called Linus (Matt Damon) "cracker." It just wasn't something that I'd ever encountered.)(Furthering the same digression: In the "City of Heroes" MMORPG, the word "cracker" is on the restricted word list. It doesn't matter if you're only talking about Ritz or Saltines, "cracker" will be for anybody who has the bad language filter on!)
Mark Gruenwald was a friend and a wonderful person. I'm know he meant no offense and I kidded him often about it.
First, the SPLC, Southern Poverty Law Center is a historically non-credible leftist/marxist organization that feeds on faux-racism and seeks to drum up racist hate against whites, and especially white men. Second, the http://boycott-thor.com/ site offers mainstream sources and well-reasoned arguments, whether you agree or not.
Without conceding to any of your arguments, let me ask you this: why is nobody boycotting the movie over the casting of Tadanobu Asano in the role of Hogun The Grim? After all, he’s not particularly Nordic either. What could possibly be different about Mr. Elba?