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why wasn't the right outraged then?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/06/12/delta-pulled-funding-from-a-trump-esque-julius-caesar-but-not-for-an-obama-like-version-in-2012/?ICID=ref_fark&utm_content=link&utm_medium=website&utm_source=fark&utm_term=.963c3922aa31
underpants
(182,803 posts)mercuryblues
(14,531 posts)You read my mind. I had remembered this and was just trying to google it. Google being google gave me tons of trump/Shakespeare hits instead.
i was just about to google the movie where they had an Obama look alike playing Satan
exboyfil
(17,863 posts)Go to Tools after entering search. Drop down on anytime. You can then set the dates you want. Great for checking past Republican idiocy.
mercuryblues
(14,531 posts)for the advice.
do you have a specific date? i just tried 2012 and went thru 4 pages and didn't see coverage from that time yet
Leith
(7,809 posts)Igel
(35,309 posts)I learned about it last week.
Still not sure what to make of it. If the cast is almost all non-white, then I'd expect their caesar to not conform to stereotypes. If it's all white, then having a black caesar makes for a contrast that might be meaningful. It's the contrast that's important, not the mere fact of the actor's skin color.
Don't know about the description, though: white guy with yellow/orange hair being beaten by a group of non-"anglo" minorities? Was the 2012 caesar killed by a bunch of skinheads?
Context matters for understanding. Otherwise it's like fundies who proof-text, cherry-picking facts to suit what you want to prove.