Fellow Constant Readers, a few things I feel the need to point out. Sorry in advance for my long winded introductory post lol.
1) Regarding the producer's comments regarding racists. I think a lot of you only saw the last part of that statement and took it out of context. He never said that everyone who has a problem with Elba's casting are racists and that they should all go F* themselves. If you read his entire statement, he actually addresses 2 separate camps of naysayers. There are the people who are legitimately concerned about how that change effects the story, to which he stated "I understand that people who are thoughtful about the storytelling and the racial politics of the storytelling might want to understand how that informs that storytelling, and I respect that and I hear that, and those things are not things we didn't think about or don't think about." That's a perfectly acceptable response in my opinion. But he also took the time to address that second camp of haters, those who are simply racist (and yes, those are out there too), to which he said (and rightfully so) that they can go F* themselves. I think many of you may have just read the last part of his statement and flew off the handle without taking the whole thing in context.
Hi SC, and Welcome
Da Vinci painted another Mona Lisa but we, the public, recognize that 'one'....however, that other painting is still a legitimate Da Vinci Mona Lisa nonetheless. If a hypothetical-still-alive Da Vinci pulled the one the public has embraced for centuries and replaced it with the other one, its still a DaVinci Mona Lisa, but how would the artworld react?
Its a bit of a Catch-22: As a person that feels I sort of have a grasp on the gestalt mechanics of Mr King's universe, yes there can be a possibility of a black Roland ( any and all possibilities, really) based on the history I understand of re-reading the book series over time. On one hand, I do understand that a writer, or musician, or anybody in the arts owes their fans nothing and create as they - the artist - deems fit. I am OK with that. On the other hand, I do appreciate when artists recognize what their fans want and find a way to precariously balance the tightrope of creative indulgence and progression with the substance of the paradigms that fans cherish about the artist...........Mr King is an AC/DC fan (at least thats what Ive heard). AC/DC is a band that has done exactly what I have described above: Progression within the greater framework of their usual paradigms ( Im trying to avoid the word "formulaic").... What kind of reaction would AC/DC fans - including Mr King - have if they released an album of computer generated techno?
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