The suggestions for who plays the next James Bond has gone from a black man to a woman and now a black woman, as suggested by actor Idris Elba. The famed black British actor became a popular name across the Twitterverse as the potential man to replace Daniel Craig as the secret agent who prefers his martinis shaken, not stirred. Though Elba never snagged the role, he now suggests that even casting him would not be woke enough.
Source: Idris Elba: James Bond Should Not Be Male, ‘Could Be A Woman, Could Be A Black Woman’ | Daily Wire
I know it is some sort of Social tax that every Dancing Monkey has to pay to the SJW Altar, I get it. But we are now entering into the realm of the extreme stupid.
In fact, SJWs are not happy that there is an actual happy heterosexual couple in the DC Comics universe so they have a petition demanding that the Joker be transformed into a gay character without any regard for the feelings of Harley Quinn.
Now, if SJWs were truly open to all subspecies of human, they would be demanding another sexual change in a character and bring us Wonder SheMan.
This is only the latest ridiculous variety in how varied “a” character is. How can a single character have multiple origin stories, differing story arcs, and current varieties while still being the “same” character. It’s pretty stupid, IMO (or maybe I’m just not “imaginative” enough).
I’ve seen a fan theory that James Bond is a cover name. A character made up by MI6, which is why he has no problem telling people he’s “Bond, James Bond.” It’s like the spy equivalent of the Dread Pirate Robberts, that way Bond maintains a reputation.
I like the theory, it’s sort of cool. But it requires that Bond be somewhat consistent in physical features. If he went from white man to black woman, the jig would be up.
Nah. He’s the second Timelord working for Britain.
This goes along with “female heroes kick just as much ass, if not more, than the men” trope. I think the Fallon Fox v. Brents fight put that to bed. Fox is a trans woman MMA fighter who fought a real woman named Brents and broke her eye socket and won the match in 3 minutes.
In the movies the female hero beats the hell out of all the big male baddies like nothing.
In the James Bond universe there a multiple double-o agents. If you want a black or female double-o then go for it, he/she doesn’t need to be James Bond. The adventures of “009” could make great cinema.
Except the point isn’t to make something new and interesting. The point is to crap all over something people like.
If I were the facetious or cynical type, I’d say that’s just a man being better at being a woman than an actual woman.
I dislike the newer Bond movies. Daniel Craig looks enough like Vladimir Putin or some other Russian thug, that it throws me out of the movie.
J-, The farcical Casino Royale (1960’s version) actually had all the agents assume the 007 moniker.
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Supposedly Marvel has just cut all their gay themed comics due to low sales? Most don’t even have enough sales to get cut back in the 1990’s