Daily Ramblings:
There Was This Movie I Seen One Time
...03/20/2005 06:27:04 pm
I admire a nicely phrased understatement, and this
is one:
It is traditional in films spanning a
lifetime for characters to be played by more than
one actor, but rare for them to change sex or
race.
The story is in reference to the
potential film by director Todd Haynes on Bob Dylan,
titled at this point: "I'm Not
There: Suppositions On A Film Concerning Dylan."
According to the same press report, in an effort to
portray Dylan's inner blackness:
Haynes is considering female actors,
including the pop singer Beyonce Knowles, the
tennis champion Venus Williams and the television
presenter Oprah Winfrey.
Indeed.
According to ContactMusic.com, Haynes is
casting six men and one woman to play Dylan at
different stages, and all of them will be black. How
are the suits reacting to the storyboards so far?
... PARAMOUNT movie bosses are said to be
wary. An executive says, "Dylan has always
acknowledged his debt to blues and gospel, but
critics may say there are other ways of
celebrating the African-American musical
heritage."
Now, Right Wing Bob is
willing to go a long way in allowing that many
different perspectives are worthwhile on Dylan's body
of work. What Todd Haynes regards as Dylan's
"inner blackness" is an avenue worth
exploring. But, c'mon Mr. Haynes ... if you're going
to do this ... at least give the job to an actual
black actress, who needs a job, and not to some
farcical super-celebrity like Oprah Winfrey.
I presume that he's just trying to gain publicity
for a project that must be pretty darned difficult to
finance, but, geez ...!
And there's really nothin' anyone
can say
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