Following on from the incredibly convincing performance of ‘actress of colour’ Jodie Turner-Smith as the previously Persil-white Anne Boleyn in Channel 5’s drama, I’ve become a great fan of so-called ‘colour blind casting’.
By the same token (no pun intended), I reckon that Idris Elba could have done us a great King Henry VIII. Or how about Halle Berry as a sexy little Eva (‘Mrs Hitler’) Braun? I’d say that she’d fit the profile perfectly.
The possibilities are endless; Tom Hardy could be great as Martin Luther King. Oh but hang on, wouldn’t that count as *gulp* ‘cultural appropriation’, and cause a riot of faux outrage among the wokerati?
It’s all a bit confusing at that…
Nominated by: Ron Knee
Colour Blind Casting in the Media
(Welcome back, Ron – DA)



