{"id":2026118,"date":"2023-09-08T16:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T20:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/director-and-actor-shut-down-suggestion-their-new-historical-drama-is-too-white\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T16:46:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T20:46:00","slug":"director-and-actor-shut-down-suggestion-their-new-historical-drama-is-too-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/director-and-actor-shut-down-suggestion-their-new-historical-drama-is-too-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Director and actor reject criticism of lack of diversity in new historical drama."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdirector-and-actor-shut-down-suggestion-their-new-historical-drama-is-too-white%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2026118&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The\u200b Movie\u200d Industry:\u200c A Battleground of\u2063 Racism and Woke-ism<\/h2>\n<p>The movie \u2063industry in\u2064 the United States is culturally racist. It also promotes racism\u2062 in a \u2064backhanded sort\u200c of way, albeit \u200ba bit differently now than ever before.<\/p>\n<p>The premise is\u2064 the same.\u2063 It\u2019s\u200b just doused in \u201cwoke-ism\u201d and \u200brecast \u2064as \u201cfair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is nothing fair about an industry that sets the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-americans-rejecting-woke-hollywood-must-provide-better-alternative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-took-an-anti-racist-training-workshop-for-parents-heres-what-i-learned\/\" title=\"I Took An Anti-Racist Training Workshop For Parents. Here\u2019s What I Learned.\">ground rules<\/a><\/a> to qualify for prestigious awards using diversity. Disqualifying candidates based on the racial makeup of the cast is, in fact, \u201cracist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When I say \u201cracial makeup,\u201d I \u200cmean how\u2062 un-white \u2063the \u200dcast can \u200bbe. When you \u2063hear the word \u201cdiversity\u201d come out \u2063of \u200dthe mouths of the Hollywood \u2063decision-makers and elite award \u2064purveyors, what they are saying is \u201cless white,\u2063 more every other\u2064 color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b entire \u200cU.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/go-woke-go-broke-new-poll-shows-hollywoods-liberal-politics-alienating-viewers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movie industry<\/a> has become an \u2062offshoot \u200bof the leftist agenda, disguising entertainment with politicking. \u201cWhite\u201d\u2062 has become \u201ctrite\u201d \u2063in this neck of the woods. And they\u2019d rather compromise \u200cthe integrity and authenticity\u200b of the story to make sure that message is heard.<\/p>\n<p>Art is\u200b being encapsulated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/director-and-actor-shut-down-suggestion-their-new-historical-drama-is-too-white\/\" title=\"Director and actor reject criticism of lack of diversity in new historical drama.\">racism\u2062 \u2014\u2062 anti-white\u200d woke ideology<\/a>. And you \u2062will be punished \u200dif you don\u2019t comply \u200cby\u2062 being disqualified from prestigious competitions\u2064 from \u200cthe \u2064jump.<\/p>\n<p>Not all \u2062artists\u200c agree. This includes those \u2062cultivating their \u2062visions\u200d in other countries, where the \u2064story still \u200bleads \u200cand \u2063awards remain secondary to \u200bthe process.<\/p>\n<p>Living in this country in 2023, it seems hard to imagine.<\/p>\n<p>This is undoubtedly \u2063the\u200d reason Danish actor\u2062 Mads Mikkelsen and director\u2063 Nikolaj Arcel shocked some people\u2063 when answering a reporter\u2019s astute concerns at the \u2064Venice Film Festival in Italy over their film qualifying for\u2063 \u201cBest \u2064Picture\u201d in \u2063the Academy Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Oscar nominees in that category must meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oscars.org\/awards\/representation-and-inclusion-standards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">specific criteria<\/a> for the race, ethnicity and sexuality of the cast \u2062and crew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt20561198\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Promised Land<\/a>\u201d \u200cis a \u2063historical drama set in Denmark in \u200bthe 1750s. True\u200c to that time period, almost\u200b all of the cast is \u2063white.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>So when Arcel was asked about his decision not to deviate to meet the woke agenda and what that could mean in\u2064 competing for noted U.S. \u200bfilm awards, he \u200ccandidly explained his decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a thought in our mind,\u201d the director said. \u201cI think it would be a little weird. You know, it\u2019s just historical. It\u2019s how it \u2064was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Danish actor Mads \u200bMikkelsen was less forgiving in his response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are you on to?\u201d the\u2064 film\u2019s star asked when the reporter mentioned the lack\u2063 of diversity in the\u200c film.<\/p>\n<p>Notably \u200bannoyed by the line of questioning, \u2063Mikkelsen turned the \u2064tables on the reporter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s \u2064not because of artistic reasons but because of \u200dlack of \u200bdiversity \u2064that this can\u2019t compete in that competition,\u201d the reporter said. \u201cAre you worried about that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you? \u2026\u200d You\u2019re putting\u200d us\u200d on the spot, so you answer the \u2063question,\u201d the \u2064actor said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>It seemed \u2064as though Mikkelsen\u2019s response was\u2062 more \u2063a reflection of his disgust for \u200dwhat has\u2063 occurred in the U.S. movie industry than the reporter\u2019s audacity\u2064 to ask\u200b the question.<\/p>\n<p>Without \u200cfully understanding \u200dthe direction the reporter was \u200cgoing, the actor pushed back \u2063in an effort to maintain the focus of\u2063 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-selects-pamela-smith-as-police-chief-as-crime-in-city-soars\/\" title=\"Pamela Smith chosen as DC police chief amidst rising crime.\">news\u2064 conference<\/a> as it had originally been\u2064 intended.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Are the \u200cOscars&#8217; diversity rules unfair?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to\u2063 The Western Journal news updates \u2063free of charge. 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{\n\t\t\t#firefly-poll-container {\n\t\t\t\twidth: 90%;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 20px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/div>\n<p>He did it even before he realized that \u2064the reporter was on his\u2062 side,\u200b pointing out the unfairness of how great \u2063films are being lost to woke-ism through his asking of the question.\u2064 It is a sign of the very unfortunate times.<\/p>\n<p>The reporter would go as far as to draw a\u200d comparison between \u201cParasite\u201d and \u201cThe\u200b Promised Land,\u201d explaining that the former, a \u200cSouth Korean thriller, had qualified for \u201cBest Picture\u201d despite boasting a wholly Asian cast. \u200d\u201cThe Promised Land\u201d would not have that \u2062luxury.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Diversity requirements are the worst thing\u2063 to happen in Hollywood the past year<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 the \u2064business (@the1whoknock5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/the1whoknock5\/status\/1697786328094502956?\">September 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As a film no longer can be just a film, \u200bthe shift \u200cto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/social-justice-101-debunking-lefts-new-favorite-boogeyman-systemic-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">politicizing<\/a> everything is coloring the \u2062entire world.<\/p>\n<p>In the movies, \u201cwoke\u201d is\u2063 invoking guarded and hostile reactions such as displayed by Mikkelsen and\u200c Arcel at \u2063this \u200cnews conference. It is also\u200b unfairly impacting art, connection and the\u2062 relationship\u2064 between the two.<\/p>\n<p>Racism is indeed alive and well, just as the \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/looking-proof-biden-racist-got-decades-evidence-right\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">left<\/a> wants it\u2063 to be. What better way\u200b to destroy progress\u2062 while\u2063 deflecting from the \u2063true issues and overreaches at hand?\u200c All\u200b the world is\u200c a stage.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/director-actor-shut-suggestion-new-historical-drama-white\/\">Director and \u2064Actor\u2062 Shut Down Suggestion Their New Historical Drama Is Too White<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US movie industry perpetuates cultural racism, albeit in a new guise. 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