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Post by UncleDeadly on May 10, 2022 22:07:15 GMT
I'll believe it when i see it...
Tbf, there may be a grain of truth in Davies' version of events. It's just possible they'd been stuck auditioning straight white guys all week-end when, just at the last minute, the gay black guy Russell was looking for walked in...
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Post by mott1 on May 11, 2022 7:09:24 GMT
I'll believe it when i see it...
Tbf, there may be a grain of truth in Davies' version of events. It's just possible they'd been stuck auditioning straight white guys all week-end when, just at the last minute, the gay black guy Russell was looking for walked in...
"Ooh, is this the right place, my mighty whitey? Fab-u-lous!" I notice about the only media outlet that is dubious about this genius casting choice (of hiring a black man for a role that was white for 50 years) is Gammon News - ironically it's the 2 gay presenters who've criticised it! What would The Guardian say!? |
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Post by cyberhat on May 11, 2022 7:13:59 GMT
RTD overuses the word drama. Especially when most of his Doctor Who stuff has the failed ambition to be Rentaghost level comedy.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2022 14:58:40 GMT
Just saw Sylvester's video congratulate him on getting the role
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Post by ClockworkOcean on May 11, 2022 15:33:08 GMT
McCoy mustered more up gravitas and charisma in that 41 second clip than Jodie has managed in four years, yet NuWho fans still treat him like the butt of a joke. Only a few hours after Gatwa's casting was announced, I saw several "can't be worse than McCoy" jibes in The Graun's comments section. WTF is that about? I can only assume it's jealousy.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2022 15:46:27 GMT
It is jealousy Sylvester is incredible as the Doctor
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2022 16:27:31 GMT
Yeah, I've seen comments about McCoy like that before. My Grandad was the same yet I don't think he ever actually watched McCoy in the role. Presumably they just go with the flow instead of actually giving him a go.
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Post by iank on May 11, 2022 20:39:42 GMT
Oh it is. Somehow I don't see Pisstaker being hired by Peter Jackson anytime soon...
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2022 21:24:23 GMT
I did like Ncuti's reaction to Sylvester he genuinely seemed humbled and grateful
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2022 21:25:34 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2022 15:44:43 GMT
"It's all about telling stories. Nothing else matters"
- Graham Williams
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Post by UncleDeadly on May 12, 2022 16:27:39 GMT
"Ooh, is this the right place, my mighty whitey? Fab-u-lous!" I notice about the only media outlet that is dubious about this genius casting choice (of hiring a black man for a role that was white for 50 years) is Gammon News - ironically it's the 2 gay presenters who've criticised it! What would The Guardian say!? They'd be stunned into silence. Which, of course, is what has happened in general. And Davies bloody well knows it... |
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Post by UncleDeadly on May 12, 2022 16:35:34 GMT
Russell T. Davies. The Tony Blair of Doctor Who. Not only is he a faux-lefty who abandoned the core ethos of the institution he co-opted for personal ends but under that genial, effervescent facade he's also a shrewd and devious operator who knew damn well that the only way to again cast a male Doctor without having the loonies scream "SEXIST!!" was to cast a black guy. Not a peep...  |
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Post by burrunjor on May 12, 2022 17:21:28 GMT
Oh it is. Somehow I don't see Pisstaker being hired by Peter Jackson anytime soon... No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! It was because of Sylvester McCoy that the show got cancelled in the 80s and intellectual titans like Paul Merton and Jimmy Carr said the show was shit on bland interchangable panel shows like Room 101 or "it's only tv but I like it." That totally haven't either been forgotten about or limped on like a sad old fart no one has pulled the plug on yet, because no one even knows they're still alive. Meanwhile in the real world McCoy's era is not only still making new fans almost 40 years on, but he himself has no only gone on to star in films with Ian McKellan, Christopher Lee, Maggie Q, and Maisie Williams. |
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