On the heels of #OscarsSoWhite and lack of opportunity for minorities, we receive news that a white guy has been casted to play Michael Jackson.
Thewrap.com reports, Joseph Fiennes best known for Shakespeare in Love has been casted to play Michael Jackson in a British tv movie. Now, there people out there who believe Michael Jackson intentionally bleached his skin to be white but he had vitiligo which is a skin disease.
It’s interesting that this is happening in Britain because Idris Elba gave a speech last week about lack of diversity and opportunities for English actors specifically. So the most perfect response to this is, let’s cast a white guy to be a black guy?
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