Duff Paddy wrote:croyals wrote:eldanielfire wrote:croyals wrote:There doesn't really need to be racially based casting for something like GOT. If its realistic enough to have dragons, its realistic enough to have a few ethnic minorities.
The issue is more the ridiculous articles bemoaning the lack of diversity in films like Dunkirk, which if taken to a conclusion would make making a historical film pretty much impossible.
And it does.
Yes, my point is more that it wouldn't be ridiculous for a few Westerosi lords/smallfolk to be from ethnic minorities as well. Particularly in somewhere like Kings Landing.
Are you trying a bit hard to impose modern multicultural society in a medieval setting
Not really, I'm saying:
1) In a fantasy world with dragons and ice zombies the idea of a few black lords isn't the thing that stretches the bounds of credulity
2) medieval capitals and trading ports did have some ethnic diversity, hence why I gave the particular example of Kings Landing
3) there is a fair criticism that our current way of treating fantasy shows limits the roles for minority actors, by dealing with this reasonable complaint we don't have to listen to shite such as Dunkirk being marked down by a US critic, for example, for lacking a person of colour in a lead role
4) the reason GoT is great and seems realistic is its great plot, the intricacy of the storyline and the fact that the good guy doesn't win all the time. It isn't because everyone in Westeros is white
5) I'm not arguing for tokenism, I'm simply suggesting that we should care more about, e.g. John Boyega's ability to perform as a GoT character in terms of personality than race.