Whitewashing The Facts: 10 Racial Appropriation Fails
Joseph Fiennes in Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon
It was always going to be shrouded in controversy, but the actor cast to play Michael Jackson in the upcoming comedy Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon, somehow went to white actor Joseph Fiennes.
With producers asking for trouble, African-Americans and generally human people at large were offended that Jackson would be played by a white man. We will have to see how it turns out but the comedy has been dubbed as a satire.
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