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susanreads) wrote2010-08-04 11:10 am
susanreads) wrote2010-08-04 11:10 am
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Not a review of Sherlock: The Blind Banker
The first scene made my neck tense up in anticipation of the stereotypes to come, and sure enough, the writers made no effort to avoid such things. Also, Watson's cane has entirely disappeared. So the case was fairly interesting, but I don't want to talk about it.
So let's talk about diversity in casting instead. Because diversity is good, right? And we get more of it nowadays than we used to, in general? Maybe? The trouble is, once "they" have cast somebody other than an able-bodied straight-acting white dude or an able-bodied straight-acting white female-love-interest, it's like their imaginations say "Our work here is done!" and they can't think of anything for them to do that isn't from ClichesRUs.
You'd think they could swap the clichés around a bit. You don't see shows where the Chinese or Asian-American chick has the street smarts or the social connections, the black chick is the computer wiz and the white chick (a fat blonde, because fat people can move too) has the martial arts moves. Do you? If anybody knows a show like that, point me at it. (Note: I've seen the first season of Dark Angel.)
So let's talk about diversity in casting instead. Because diversity is good, right? And we get more of it nowadays than we used to, in general? Maybe? The trouble is, once "they" have cast somebody other than an able-bodied straight-acting white dude or an able-bodied straight-acting white female-love-interest, it's like their imaginations say "Our work here is done!" and they can't think of anything for them to do that isn't from ClichesRUs.
You'd think they could swap the clichés around a bit. You don't see shows where the Chinese or Asian-American chick has the street smarts or the social connections, the black chick is the computer wiz and the white chick (a fat blonde, because fat people can move too) has the martial arts moves. Do you? If anybody knows a show like that, point me at it. (Note: I've seen the first season of Dark Angel.)