'Annie' is Black and Racists Go F*cking Crazy

[Dr. Who]

Cleopatra was probably Greek. Possibly mixed.

Did you know that the oopah loompa were originally black slaves in the novel? Willy Wonka was...shall we say a man of his times.

Or Roald Dahl, the author. A racially insensitive time in England.

[nathanbforrest45]

Yea, that's true. Spike should follow up on Cthulhu's suggestion and make a movie about a Jewish MLK starring Johnny Depp.

Lets go whole hog, cast Ellen Degeneres in the lead road.

[Adelaide]

I don't think it's a big deal. I loved 'Annie' when I was a young kid.

[GrassrootsConservative]

I am not at all surprised that Cigar is obsessing over skin color again.

Who cares if she's black? Only the OP.

[Heyduke]

Annie was an orphan, if I'm not mistaken. Am I thinking of the correct Annie? She's got rich Daddy Warbucks to stoke her out. Warbucks was a private citizen, who adopted Annie out of the kindness of his heart (as opposed to Annie being rescued by a Nanny State). According to wiki, the Annie comic strip "attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) organized labor, the New Deal and communism."

So, regardless of race, I highly doubt this version of Annie will be very faithful to the values and social criticisms of the original. I can't believe how many movies I've seen lately that played like DNC campaign commercials, and this Annie will probably fall into that category, and I highly doubt that the child actor's skin color was chosen randomly.

Annie was an orphan and could be played by any race. Jesus probably didn't look Norweigian like he does in a lot of art. I'm sorry, but Santa Claus is white. The Hobbits that live in the shire, and the riders of Rohan, they're white. Othello, he's a moor. Jackie Robinson was black, so Hollywood cast him correctly in 42. Darth Vadar was black, until he was unmasked.