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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Shawshank Redemption

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/.ㅤ — 10 months ago(May 29, 2025 07:23 PM)

I don't care what people say about this movie, the co-star is clearly a DEI hire so I will not waste 3 hours being indoctrinated.
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Sophievirus — 10 months ago(May 29, 2025 07:27 PM)

wait, you think there aren't any white dudes in prison? holy ****!
suck it.

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sheetsadam1 — 10 months ago(May 29, 2025 09:29 PM)

well, Maine is a
particularly
white state and Morgan Freeman's character was white in the original novella. But, of course, they weren't aware of either of those things when they made their idiotic post lol
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/.ㅤ — 10 months ago(May 29, 2025 09:31 PM)

Wouldn't that validate the idea that Morgan Freeman was a DEI hire?
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sheetsadam1 — 10 months ago(May 29, 2025 09:43 PM)

No. Harrison Ford actually turned the role down before Morgan Freeman was involved, so the producers weren't necessarily looking to hire a black actor. It just happened to be a role where the race of the character was not a major factor.
The same cannot be said with the casting of Idris Elba in another King adaptation,
The Dark Tower
, although the reasons why have to do with a character who wasn't featured in the movie. Thankfully it was a failure and we didn't have to see how they would have attempted to make Susannah/Detta make sense in the sequels.
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IsraHell — 10 months ago(May 29, 2025 10:42 PM)

I'm all for casting a different race when it doesn't matter, but yeah, I don't want a DT adaptation that doesn't have Detta calling Roland a "honk' muh fuh" lol.
What I hate about that movie is there likely won't be another attempt at an adaptation, and I really wanted to see a proper one.
I also wanna see Langoliers remake with better CGI. I have a soft spot for the 90's TV movie, but it is cheesy.

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sheetsadam1 — 10 months ago(May 30, 2025 02:06 AM)

Last I heard they were trying to turn it into a TV show, but one of my big concerns now would be the self-cameo stuff in the later books. Dude's definitely getting up there.
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IsraHell — 10 months ago(May 30, 2025 02:15 AM)

You can always get a lookalike or someone who captures the essence. I think what they did in the Doctor Sleep adaptation was a good choice.

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Jizz Hornkamp — 10 months ago(May 30, 2025 07:20 AM)

Race is a major factor in everything
The only poster who made Steve Lake wet his pants 4 times without ever breaking a sweat each of those times.
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Sophievirus — 10 months ago(May 29, 2025 09:53 PM)

that's interesting, altho i think OP is trolling and just parodying Dances with Smurfs anti-DEI threads. i was just playing along with it
suck it.

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sheetsadam1 — 10 months ago(May 29, 2025 09:57 PM)

I just now realized that this isn't one of Dances with Smurfs threads
I'd just assumed that it was
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‎ /.ㅤ — 10 months ago(May 29, 2025 09:51 PM)

all the bad guys were part of the white patriarchy!

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Kirk’s Dead Mommy — 10 months ago(May 30, 2025 02:16 AM)

How dare you steal my entire shtick.
I will Sue your ass, buddy.

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AnthonySocksss — 10 months ago(May 30, 2025 05:01 AM)

You calling an Irishman a diversity hire
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/.ㅤ — 10 months ago(May 30, 2025 05:05 AM)

^^ woke
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