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Posted: 24 April 2017 at 9:18am | IP Logged | 1  

I thought that visually it was perfect casting. It didn't interfere with my reading Peter's personality correctly. Those other readers were just ninnies.

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Many times people -- even seemingly smart ones -- are not able to get past the PERSONALITIES of the actors and the characters they play, and concentrate strictly on the visuals. For example, fire and brimstone was rained down upon my pointy little head when I suggested (tongue only slightly in cheek) that RuPaul would make a good Storm. Almost equal outrage when I said Al Franken was my "model" for Hank McCoy. And once I dared suggest Robert Blake as Wolverine.

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I'm often surprised by how many actors are pigeonholed into roles and types. Jayne Mansfield was a member of Mensa but not enough people saw past the buxom figure and the squeaky voice she assumed for her roles.

But, that said, it also doesn't surprise me that you could take an actor like Al Franken as a model for Beast and get fan-churned outrage over it. As you say, JB, some people just can't see past the persona.
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It's interesting to muse on Changing Times, and realize that in today's America hardly anyone would DARE find fault with my RuPaul casting.
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I find it incredibly interesting of these mentioned characters as visual references. I like my own response of oh, oh yeah... to those stated. 
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