If you make a movie set in Russia in the early 20th century, why would you include black and asian characters? I ask this because these people were practically unknown in Russia and Moscow at that time, and to a large degree, still are. The character of Mishka, supposedly a friend of the count, could not possibly have been black, especially not a black man with dreadlocks. It is laughable to suggest that a black man with dreadlocks would move in high society in Russia at that time. As for Marina, the same applies. Black seamstresses did not exist. All of this to keep the quotas in line with what a minority of ghastly liberal Guardian readers think is correct. This sort of excruciating political correctness is just insulting. Look what happened to Anne Boleyn with Jodie Turner-Smith as the ill-fated queen of England. It failed on every level. Cultural appropriation works both ways, so why is this rubbish not being called out?
The actual movie looks like a sort of BBC Dickens adaptation done on the cheap. The script is stilted and goes nowhere fast. The shaky camera work is irritating and stupid. A complete waste of time and money that could have been so much better because the book is actually a good bit of stoty-telling.
The actual movie looks like a sort of BBC Dickens adaptation done on the cheap. The script is stilted and goes nowhere fast. The shaky camera work is irritating and stupid. A complete waste of time and money that could have been so much better because the book is actually a good bit of stoty-telling.