Bond Will be a Black Woman, Part 2

 

 
Semi-successful: Dick York (above) and Dick Sargent both played “Darren” on Bewitched
 

 

[Part I: “The Newest Installment of Hollywood’s James Bond Follies, or Let’s Make Everything Black, in Order to Insult Whitey, While Making Him Pay for It!”]

By Grand Rapids Anonymous
Monday, July 15, 2019 at 12:51:00 P.M. EDT

One more thing—as Columbo used to say—a character, on screen, is as much the actor playing him—as it is the character. Telling us—the public—that a black woman is now 007—would be the same as trying to make us think that Woody Harrelson would be as good as Carroll O’Connor’s portrayal of Archie Bunker was on the All in the Family (he wasn't), or Monte Markham was just as good as Raymond Burr’s Perry Mason (he wasn't), or that Jamie Foxx could have played Columbo (not a chance). There has to be some commonality to the character and actor(s) who play the character. Replacing the original actor in a role is 99.9% a failure. But doing so with a black—for a white actor—is insanity.

I believe a few years ago (2013), the Jessica Fletcher role, originally played by Angela Lansbury in Murder She Wrote, was dredged up by NBC in that very attempt of having a black (Octavia Spencer) play the Fletcher part. The pilot was made—then “scrapped.” It would NOT have been Jessica Fletcher—it would have been a black—SAYING—they were Jessica Fletcher, but with no believability to the premise at all.

Back in the day, Dick York was on Bewitched, as Elizabeth Montgomery’s husband, but a back problem caused him to retire. Dick Sargent replaced him as “Darren” for a couple years—this being POSSIBLY the most successful attempt of replacing actors in the same role. It was semi-successful.

The Bond movies did it pretty well, staying with suave British stars, though I never believed Daniel Craig as Bond for a minute. In all honesty, he looked like a Russian to me.

So now to strain all credulity—lets really show what Hollywood thinks of the white audience—who propelled Bond movies to the great success they had for 55 years—and have a black woman be 007.

Remember, just because you call them Bond, doesn't make it so for your audience and film goers.
--GR Anonymous