It's the exact same logic whether the character is fictional or not, it just becomes very obvious that the logic is flawed when applied to non-fictional characters like Obama.
It's absolutely the same logic. The casting choice being defensible because the actor fits one character trait despite otherwise not fitting the character at all does not change based on whether the story is fictional or not.
If you want to make the argument that casting choices only matter in non-fictional stories but don't in fictional stories because it's "fiction", then that is a different argument unrelated to the logic that fitting one character trait makes the casting defensible.
It’s a fictional story. The characters can be purple.
Characters can be made purple in non-fictional stories too, that would just be a bad choice that makes no sense, just like casting Lupita as Helen of Troy is.
Or even animals. The Lion King was based on Hamlet. Did you take a stink about how hamlet was a white man and not a yellowish lion?
The Lion King was inspired by Hamlet, it's not an actual adaption nor does it claim to be an adaptation of Hamlet, nevermind an accurate one.
What a dumb argument. Are you usually this dumb or just when it comes to defending blackwashing?
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u/Largeitude 13d ago
If Obama was a fictional character, the you’d have a point.