How Come This Black Actor Is Allowed To Deliver A Speech At Westminster, Surely There Are Much More Important Matters Our Mps Should Be Addressing?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3404586/Luther-star-Idris-Elba-warn-MPs-lack-black-actors-British-television-leaving-talent-scrapheap.html

/// His comments will come when the 43-year-old from London delivers a speech at Westminster, attended by over 100 MPs and senior TV executives, when he will speak about his experiences. ///

[jackthehat]

baz won't care.....he's too busy laughing......

Some responses really are shocking and say far more about the person making the comments than about their targets.

[mikey4444]

Jack...they do say that empty vessels make the most noise.

[-SharonA-]

Why did you have to mention 'black'?? Could you have not said " an actor is due to give a speech" without any reference to colour????

[mikey4444]

Sharon...the link is from the Daily Mail...what did you expect !

[Baldric]

His Speech concerns the lack of black actors on British television, or should he not mention colour either?

[ummmm]

Sharon - it's about black actors.

[Orderlimit]

Silly hour has started :)

[Ric.ror]

How come ?
He's Idris Elba he can do no wrong

[Baldric]

Oops, forgot the quote,

///Luther star Idris Elba to warn MPs that lack of *black actors* on British television is leaving talent 'on the scrapheap' ///

[mikey4444]

The only reason that the DM featured this is because Idris Elba is black, and the issue is the lack of black actors on the telly.

If the subject had been about why there are not more roles for disabled people, or older women, or any other variation, the DM wouldn't have been interested.

[Bazile]

Baz

So as we know where your'e coming from - do you hate Black/ Asian
people ?

[EDDIE51]

AOG, the' Wail' uses the term 'Westminster' so that people will assume he is addressing Parliament. In fact it is a meeting held in the city of London organised by a TV company, to which MPs are invited. ( no doubt with loads of free food and booze on offer)
Hardly worth commenting on ,just more free publicity for a well known actor.
I actually take issue with his stance that failure to secure acting roles on TV is down to his skin colour. At least 95% of would be actors / actresses fail to get work in film and theatre but it is due to there being far, far more
people looking for work than there is work available, only the very best 'make it' but they do not put it down to skin colour. It is quite normal for there to be 200, 300 or more actors / actresses wanting to audition for every part available.

[Orderlimit]

Good post Eddie. (and on topic)

[hc4361]

The event is being put on by Channel 4, a government owned company.

[Prudie]

Mikey The Mail article specifically says if you want more info read The Guardian and supplies the link. That completely negates your moan about the Mail IMO. The article has appeared in print at both ends of the spectrum.

[-SharonA-]

Apologies leapt in and did not real the article.
Wish Idris luck!!!!!

[EDDIE51]

Just seen the program and found that Idris Elba got his 'break' in TV due to a grant and training from 'The Prince's Trust'. I can not see how that equates to a bias against coloured actors ! Or why he said he had to go to the USA to get a start in acting.
He seems to be suggesting a sort of positive discrimination where an acting role is allocated by skin colour rather than by talent.

[-SharonA-]

To be honest, Idris Elba acting is middle of the road!!!
Just that menacing stare all the time. I cannot think of a good black English male actor. Ashley Walter is the same, so blank. I used to like that guy in Hustle.

[retrocop]

//mikey4444
Baz...that post was highly offensive and I have reported it as such.//

Mikey
I don't believe that post was "highly offensive". No more than your post last week about Denmark shaving the hair of immigrants to stuff mattresses and extracting their gold teeth. Now I found that offensive and I told you I thought it was,
You will notice I let it stand because,heaven forbid,I may be accused of stifling debate because of a different view to mine???
Anyhow Baz got it all wrong. Delivering large portions of chips rather than pizzas would be more appropriate in this case.
In case any of you are unaware. Our ENGLISH literature has already been barstewardised by Black actors.
R.L. Stevenson's latest film version of Treasure Island had Billy Bones played by a black. Many Shakesperean plays now introduce black actors playing white roles.
Richard 11 (RSC) Chuk IWUJI (Duke of Gloucester?
Ann OGBOMO (RSC) played Lady in Richard 11
Tempest was played by a very black cast (it was set in Africa)
Chuk Iwuji (RSC) Richard 111 played Ghost of Henry VI (Irony there me thinks)
Wela Frasier (RSC)Marquis of Dorset. Richard 111.

[Orderlimit]

Mr Elba was only 22 years old when he played the role of pizza delivery man ^