Severus Snape is now a black man. Not joking - Kotaku In Action 2

Severus Snape is now a black man. Not joking (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

posted 12 days ago by Webspawner3 12 days ago by Webspawner3 +65 / -7

Paapa Essiedu Eyed to Play Severus Snape in HBO’s Harry Potter TV Show (Exclusive)

The British 'I May Destroy You' actor is being eyed for a fan-favorite role in the eagerly anticipated fantasy series.

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– Beeriswet 3 points 12 days ago +3 / -0

The retardation continues. Now they have switched from "the black man is too old and american" to "okay, he is young enough and british, but he is too good looking and non-greasy". Yeah, we can make Heather Ledger in a 2008 movie have a green greasy hair and ugly face, but not a black man in a tv series that starts filming in 2025.

I'm sorry Alan Rickman. Your fans of 20 years instantly abandoned you and started implying that you were an ugly, greasy man, instead of just admitting that they dont want a black person to play Snape.

They'll gladly sacrifice their own in an effort to not seem racist, even though it's not even racist to want a white character be played by a white man. That's like saying it is sexist to want Snape to be played by a man.

FFS.

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