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Originally Posted by sspadowsky
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Originally Posted by whatsisface
yup zen's right. The social commentary portion was a total fluke.
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Nope, Zen's wrong. I saw an interview with Romero last week, where he said the social commentary part of it was entirely intentional. |
"Casting Jones was potentially controversial. In the mid-twentieth century it was unusual for a black man to play the hero in a film that starred white actors, and commentators saw Romero's choice of Jones as significant. Romero, on the other hand, said that Jones "simply gave the best audition."
If he was white, he still would've gotten the part.
Y'see.