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01-23-2023, 02:21 AM | #31 |
Crimson Guard
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Anyway, one of most mind boggling part of Rise of Cobra is the race swapping of Ripcord. If it was all about "diversity," why wasn't Wayans cast as Stalker. Stalker is an "A list," JOE, one of the team's NCO's, an original character, arguably the lead supporting character in the Marvel run, he had many dope story arcs and as Michael French often says "Stalker was on the cover of first issue of G.I. JOE and he was on the last cover of G.I. JOE."
Why did they choose Ripcord? I have no idea. They just pulled a name out of a hat, I guess, and that one got clearance from the studio's Legal team. No, the character is nothing like the Ripcord from the comics, but he's also certainly nothing like Stalker either. When they cast Marlon Wayans for the movie, they made a conscious decision to have a Marlon Wayans character, no matter what name they gave him. So called "race swapping" was about the 10 trillionth least important thing wrong with the movie. If they had cast a good actor (which Marlon Wayans is not, sadly), it wouldn't matter what race he was. |
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