Reply #198: I would think so as well

[Solly Mack]

and making a profit by pandering to the prejudices of people (and it is pandering) would naturally bleed over to minority actors and actresses.

So while Halle Berry could have played Miss Congeniality or Runaway Bride, she wouldn't have been offered the role because of the intended targeted audience...who would not have accepted Halle Berry in that role. Though ever so many will deny such a thing.

Sort of the "mainstream movie" to the "mainstream audience", where the "mainstream audience" is considered mainly white.

But then that's Ms Berry's point...she would like to be offered those roles. Race isn't essential to many, if not most, storylines. Nor should it be a consideration.

Another thing:

Why was it ok for Berry to bed Billy Bob (Monster's Ball), but not ok for Denzel to bed Julia in Pelican Brief? Denzel's role was a white guy in the book, who had a romance with Julia's character....but when they changed the race of Denzel's character for the movie, they also took out the romance between the two.

Oh, but I guess there was no pandering to a potentially racist audience there... :eyes:

.... or maybe it's just a case of not offending sensibilities..yeah, that's it. (ho hum)