Hollywood's extreme remake-overs
Forget Title VI. If civil rights crusaders were truly interested in making progress, they’d have done things the Hollywood way. Consider today’s Daily Variety.
– Blacks are the new Jews: Ice Cube is playing Gabe Kotter in Dimension’s new “Welcome Back Kotter.” Yes, that Gabe Kotter. This truly gives new meaning to the words “Jew ‘fro.”
– Puerto Ricans are the new WASPs: Jennifer Lopez is Sue Ellen Ewing in Regency’s “Dallas.”
– Jews are the new Asians: Sarah Jessica Parker will soon be starring in an all-Jewish remake of “Empire of the Sun,” entitled, “Again with the Invasions!” (Kidding; but for a second, you were right there with us, right?)
If this keeps up, we look forward to the birth of a new movie genre: The Affirmative Action/Adventure.
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