Comments on: The Next Big Thing? http://bookstove.com/book-talk/the-next-big-thing/ Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:20:58 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alex http://bookstove.com/book-talk/the-next-big-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-62431 Alex Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:36:41 +0000 http://bookstove.com/book-talk/the-next-big-thing/#comment-62431 Parable of the Sower, written well before the Hunger Games and far superior (even though I like Hunger Games) will never be made into a movie because Octavia Butler's (who was African American) main characters are black. And Hollywood is loathed to center SiFi stories around black people. This is a fact. Ask a producer. They've incorporated more characters of color in on screen SiFi stories over the past 20 years or so (probably thanks to a Brother from Another Planet) but it's still a long ways to go before they'll trust that people (meaning white people) will turn out to see a black protagonist in SiFi - (and they believe black people don't watch SiFi) again, ask a producer. They will tell you that. And who knows, after the ridiculous racist blow-back from the character of Rue in the Hunger Games being cast with a dark skinned (bi-racial) actress (as described in the book) maybe they are right. Parable is an amazing story though. Parable of the Sower, written well before the Hunger Games and far superior (even though I like Hunger Games) will never be made into a movie because Octavia Butler’s (who was African American) main characters are black. And Hollywood is loathed to center SiFi stories around black people. This is a fact. Ask a producer. They’ve incorporated more characters of color in on screen SiFi stories over the past 20 years or so (probably thanks to a Brother from Another Planet) but it’s still a long ways to go before they’ll trust that people (meaning white people) will turn out to see a black protagonist in SiFi – (and they believe black people don’t watch SiFi) again, ask a producer. They will tell you that. And who knows, after the ridiculous racist blow-back from the character of Rue in the Hunger Games being cast with a dark skinned (bi-racial) actress (as described in the book) maybe they are right. Parable is an amazing story though.

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]]> By: avissado http://bookstove.com/book-talk/the-next-big-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-60073 avissado Tue, 01 May 2012 11:14:14 +0000 http://bookstove.com/book-talk/the-next-big-thing/#comment-60073 thanks for the review thanks for the review

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