Is it too woke to say that James Bond is an outdated straight white male caricature? I'm sure he isn't as much in the actual novels, but the films sure turn him into the boomer power fantasy.
Idris Elba says James Bond doesn’t need to be “woke”
“Bond is big all over the world. And audiences won’t [all] go for a Black male, an African male, playing Bond. That’s not what they like in their culture. Period…
Bond is so unrealistic, so a hint of reality is good, but let’s not try and make it woke. I think you’ve got to be pure to what it is: escapism. Don’t try and answer the world’s taste. Just be Bond.”
(Source: https://t.co/2g3nvwZTg3)