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We\u2019ve hit Segal threat level 3!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n No Time To Die<\/em> star Lashana Lynch gave an interview to electronic gadget magazine Techradar<\/a> <\/em>concerning her up coming film. Why Techradar<\/em> you ask? Because Lynch has been named brand ambassador for the line of Nokia phones featured in the film. Huh, a bit odd that an incidental character would play such a large role in pushing the promotional tie ins. Could this signify something larger in the context of the Bond franchise? We shall see.<\/p>\r\n Move over craggy old man, there’s a new disposable actor on the scene!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n She gives a bit of the obligatory \u201cdifferent kind of Bond girl\u201d rubbish as if there were never any characters like hers before, pretty bog standard.<\/p>\r\n Never been done before!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n She throws a lot of word salad around containing \u201cagency\u201d and \u201cauthenticity\u201d the buzz words of the day.<\/p>\r\n Could you pass the Marx’s Own russian dressing?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Speaking about director Funkenstein she makes this statement:<\/p>\r\n \u201cI can tell that he was bringing a real classic edge to our current Bond movie, and it feels like his indie<\/strong> background is bringing a real old cinema<\/strong> touch that I think is a real nod to the early Bond movies.”<\/em><\/p>\r\n My dear girl, that must be one of the most contradictory statements I\u2019ve heard in a long time! One can not be \u201cindie\u201d short for independent, as in not of the establishment and bring a feel of \u201cold cinema\u201d as in of the bygone era, as in the old establishment!<\/p>\r\n After tying herself into that logic pretzel, Lynch delves into her character\u2019s development:<\/p>\r\n \u201cI asked the stunt team at the beginning of training if they could turn me into a ninja, they said ‘yes’…”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n His stunt team turned him into a Hollywood ninja too!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n “…and that’s what I am for life now! I feel I have certified ninja status, as well as 00 status.”<\/em><\/p>\r\n Well! My dear lady your claim of becoming an authentic ninja is problematic. Since Hollywood has become overly sensitive concerning which actors can and can not play what parts, such as a straight actor playing a LBGT+ character, one must wonder how such blatant cultural appropriation can be accepted in these days and times. If two white women can not make burritos<\/a> due to cultural sensitivity, then how can Lynch who is not Asian undertake the art if ninjutsu? By doing so she is stomping upon the proud traditions of the orient. Not to mention the fact feudal Japan is not very popular<\/a> with the media these days.<\/p>\r\n Apparently because this game has the temerity to take place in another time and place than the one we currently reside, it must be shunned!<\/b><\/p>\r\n Obviously, I\u2019m being extremely fatuous with Ms. Lynch here. She was simply referring to her character\u2019s familiarity in the martial arts and with weaponry. The problem is these are real beliefs held dear by those in charge of cinema and is not so slowly creeping into Bond. Just look back at my coverage of the proliferation of articles declaring Bond outdated and in need of reconstruction. In fact, the very first line of this very article to which I am referencing, a puff piece in a tech magazine about some phones, which never really discusses the very phones they are pimping is:<\/p>\r\n \u201cJames Bond is a relic.\u201d<\/p>\r\n If that doesn\u2019t say it all I don\u2019t know what does.<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n The real problem I have with Lynch\u2019s comment is the fact spies, even 00s are not \u201cninjas.\u201d Fleming certainly never intended the 00 section to be equated with ninjas, or even commandos for that matter, which EON does incessantly. Bond was an extraordinary man who got wrapped up in extraordinary situations requiring him to dig deep within himself to overcome, he was not meant as a pajama clad, trained assassin.<\/p>\r\n And when he was made into one, well…<\/strong><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n She goes on:<\/p>\r\n \u201cNomi’s creation was a collaborative process for Lynch and the film’s producers and writers. “I knew who Nomi would be, because I had direct conversations with Barbara Broccoli and Cary about who they wanted her to be, but also who I wanted her to be,” she says. “And alongside that I spoke with our writers and Phoebe Waller-Bridge who has done wonderfully in collaborating with us.\u201d <\/em>(Our writers and<\/span> Waller-Bridge? Is she no longer considered a writer?)<\/p>\r\n Yes, it was a collaborative process, because you were all making it up on the spot! This film was so cobbled together I imagine the guy holding the boom mic deserves a writing credit too!<\/p>\r\n Hey, what if the Bond dude is trying to take off in a plane and the chick he’s with screams “get it up” and he’s like “I never had that problem before,” that’d be totally awesome!<\/b><\/p>\r\n \u00a0“And what I saw was a woman who had agency, who was powerful, who was committed, and who believed that she was the best person at MI6 [laughs].\u201d<\/em><\/p>\r\n So essentially a toxic male?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Lynch continues her description:<\/p>\r\n “She’s a Black woman…\u201d<\/em><\/p>\r\n Wait, whaaaaat?!?!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n You do realize Ms. Lynch film is a visual art, we can see<\/u> you! It\u2019s quite obvious to all but the most obtuse among us what ethnicity you are. Have we as a species become so obsessed with race she has to make a point of her heritage when describing the fictional character she\u2019s portraying?<\/p>\r\n In my next film I’ll be playing a white male, it will be quite a stretch for me.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n So, either Lashana thinks we are too stupid to figure out which character she’s playing, or she\u2019s making a more sinister assertion.<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n I try to keep these stupid little essays light and free of politics, after all don’t we get enough of all that from the 24 hour grievance cycle playing out on the various “new” stations? Though I admit some politics may creep in thanks to the powers that be inserting such things into the Bond series. However, I must specifically address the implication of what Lynch is saying as it’s a pet peeve of my family and me. So please excuse me if I indulge a bit. As you may have guessed, I am that most vile of creature on God\u2019s green earth, a white male, my wife on the other hand is a black woman. For too long I\u2019ve watched her endure the trials and tribulations of being labeled an \u201cillegitimate\u201d black person by members of the community (mostly the white people among us in California). You see any time an individual of color, especially someone of African decent, holds even the most insignificant opinion contrary to the doctrine of what has become the “official” narrative they immediately lose their \u201clegitimacy.\u201d It seems black people are only allowed to be angry ignorant thugs if they wish to keep their identity.<\/p>\r\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cLegitimate\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cIllegitimate\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Least they get labeled \u201cUncle Tom,\u201d \u201chouse negro\u201d or any number of other vile hateful monikers that should never be spoken to another human being.<\/p>\r\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/danielcraigisnotbond.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rEsG5kTg7e4MvqsbFgEW5T-650-80.jpg\")
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