Woman 'too brown' for Hobbit role

[Murphy]

I wont be watching it regardless. Peter Jackson has raped Middle Earth quite enough and this has went and guaranteed that Bilbo wont be the hapless hero of the story but instead a black hobbit who leads a revolution against the fascist hobbit society.

[Megrez]

I'm gonna download the film via torrent anyway if I want to watch it

[blan]

I wont be watching it regardless. Peter Jackson has raped Middle Earth quite enough and this has went and guaranteed that Bilbo wont be the hapless hero of the story but instead a black hobbit who leads a revolution against the fascist hobbit society.

you and christopher tolkien ((jrr tolkiens son)) would get along very well, i think he may still be alive and he hates jackson more than anyone on the planet

[blan]

bloody hell!!! discrimination!!!?? and this gets media play seriously. in that cause next time they make a reenactment of the Haitian revolt and they need slave extras they better cast me and if they dont the world media better fly over to interview me so we can talk about the racism and how evil everyone is,
i am sure she never has even read any of the books.
dumb assholes i am more angry at the people who will publish this bullshit and overlook important news about real racial issues

[blan]

Tolkien's guidance on the subject of hobbit skin tone is unclear, though according to The Complete Guide to Middle-earth he did specify that Harfoots, the most common type of hobbit, were "browner" than other groups. The Fallohides who settled the Shire and Hobbiton, had "fairer skin". At 5ft, however, Ms Humphreys would have been a giant of a female hobbit, as Tolkien wrote that they were between 2ft and 4ft tall, with the average height being 3ft 6in.


this does make the woman a bit of a case in the matter, in the end i think its pathetic how jackson and his crew are caving in under the pressure,
good thing this womans whines will be forgotten quick. but in the end based on that she seems to have a leg to stand on

[The Ripper]

Race in Tolkien's work is more implicit than explicit. Hobbits are often described as looking like children of Men (of Rohan and Gondor), whom in turn are indisputably described as having "European" features.

[Falkata]

This is some stupid shit. I wonder if I could also claim racism if I applied to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air casting

[Treffie]

It seems to me that Asians tend to use the `race card` more than any other minority (at least here in the UK). A good friend of mine who works nights at a Drug User Drop-In centre was asked to paint the staff office if it was quiet during the night. He refused due to the fact that he had a split cartilage in his knee, so the task was passed onto the other night worker - a guy originally from India. He also refused, but made the complaint that he had been targetted to paint the office because of his skin colour, and that the task was menial. My friend had to provide a medical paper to prove to the employer that he had a problem with his knee, just because the Asian member had implied that there was a form of racism in the workplace.

[Foxy]

Not that looking like an hobbit is such that honour. They are short, have hair on their feet... That woman was looking for a way to dispute.
How many whites are in Bollywood movies?
She's also stupid, I would never present myself to role an Indian princess for istance, I understand that I would not be accepted for my fisionomy. That's not racism.

[Fortis in Arduis]

The vile bitch did it for her Rosa Parks moment.

She is a 'Social Policy Researcher'.

Fucking Orc!!!