Okay, new challenge

[Thunderfoot]

The quote that appears on the jacket of the hardcover edition of The Necromancer's Ironclad, from Dire Penguin Books...

I really hope you're kidding me, because frankly, I wrote that off of the top of my head.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Yeah, I'm joshing...or more accurately, expanding the joke.

 

[Thunderfoot]

Yeah, I'm joshing...or more accurately, expanding the joke.

Oh, good, I had C&D letters dancing in front of my eyes for a moment...

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Hey, wanna co-write a book? I'm thinking of a title...

How does The Necromancer's Ironclad sound to you?

 

[Thunderfoot]

We'll make a fortune

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I ask only one thing up front- when the movie adaptation is cast, we insist that the Necromancer is actually a talented american black actor or actress.

For once, I want the BBEG in a fantasy movie to have a non-English accent and be something other than white.

 

[Dandu]

For once, I want the BBEG in a fantasy movie to have a non-English accent and be something other than white.

Unfortunate implications?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

He's a necromancer, not a negromancer!

In all seriousness, so many Western fantasy movies are overwhelmingly pseudo European that it would be a sea change to have an actor if color portraying a major role.

Besides, if we are not allowed to play certain roles because of political correctness, then how far have we really come? In my community, actors who portray buffoons are often criticized for doing so. But, IMHO, black actors won't truly be the equals of their peers until they can portray buffoons without being called to task for it.

Besides, villains- especially educated ones- get most of the good lines.