Flash Gordon's Ming the Merciless is a 'discriminatory stereotype', says UK film cen

[vetran]

The Zulu charge led by a trans white woman and a horde of different genders, colours, political persuasions and ages is going to be a sight as well.

You working at the beeb now?

[northernladuk]

Don't worry the BBC are remaking Zulu with Idris Elba playing lieutenant Chard and Will Smith as Bromhead.

The Zulu charge led by a trans white woman and a horde of different genders, colours, political persuasions and ages is going to be a sight as well.

[vetran]

Don't worry the BBC are remaking Zulu with Idris Elba playing lieutenant Chard and Will Smith as Bromhead.

[BR14]

Yeh. Genghis Khan was a nice bloke really.

a bit too left wing for me though.

[xoggoth]

Yeh. Genghis Khan was a nice bloke really.

[NotAllThere]

Nah - that's not south-east asian. Slightly asiatic eyes, but overall, no.

[Old Greg]

What I don't get is the idea that having an asian actor play the role would make it OK...

Where does it say that? Is it in the main article?

[eek]

What I don't get is the idea that having an asian actor play the role would make it OK...

[Fraidycat]

MongoDB is therefore a racially offensive term as well.

It should to be renamed to MingeDB inorder to be less offensive.

[ravenshaw]

"Ming hailed from the Planet Mongo but, the BBFC said, was clearly of East Asian origin."

[Old Greg]

I hope the BBFC included a trigger warning.

[AtW]

" Flash Gordon's Ming the Merciless is a 'discriminatory stereotype', says UK film censor

The BBFC said having Swedish actor Max von Sydow as a villain of East Asian appearance could be deemed 'downright offensive'

To the generation that grew up watching Flash Gordon, Max von Sydow as Ming the Merciless was one of the great screen villains.

He was also a “discriminatory stereotype”, according to the British Board of Film Classification. The censor has added the warning to its rating for Flash Gordon, saying the casting of a white actor in the role could be considered “dubious if not outright offensive”.

Ming hailed from the Planet Mongo but, the BBFC said, was clearly of East Asian origin."

Flash Gordon's Ming the Merciless is a 'discriminatory stereotype', says UK film censor