{"id":380907,"date":"2018-10-14T09:12:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T08:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-sjws-whine-that-dwayne-the-rock-johnson-is-not-black-enough-to-play-john-henry\/"},"modified":"2018-10-14T09:12:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T08:12:31","slug":"prison-planet-com-sjws-whine-that-dwayne-the-rock-johnson-is-not-black-enough-to-play-john-henry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-sjws-whine-that-dwayne-the-rock-johnson-is-not-black-enough-to-play-john-henry\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb SJWs Whine That Dwayne \u2018The Rock\u2019 Johnson Is Not Black Enough To Play John Henry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-6260815\/Dwayne-Rock-Johnson-slammed-casting-Neflix-film-dark-skinned-folk-hero.html\"><strong>Daily Mail<\/strong><\/a><br \/>October 12, 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><strong>Dwayne \u2018The Rock\u2019 Johnson is getting flack for casting himself as an African-American folklore legend in an upcoming <a id=\"mol-6f51d790-cc98-11e8-96b0-0f9bce76e411\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/netflix\/index.html\">Netflix<\/a> film he is also producing.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Johnson announced on Tuesday that he would be playing the titular hero in the Netflix film \u2018John Henry and the Statesman.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018When the man comes around. Honored to play a childhood hero of mine, JOHN HENRY &amp; his disruptive band of fellow folklore legends from around the world,\u2019 the 46-year-old actor said on <a id=\"mol-6f524cc0-cc98-11e8-96b0-0f9bce76e411\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/twitter\/index.html\">Twitter<\/a>, along with a brief teaser trailer. \u2018@Netflix\u00a0are the perfect partners and platform to build.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">On <a id=\"mol-6f544890-cc98-11e8-96b0-0f9bce76e411\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/instagram\/index.html\">Instagram<\/a>, he added: \u2018My dad would sing \u2018Big John\u2019 to me every time he would put me to bed.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The legend of John Henry tells the tale of a black steel-driver, and former slave, who raced against a steam-powered rock drilling machine supposedly in the 1800s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Many took issue with Johnson taking the role, comparing him to stars like Zoe Saldana and\u00a0Amandla Stenberg who have received criticism for taking roles meant for someone described as having dark skin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Saldana was even blasted for her role as jazz icon Nina Simone, with the legend\u2019s estate telling the actress to \u2018Go to hell!\u2019<!-- [donotprint] --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ppani\">\n<li>A d v e r t i s e m e n t<\/li>\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<p><!-- [\/donotprint] --><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A user asserted: \u2018The Rock is black when it\u2019s profitable and racially ambiguous when it isn\u2019t. We need a proud, strong, all-day black man to play John Henry.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018How can you play BOTH a Polynesian demigod in \u201cMoana\u201d and a black former slave, John Henry? I\u2019ll tell you why,\u2019 commented another user. \u2018#onedroprule makes biracials \u201cchameleons\u201d. And they will have NO problem taking those roles.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Several users shared names of actors they felt would have been perfect for the role, with \u2018This is Us\u2019 star Sterling K. Brown and Idris Elba leading the pack<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One user said: \u2018The Rock as John Henry?!!! I bet Morris Chesnut somewhere p***ed!\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6732ee9a851aee1c\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2018\/10\/10\/15\/4923074-6260815-image-a-27_1539180707952.jpg\" alt=\"'John Henry has always been depicted as dark-skinned but o k a y,' said #KeepIt host, Ira Madison III\" width=\"634\" height=\"344\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-cbfde541567ea874\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2018\/10\/10\/15\/4923072-6260815-image-a-28_1539180732040.jpg\" alt=\"The sentiment was shared by Mikki Kendall, who added: 'Nope. He's great, but he's definitely not John Henry. This is a wonderful time for someone new to break in. John Henry was dark skinned &amp; young'\" width=\"634\" height=\"391\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3aace49a2bf9b1b9\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2018\/10\/10\/15\/4923076-6260815-image-a-29_1539180767658.jpg\" alt=\"'Historically, John Henry\u2019s always been depicted as having a *very* dark skin complexion and while Dwayne Johnson is undeniably a black man, this is all quite (face with monocle emoji),' said Charles Pulliam-Moore. 'I\u2019m legitimately curious who the target audience for this movie is meant to be'\" width=\"634\" height=\"402\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b5d9eb9b008d9f31\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2018\/10\/10\/15\/4923084-6260815-image-a-30_1539180780708.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"323\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b45fea407cba5b15\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2018\/10\/10\/15\/4923078-6260815-image-a-31_1539180793891.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"317\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-bfd1b2ded0b00cd\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2018\/10\/10\/15\/4923082-6260815-image-a-32_1539180802120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"520\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-e5fd1af699185b7e\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2018\/10\/10\/15\/4923080-6260815-image-a-33_1539180806927.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"196\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-6260815\/Dwayne-Rock-Johnson-slammed-casting-Neflix-film-dark-skinned-folk-hero.html\">Read&#8230;<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/sjws-whine-that-dwayne-the-rock-johnson-is-not-black-enough-to-play-john-henry.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily MailOctober 12, 2018 Dwayne \u2018The Rock\u2019 Johnson is getting flack for casting himself as an African-American folklore legend in an upcoming Netflix film he is also producing.\u00a0 Johnson announced on Tuesday that he would be playing the titular hero in the Netflix film \u2018John Henry and the Statesman.\u2019 \u2018When the man comes around. Honored [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-380907","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}