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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Mar 8, 2020 21:34:34 GMT -5
Sorry for the double posting and this may be off topic but with the new Netflix series, if they'll change anyone up? I noticed that the person for Charlotte is chinese believe?
That'd be kind of cool if Mary Anne is part hispanic or something. Alma is Spanish for soul or at least have some in her?
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Post by cnj on Mar 8, 2020 21:38:41 GMT -5
That'd be kind of cool if Mary Anne is part hispanic or something. Alma is Spanish for soul or at least have some in her? That would be neat! Or if Mary Anne found out that she was part Native American. There is a small, but significant minority of Hispanics who are Jewish. I myself am Hispanic and some of my ancestors are Jewish going way back.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Mar 8, 2020 21:41:57 GMT -5
Or maybe Dawn? There is a large hispanic community in southern california.
There's lots of Jewish characters from what I've seen in the series.
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Post by sparklymouse on Mar 9, 2020 13:38:10 GMT -5
I wondered about this. I thought maybe they weren’t releasing the main girls’ casting choices because they were afraid of backlash. We know Kristy and Mallory are white based on their family members’ casting. I assume Claudia is still Japanese because why would you change that out of everything. I kinda don’t think Jessi will be in the show. That leaves Mary Anne, Stacey, and Dawn. Stacey and Dawn’s looks were a big part of their character development, but Mary Anne could be any mousy brunette.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Mar 9, 2020 15:18:20 GMT -5
I wondered about this. I thought maybe they weren’t releasing the main girls’ casting choices because they were afraid of backlash. We know Kristy and Mallory are white based on their family members’ casting. I assume Claudia is still Japanese because why would you change that out of everything. I kinda don’t think Jessi will be in the show. That leaves Mary Anne, Stacey, and Dawn. Stacey and Dawn’s looks were a big part of their character development, but Mary Anne could be any mousy brunette. Out of curiosity what makes you think Jessi might not be in the show? I can imagine there might be some controversy but as long as the storylines are good and they’re accurate to the personality and mannerisms it’d be fine. I hate it when things stray too far from the source material or where it doesn’t line up with the character or personal story but I don’t think that would take away from Mary Anne’s character if they changed her race.
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Post by sparklymouse on Mar 9, 2020 18:39:42 GMT -5
I wondered about this. I thought maybe they weren’t releasing the main girls’ casting choices because they were afraid of backlash. We know Kristy and Mallory are white based on their family members’ casting. I assume Claudia is still Japanese because why would you change that out of everything. I kinda don’t think Jessi will be in the show. That leaves Mary Anne, Stacey, and Dawn. Stacey and Dawn’s looks were a big part of their character development, but Mary Anne could be any mousy brunette. Out of curiosity what makes you think Jessi might not be in the show? I can imagine there might be some controversy but as long as the storylines are good and they’re accurate to the personality and mannerisms it’d be fine. I hate it when things stray too far from the source material or where it doesn’t line up with the character or personal story but I don’t think that would take away from Mary Anne’s character if they changed her race. I'm just going off of the show description when the series was announced. They said it was about the older five girls. Mallory was around quite a bit prior to joining the club, but Jessi didn't appear until the book that she joined. There is no reason for her to be in the show unless they have that storyline. Maybe in season 2 if they get that far.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Mar 9, 2020 23:04:22 GMT -5
Makes sense, that'd be neat if they greenlight a season 2 with Jessi included.
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Post by cnj on Mar 10, 2020 12:14:18 GMT -5
I wondered about this. I thought maybe they weren’t releasing the main girls’ casting choices because they were afraid of backlash. We know Kristy and Mallory are white based on their family members’ casting. I assume Claudia is still Japanese because why would you change that out of everything. I kinda don’t think Jessi will be in the show. That leaves Mary Anne, Stacey, and Dawn. Stacey and Dawn’s looks were a big part of their character development, but Mary Anne could be any mousy brunette. True about Mary Anne...but I do hope the depict her as the dark-haired, dark-eyed brunette that she's meant to be. Hispanics can actually have almost any hair color and complexion...not all Hispanics/Lantinx are dark-complexioned.
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Post by cnj on Mar 10, 2020 12:16:02 GMT -5
Makes sense, that'd be neat if they greenlight a season 2 with Jessi included. I hope they have Jessi in there...it would seem incomplete if the BSC series had Jessi completely missing, especially if Logan was included. I always thought of Jessi being more a part of the BSC than Logan.
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Post by oldhickory on Mar 10, 2020 13:25:16 GMT -5
I don't disagree with you, but Logan joined the BSC before Jessi did. If they are focusing on the early part of the series, it would make sense to have Logan and not Jessi.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Mar 10, 2020 13:34:14 GMT -5
Okay so I"m looking at the imdb page and I don't think they're just focusing on the early books. They have Logan listed in five episodes in as early as episode 2. So I think that they'll focus on a few of the more popular books (Kristy's Big Idea, Mary Anne Saves the Day, etc) and then adapt either their own stories or some of the later books. Or maybe they'll combine some.
So we could get Jessi but I think if they included her, it might be the last episode or maybe have a sitter for her since they're focusing on the main five girls.
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Post by cnj on Mar 12, 2020 4:44:16 GMT -5
I don't disagree with you, but Logan joined the BSC before Jessi did. If they are focusing on the early part of the series, it would make sense to have Logan and not Jessi. I hope they don't have Jessi completely missing from the series. The BSC series would be incomplete without Jessi.
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Post by sparklymouse on Mar 12, 2020 13:04:42 GMT -5
They announced the girls. Dawn is Latina. Mary Anne does not appear to be Caucasian. Claudia is Japanese. Kristy and Stacey are little white girls.
ETA: Mary Anne is black or bi-racial. I was looking on a mobile device and honestly couldn't tell with such a small picture. Lol.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Mar 12, 2020 17:05:33 GMT -5
They announced the girls. Dawn is Latina. Mary Anne does not appear to be Caucasian. Claudia is Japanese. Kristy and Stacey are little white girls. ETA: Mary Anne is black or bi-racial. I was looking on a mobile device and honestly couldn't tell with such a small picture. Lol. Looks like Mary Anne is bi-racial. I guess that'll be her mom that's black I guess? Or maybe they changed Richard but she's bi-racial.
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Post by LovelyDay on Mar 13, 2020 16:49:06 GMT -5
I’m all for diversity, but I don’t like these changes.
If they’re going to change the characters races/ethnicities they should just make a new show.
Especially because the girls features (like Dawn’s blue eyes and blonde hair) were a big part in the books.
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