What? A Black Musketeer ?

[FredPuli43]

In the new drama about the Three Musketeers, shown on the BBC, one of the three, Porthos, is black, by Jove ! This is political correctness gone mad ! It is sheer multi-cultural tokenism ! Surprised if none of you haven't noticed (one in particular)

Is this not important ? (Well, it isn't to me, but there we are) It may be a sign that black people are beginning to pass without comment, whatever their job.

What do you think?

[supersuezy24]

Hi trigger, how are you? :)

[woofgang]

is it sad that i can still sing the Muskahounds theme tune?

[woofgang]

oo scrivens



Media URL: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pFlsufZj9Fg
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[jno]

intriguing Best Answer, just the avatar, I haven't seen that before

[mccfluff]

i can sing the muskethounds theme tune, ive been singing it non stop since this bloody series started....

[jno]

it is etched in the brain of anyone who was a parent or a child in the 80s.

[aelmpvw]

i assume mamy's video link got best answer jno, and why not :-)

[FredPuli43]

Correct, ael.

[jno]

oh yes, I can see what happened, but I've not seen it before. Maybe in such cases it should just say "Best Avatar"

[China Doll]

I'm so glad I clicked on this to add my 2p worth...

'One for all and all for one, muskahounds are always ready, one for all and all for one helping everybody, one for all and all for one etc...'

[Haggisdj]

I thought that since France 'obtained' their colonies in Africa there had always been black people in France. What I do not know, without researching, is if the time-frame fits in with The Musketeers?

[mccfluff]

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh china stoppit

[emmie]

i did but for the usual point of being called a racist, didn't mention it.

[Haggisdj]

Another thought, I do not think that I would like to see a black James Bond because, from the books, his character is well defined. I thought it odd recentlyto see a black Friar Tuck in a series of Robin Hood and find it equally odd that after 12/13 regenerations Dr Who always seems to come back as a white male?

Hope the above made sense?

[China Doll]

I wish I could, I'm up to 'la, la, la, la, la, la, they cross their hearts and pray'... for the second bloody time!

[emmie]

though i quit watching after short time the first episode, rather too overblown, and not much by way of the stories of Dumas, it was called The Musketeers, so was it supposed to be.

[emmie]

i didn't care for a black Guinevere either, in Merlin, i found it incongruous, but it wasn't much like the story of Arthur and his Round Table so assumed the producers were more into making it popular evening entertainment.
which this seems to be, easy on the eye?

[mccfluff]

look what you did to me....