• Amazon shafts New Zealand, moves "L.O.T.R." production to UK

    From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 13 20:42:55 2021
    https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58196473

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to RichA on Sat Aug 14 18:29:28 2021
    On 2021-08-14 03:42:55 +0000, RichA said:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58196473

    Thank God for that ... no more useless New Zealand ex-soap "actors" and
    their awful accents taking part!

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  • From Ed Stasiak@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 14 06:36:21 2021
    RichA

    https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58196473

    I'm guessing this is because there are not enough Black people
    in New Zealand to fill the cast with...

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Ed Stasiak on Sun Aug 15 10:15:53 2021
    On 2021-08-14 13:36:21 +0000, Ed Stasiak said:
    RichA

    https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58196473

    I'm guessing this is because there are not enough Black people
    in New Zealand to fill the cast with...

    There are way more than they'd ever be able to use - all the Maori and
    Pacific Island people for a start.

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to Ed Stasiak on Sat Aug 14 21:34:37 2021
    On Saturday, 14 August 2021 at 09:36:22 UTC-4, Ed Stasiak wrote:
    RichA

    https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58196473

    I'm guessing this is because there are not enough Black people
    in New Zealand to fill the cast with...

    Their are, but the indigenous in New Zealand and Australia make American black actors look like Adonis.
    The only thing they lack to complete the hideous visage is large plates in their lips.

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