Liberty Hangout - Kaitlin Bennett - Libs LOVE Black Woke Snape in Harry Potter
Aired: 2024-12-12
Duration: 08:26


=== New Harry Potter Casting Controversy (08:05) ===

[00:00:00]  What do you think about the new the new this new oh uh that's who they want to cast?
[00:00:07]  Yeah, I mean I'm all for it.
[00:00:09]  You're all for it I'm all for it.
[00:00:10]  I wouldn't say that there's any reason why they wouldn't be happy with it other than his face.
[00:00:15]  But you can always put makeup on.
[00:00:17]  So we should do like a white face.
[00:00:18]  No.
[00:00:19]  If you don't want to watch the new one just don't watch the new one.
[00:00:22]  Yeah, you know.
[00:00:24]  Alright.
[00:00:25]  Well, well, I mean he could identify as white, right?
[00:00:28]  Uh that's a little bit different.
[00:00:31]  I mean, unless you want to bleach your skin.
[00:00:33]  So you'd want him to explain if he wanted to identify being white, but not if he would explain.
[00:00:38]  I don't have questions.
[00:00:39]  Okay.
[00:00:39]  But not if he said he was a woman?
[00:00:41]  I mean, yeah.
[00:00:46]  Okay, so talking about Harry Potter, so they're making a TV series with Harry Potter now.
[00:00:54]  And they're casting the gentleman on the left in place of Snape.
[00:01:01]  A lot of people are not happy about this because obviously he does not look anything like the character.
[00:01:07]  What are your thoughts?
[00:01:08]  It's been a really long time since I read the book.
[00:01:11]  Like full on.
[00:01:12]  I don't remember how they described Snape in the book.
[00:01:15]  This is one of her drawings.
[00:01:19]  Yeah, me.
[00:01:20]  He's a white long-haired guy.
[00:01:22]  Yeah.
[00:01:22]  You know, like, personally, like I said, it doesn't bother me.
[00:01:26]  It doesn't bother you.
[00:01:27]  I don't care.
[00:01:28]  But I can see how it could bother some people.
[00:01:30]  Yeah.
[00:01:31]  You know, like, I used to get really up in arms when, you know, people did casting choices like this.
[00:01:37]  But then, you know, I remembered it doesn't take away the original product.
[00:01:41]  If you don't want to watch the new one, just don't watch the new one.
[00:01:45]  Yeah, you know.
[00:01:47]  Alright.
[00:01:47]  Like, well, I mean, he could identify as white, right?
[00:01:50]  Uh, that's a little bit different.
[00:01:53]  I mean, unless you want to bleach your skin.
[00:01:56]  But can't he just identify as white?
[00:02:00]  I mean, because he could identify as a woman, right?
[00:02:03]  If he grew up with white parents, you know, in a white background.
[00:02:08]  Sure.
[00:02:08]  But so if a man grew up with a woman as a mother, a woman parent, he could identify as a woman?
[00:02:14]  I think that's good.
[00:02:15]  Okay.
[00:02:16]  But couldn't just, couldn't that black guy just say, well, I have some questions.
[00:02:20]  I'm what, you know, I'd say, why, you know, why do you?
[00:02:23]  And, you know, if he explains it to me, cool.
[00:02:25]  All right.
[00:02:26]  You're not hurting other people?
[00:02:27]  Watch it.
[00:02:28]  So you'd want him to explain if he wanted to identify being white, but not if he would explain.
[00:02:33]  Okay.
[00:02:34]  But not if he said he was a woman?
[00:02:36]  I mean, no.
[00:02:37]  Okay.
[00:02:37]  Because at that point, what is in his pants?
[00:02:40]  Not concerned to me.
[00:02:41]  You think that's the only thing that makes a woman a woman is what's in her pants?
[00:02:44]  No.
[00:02:45]  Like I said earlier, that it's a sociology construct, you know?
[00:02:50]  Society determines what it is or isn't.
[00:02:53]  I mean, if you look at countries overseas, you know, India has a whole section of genders.
[00:03:01]  Like, they're gods.
[00:03:03]  There's over a hundred of them.
[00:03:04]  Not the gods, but, you know, the genders that they can be.
[00:03:07]  Yeah.
[00:03:08]  So, I don't know.
[00:03:10]  Like, biology-wise, maybe, maybe not.
[00:03:13]  But, as far as gender itself, it's fairly sociological.
[00:03:18]  Do you like Harry Potter?
[00:03:19]  Uh, yeah.
[00:03:20]  You do like Harry Potter?
[00:03:21]  Have you heard?
[00:03:21]  I've read the books, but I've watched the movies.
[00:03:23]  Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:03:24]  So you know who Snape is?
[00:03:25]  Yes.
[00:03:26]  Yes, okay.
[00:03:27]  Alan Rickman.
[00:03:28]  Yeah, have you heard about the new TV series they want to do?
[00:03:31]  Yeah.
[00:03:32]  What do you think about the new...
[00:03:36]  Oh.
[00:03:38]  That's who they want to cast.
[00:03:39]  Yeah, I mean, I'm all for it.
[00:03:42]  I'm all for it, whatever.
[00:03:43]  You don't think that takes away from her story and her own drawings about what Snape was?
[00:03:49]  Well, you know, through the magic of Hollywood, anything's possible.
[00:03:53]  Do you know who Severus Snape is?
[00:03:55]  Do you know that character?
[00:03:57]  He was one of the people from Slytherin?
[00:04:00]  Yeah.
[00:04:01]  Is that okay?
[00:04:02]  Yeah, yeah.
[00:04:03]  Just, you know, the popcorn questions don't really matter.
[00:04:05]  This is completely unrelated.
[00:04:06]  This is his character on the right.
[00:04:09]  Correct.
[00:04:09]  And they want to replace him in a new series with this guy on the left.
[00:04:14]  JK Rowling wrote Harry Potter, and she has pictures of what she drew to look like Snape.
[00:04:20]  These pictures.
[00:04:21]  People are not happy with this.
[00:04:23]  Die Hard Harry Potter fans, they are not happy.
[00:04:27]  Well, that's my question.
[00:04:28]  Why do you think they're not happy with the new casting.
[00:04:32]  I wouldn't say that there's any reason why they wouldn't be happy with it other than his face.
[00:04:38]  But you can always put makeup on.
[00:04:40]  So we should do like a white face.
[00:04:41]  No.
[00:04:43]  We should not do a white face because these pictures are kind of gray.
[00:04:49]  So I think it would be fine.
[00:04:50]  Yeah, because graphite is a little gray.
[00:04:53]  So you know what?
[00:04:53]  You're on to something.
[00:04:54]  Let me ask you this.
[00:04:55]  Do you guys like Harry Potter?
[00:04:58]  Yeah.
[00:04:58]  Yeah?
[00:04:58]  Sure.
[00:04:59]  Yeah.
[00:04:59]  You watch the movies?
[00:05:00]  Yeah, I read the book.
[00:05:01]  Read the books?
[00:05:01]  Read the books?
[00:05:02]  Okay.
[00:05:03]  Can you describe what Severus Snape looked like to me?
[00:05:08]  He had very dark hair and very pale skin.
[00:05:12]  He looked a lot like Alan Rickman.
[00:05:14]  Yeah.
[00:05:15]  Aw.
[00:05:17]  That's true.
[00:05:18]  Yeah.
[00:05:18]  That is very true.
[00:05:20]  Yeah.
[00:05:20]  Okay, have you guys...
[00:05:23]  So you can't make fun of him.
[00:05:24]  Okay, well, anytime.
[00:05:26]  Are you so polite?
[00:05:28]  So polite to everybody.
[00:05:30]  Okay, they're wanting to reboot a TV series.
[00:05:33]  And this is who they want to cast as Severus Snape.
[00:05:37]  Oh, I love Alan Reichman.
[00:05:40]  Oh, well, that's different.
[00:05:41]  Okay.
[00:05:42]  I don't know who that is.
[00:05:44]  His name is Papa.
[00:05:47]  I forget the last name.
[00:05:48]  Okay.
[00:05:49]  Papa.
[00:05:49]  Okay.
[00:05:50]  I would love to hear him act and see how that worked out.
[00:05:54]  It's not really my imagination when I think of...
[00:06:00]  Yeah, I was going to say those are really big shoes to step into.
[00:06:03]  Yeah.
[00:06:03]  Yeah, yeah.
[00:06:04]  This was the drawing of JK Rowling.
[00:06:06]  She drew these of who she envisioned Severus Snape being.
[00:06:11]  Do you think they don't look similar?
[00:06:14]  Not really.
[00:06:15]  It's not really fair because he's wearing a nice suit.
[00:06:18]  So like maybe if he had a black cape on, we could have a different representation of how it would look.
[00:06:24]  So.
[00:06:25]  Well, how would you feel if maybe they did like a white face on him?
[00:06:28]  Like they just painted him white to match the character?
[00:06:31]  Would that...
[00:06:33]  That only works in Wicked.
[00:06:35]  It has to be green.
[00:06:37]  It has to be green.
[00:06:38]  Yes.
[00:06:38]  Yes.
[00:06:39]  Okay.
[00:06:39]  All right.
[00:06:40]  Well, I will take that to JK Rowling and HBO and I will send them your suggestion.
[00:06:46]  You can also just let them know don't do it.
[00:06:48]  Don't do it.
[00:06:49]  Yeah.
[00:06:49]  Okay.
[00:06:49]  I'll let them know.
[00:06:50]  We love Alan Reichman.
[00:06:52]  Yeah.
[00:06:52]  Yeah.
[00:06:52]  People were saying that they should cast.
[00:06:56]  Sorry, that's someone else.
[00:06:58]  That was a man in a red dress.
[00:07:01]  I forget his name.
[00:07:03]  Oh, you know what?
[00:07:05]  He looks.
[00:07:05]  He looks like Severus.
[00:07:06]  Yes.
[00:07:06]  Yeah.
[00:07:07]  Right?
[00:07:07]  Yes.
[00:07:08]  Except he's Bratty.
[00:07:10]  Well, that was only in that one movie.
[00:07:12]  I know, but I just was like, stop being a brat.
[00:07:14]  Like, seriously.
[00:07:16]  I'll tell you what, I'll take him and Harry Potter if they erase the Star Wars movies with him in them.
[00:07:20]  Okay, yeah.
[00:07:22]  Can we do that?
[00:07:22]  Yes.
[00:07:23]  Well, it's not up to me, but you know.
[00:07:25]  All right.
[00:07:26]  Let her know we said that.
[00:07:27]  Okay, all right.
[00:07:28]  We'll do.
[00:07:28]  Thank you.
[00:07:29]  I appreciate it.
[00:07:29]  Thank you guys for your time.
[00:07:30]  That was a lot of fun.
[00:07:33]  That is true.
[00:07:34]  That is true.
[00:07:35]  All right.
[00:07:36]  Are you going to watch it?
[00:07:37]  Probably not.
[00:07:38]  Probably not.
[00:07:39]  No.
[00:07:39]  All right.
[00:07:40]  Probably not.
[00:07:42]  I'm sorry.
[00:07:44]  I don't really watch TV.
[00:07:46]  Yeah, that's probably the best thing.
[00:07:48]  Yeah, I just, I really don't watch TV.

=== Ask You to Donate (00:36) ===

[00:07:50]  Yeah, I don't blame it.
[00:07:51]  All right, great.
[00:07:52]  All right, so we have a vote for yes.
[00:07:54]  You'd vote him in?
[00:07:55]  Yeah, why not?
[00:07:56]  I'm not going to watch it anyway, so it really doesn't affect me.
[00:07:59]  I think it'll be all right.
[00:08:00]  Perfect.
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