News flash: There aren't a ton of roles for **n-white actors in big budget studio ******. That's partially because even when those roles do exist — in ****** based on true stories about people who aren't white, or characters from other media who were originally black or Asian or Latina — they're frequently still given to white actors.
John Oliver makes that point pretty damningly in this clip from Sunday's edition of Last Week Tonight, which turns a harsh spotlight on everything from classic examples of whitewashing in film (Scarface, West Side Story) to recent examples like Gods of Egypt and Aloha. Read more...