There are rumors about Denzel Washington as Magneto.
That is the most moronic idea I've ever heard...
Now, before I get the racist card thrown at me, shut the fuck up! Denzel Washington is an amazing actor, but he's not the right choice for Magneto.
And yes the reason I'm saying it is because he's black.
A black Jew in Nazi Germany surviving the Holocaust?
I *KNOW* there was a systemic program to eliminate the Blacks in Germany during the Hitler era; but it was mostly baswd on sterilization instead of the death camps mostly used on the Jews. SOME Black people made it to Concentration camps, but their numbers were WAY smaller than Jews.
Some will try to justify a Black Magneto by the erroneus MLK/Malcolm X analogy of Xavier and Magneto.
By making Magneto black, they'd be doing a disservice to Malcolm X. With that said, I can see why people make the comparisons.
The only real issue with keeping Magneto as a Nazi Concentration camp survivor is age. Then again they could always use the Ultimate Universe origin. It lacks Nazis, but humans experimenting with radiation to recreate a Super Soldier and triggering mutations on certain individuals, could work... if they do indeed use this origin, a Black Magneto COULD work... unless it backfires and makes Magneto look like a savage terrorist.
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