{"id":298518,"date":"2024-04-20T16:31:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T21:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/doctor-who-star-ncuti-gatwa-says-world-celebrates-white-mediocrity"},"modified":"2024-04-20T16:31:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T21:31:21","slug":"doctor-who-star-ncuti-gatwa-says-world-celebrates-white-mediocrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/doctor-who-star-ncuti-gatwa-says-world-celebrates-white-mediocrity","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Physician Who\u2019 Star Ncuti Gatwa Says World Celebrates 'White Mediocrity'"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ncuti Gatwa<\/strong>‘s blasting attitudes toward Black actors … saying they’ve got to perform flawlessly to get love — while “white mediocrity” is loved by the masses.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Gatwa — who’s the first Black Doctor in the show “Doctor Who” — spoke with Attitude<\/strong><\/a> for its May\/June issue … when he was asked about the backlash to him taking over the iconic role.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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If you don’t know … the main character in “Doctor Who” changes actors regularly — sorta like James Bond — and every actor before NG who played the role was white. Some fans protested when the Rwandan-Scottish actor took over the part.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n


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Gatwa says there’s a shift in casting where minority actors are starting to receive bigger roles … though he admits it’s not a very fast shift. And, he says this shift’s causing people to straight-up malfunction.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Then, Gatwa makes the claim … saying mediocre white individuals are cheered on in the status quo while Black people need to do things damn-near perfect to get half the love and adulation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Ncuti says he’s trying to train his way out of thinking in this established way … adding he needs to remind himself he deserves love “just for existing.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Gatwa also takes aim at politicians in the interview … saying attitudes toward gender identity\/trans individuals all trickle down from those in charge — explaining people feel justified in attacking others when their pols do it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Ncuti rose to prominence on the hit Netflix coming-of-age comedy-drama “Sex Education” … and was announced as the new Doctor in 2022. His first episode aired on Christmas 2023.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The new season of “Doctor Who” premieres on Disney+ on May 10 … and, we’ll just have to wait and see what kinda reaction it receives.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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