If producers want to make the next James Bond
the franchise's classiest superspy to date, contender Idris Elba is
destined to stay at the front of the pack.
Damn, he's cool. After leaked emails
from Sony Pictures revealed that top brass at the company had declared
that "Idris should be the next Bond," a few people couldn't handle the
idea that the world's suavest spy could be a black man.
Porcine
radio host and troll king Rush Limbaugh even said on his show: "Now
Sony is suggesting that the next James Bond should be Idris Elba, a
black Briton rather than a white from Scotland. But that's not who James
Bond is, and I know it's racist to probably even point this out."
"We had 50 years of white Bonds because Bond is white,"
Limbaugh added, apparently forgetting that James Bond is not a real
person. "Bond was never black."
Elba's response is perfect. Leaving aside the
ridiculousness of the argument that fictional character James Bond "is"
white, Elba possesses all of the traits that cinemagoers have come to
identify with Bond over the decades: He's insanely handsome and suave,
he looks excellent in a suit, and, most importantly, he has demonstrated
a level of class in the face of adversity that gives even Sean Connery a
run for his money.
It should be noted that the current Bond, Daniel Craig, faced similarly moronic criticism
for being blond. But while the person who will don his iconic tuxedo
next remains to be seen, Elba's tweet has earned him our vote.
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