[WishfulThinking]

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Originally Posted by Mugenlazlo

Shouldn't Billy be played by a white guy and shouldn't Zack be played by a black guy? After all, Billy WAS played by a white guy and Zack WAS played by a black guy in the original show.

Could be they're trying to avoid the whole Black=black, Yellow=Asian, Red=Red-blooded American, Pink=girly girl, Blue=depressed nerd stereotypes of the original. Or it may be that they really didn't care as much about race during casting and more about which actors can best emote the given roles. Really don't know but those would be the first two I can think of.

BTW, I don't think you're racist for the comment as much as you are a nostalgic or traditionalist. Neither of those are bad as long as one can keep an open mind. Otherwise, there's always the original...