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Questions raised about Luther's racial authenticity

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Dan Barrett
Apr 15, 2021
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Luther isn’t “Authentic” to the black experience

BBC diversity chief Miranda Wayland has said that the Idris Elba series Luther lacks authenticity.

When [‘Luther’] first came out everybody loved the fact that Idris Elba was in there — a really strong, Black character lead. We all fell in love with him. Who didn’t, right? But after you got into about the s…

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