Typecasting, Hollywood Hates it, Bellwood Love it

It is no secret that there is a big conflict in the production of the Haitian movie REMO 3 and it looks like the problem is making it's way to Belfim.

Updated November 16, 2012 6:08 AM

What is the problem you ask?

Simple really, if I can put it that way, Georges Balezines who plays the role of Pe Joj in both REMO and REMO 2 will not appear in REMO 3.

What?

REMO with no Pe Joj?

No not exactly... It's funny how I intended to write a completely different article and I was led this way instead...

Oh Hell...

Pe Joj, is a character in a movie, and that character is still in the movie however it will be played by someone else, not Georges Balezines.

This switch is not not easy to swallow in Haitian films especially when most of the Haitian actors are "typecasted", something that big Hollywood actors try to avoid at all cost.

Typecasting is the process by which a film, TV, or stage actor is strongly identified with a specific character or a particular role.

There have been instances in which an actor has been so strongly identified with a role that it becomes very difficult for him or her to find work playing other characters.

For example, in Hollywood when you think of William Shatner you think of Captain Kirk in original Star Trek series.

The same is true in Bellywood, the Haitian movie industry, We have a bunch of Tontons and PEs in the industry, Tonton Nord, Tonton Dezirab, Tonton Bicha, Pe Toma, Pe Joj, Papa Pie, Baba.

They are all my friend by the way and I am not trying to judge them, I am simply raising a question and hope that we, at Belfim, can have an intelligent conversation about it.

Here are the questions that I hope you can help me answer today