How Real Are We Going To Get?

In space, everyone can hear you scream about representation.

- INDRAN PARAMASIVAM

SOMEHOW, this is about Timothée Chalamet.

Or more specifically, the alleged omissions on the part of director Denis Villeneuve in his filmic presentation of Frank Herbert’s Dune, one of sci-fi’s most sacrosanct IPs, in which Chalamet is the leading man and messiah. According to several critics, this casting choice, along with others, has robbed Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) actors of roles in what is the current highest-grossing film of the year, when the legendarium of Dune is very obviously inspired by the religio-cultural mores of both territories.