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Doubt that the Les Miserables film example really fits. While there is a RaceLift involved, France was always \'easier\' on the race aspect than other western countries and already cosmopolitan by the beginning of the 19th century - there was even a black Revolutionary general if I remember correctly, for example - so it\'s not really hard to believe that there is a black man in an underground Republican ring. Compare Scorsese\'s \'\'GangsOfNewYork\'\', coincidentally set around the same time: while it is obvious that the black character is only there so there can be a black character in the movie, no watcher bats an eye at the fact that he is black because there were black people in real life 19th century New York, and the script doesn\'t try to pass him as an ethnic Irish despite him hanging most of the time with Irish immigrants. The same happens in Les Miserables film.
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Doubt that the Les Miserables film example really fits. While there is a RaceLift involved, France was always \\\'easier\\\' on the race aspect than other western countries and already cosmopolitan by the beginning of the 19th century - there was even a black Revolutionary general if I remember correctly, for example - so it\\\'s not really hard to believe that there is a black man in an underground Republican ring. Compare Scorsese\\\'s \\\'\\\'GangsOfNewYork\\\'\\\', coincidentally set around the same time: while it is obvious that the black character is only there so there can be a black character in the movie, no watcher bats an eye at the fact that he is black because there were black people in real life 19th century New York and the script doesn\\\'t try to pass him as an ethnic Irish despite him hanging most of the time with Irish immigrants. The same happens in the Les Miserables film: This Enjolras is black, but there were black Frenchmen at the time, so what?
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Doubt that the Les Miserables film example really fits. While there is a RaceLift involved, France was always \'easier\' on the race aspect than other western countries and already cosmopolitan by the beginning of the 19th century - there was even a black Revolutionary general if I remember correctly, for example - so it\'s not really hard to believe that there is a black man in an underground Republican ring. Compare Scorsese\'s \'\'GangsOfNewYork\'\', coincidentally set around the same time: while it is obvious that the black character is only there so there can be a black character in the movie, no one bats an eye at the fact that he is black because there were black people in real life 19th century New York, and the script doesn\'t try to pass him as an ethnic Irish despite him hanging most of the time with Irish immigrants. The same happens in Les Miserables film.
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Doubt that the Les Miserables film example really fits. While there is a RaceLift involved, France was always \\\'easier\\\' on the race aspect than other western countries and already cosmopolitan by the beginning of the 19th century - there was even a black Revolutionary general if I remember correctly, for example - so it\\\'s not really hard to believe that there is a black man in an underground Republican ring. Compare Scorsese\\\'s \\\'\\\'GangsOfNewYork\\\'\\\', coincidentally set around the same time: while it is obvious that the black character is only there so there can be a black character in the movie, no watcher bats an eye at the fact that he is black because there were black people in real life 19th century New York, and the script doesn\\\'t try to pass him as an ethnic Irish despite him hanging most of the time with Irish immigrants. The same happens in Les Miserables film.
