I heard that “Moon is a Harsh Mistress” is getting a hollywood adaptation, and I can’t help but expect that they’ll whitewash it. I mean “Starship Troopers” was a terrible movie, and on top of that, they cast the lead, who, in the book, is filipino, as Matt Damon. [edit: as pointed out below, it was not actually Matt Damon, just some guy I remembered as looking a lot like him.]
In “Moon is a Harsh Mistress,” the protagonist is clearly not white, and that is relevant to the plot, and though one of the other major characters is, and another one likely is, it’s made clear that being white stands out on the moon, such that basically all of the supporting characters and extras (and Adam Selene) should be visibly of mixed ancestry to stay true to the book. I somehow don’t see hollywood doing that right.
