Anthony Ramos Tapped to Play Latin ‘Bob the Builder,’ Sparks Outrage

Anthony Ramos has been tapped to play a live-action model of ‘Bob the Builder’ — however the transfer is popping heads … ‘trigger his character is outwardly going to be Latino, explicitly.

Here is the deal … AR was introduced because the lead of Mattel’s latest toy-to-movie providing, that means he will play Bob himself — though, within the press launch that is going round … it says his character’s actual identify is definitely “Roberto.”

The official description of the plot reads … “When Roberto ‘Bob’ travels to the enchanting island of Puerto Rico for a major construction job, he takes on issues affecting the island and digs deeper into what it means to build. Bob’s journey will celebrate the vibrant and colorful textures of the Caribbean Latin nations and their people.”

The opposite massive information from that is the truth that Jennifer Lopez‘s film firm — Nuyorican Productions — helps make this factor … after all, she herself can also be Latina.

So the query … why are we making ‘Bob the Builder’ Hispanic unexpectedly???

That is actually what lots of people on-line are asking proper now — to not point out a bunch of memes and jokes about this shock twist on the cartoon present that is been round for years. The most important takeaway is that Bob has at all times been perceived as a white character.

Now, nonetheless, it appears like J Lo and co. wanna reimagine that for some motive — and let’s simply say there are blended reactions to the choice. Some are for it, arguing it should not matter what race/ethnicity Bob is … however others are crying foul and claiming that is “woke” casting.

Worse but … some are even suggesting that making Bob Latino would possibly simply be slightly racist — enjoying into stereotypes and turning a personality on its head, which no one requested for.

Humorous sufficient, there are even a handful of parents suggesting Jen and all people would’ve been higher off creating/adapting one other “worker” cartoon character who’s already written as a Latino … particularly, ‘Helpful Manny.’ Why not simply have Anthony play him?

How individuals are digesting that is for certain a blended bag — and we suppose Bob’s racial identification is, technically, within the eye of the beholder. We’ll say this … it does sorta really feel like a attain.