Luther has been criticised for not being an authentic Black character
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April 14, 2021Luther's creator has defended the Idris Elba show after the BBC's diversity manager said a lack of Black culture in the character's life meant it doesn't "feel authentic". Writer Neil Cross said Elba
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Then hire Black writers! This is not that complicated!
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I think that a few like Doctor Who and Merlin started doing it the American way with a showrunner and a writers room with multiple writers and up to 13 episodes a season, but generally it’ll be about 6 episodes a season (or sometimes less than that even, Luthor was down to 3 episodes for its final season!) all written by the show creator.
I agree that he could have definitely brought in other people to collaborate with in this case though if he was so unsure about how to write a black character
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