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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2010-06-28 12:01 pm
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[identity profile] octopoid-horror.livejournal.com 2010-06-28 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Aside from the bottom four photos not being consistently lit (presumably a pretty conscious choice by whoever made that), I had been assuming the cartoon -was- some kind of anime. Hadn't realised it was an American show just co-opting a different culture. In an American film of an American TV show, made in Hollywood, why would you expect it to be packed with Asians? Hell, look at Mark Dacascos' career on the IMDb. The man's Hawaian, but look at the ethnicity of a lot of his characters.

Look at the action movies about someone white and box office worthy going to japan/china to have exciting adventures because having a japanese or chinese star might not make enough money.

By the way, if the character of Aang is meant to still be Asian, are you saying that someone who isn't Asian shouldn't/couldn't play someone Asian? If so, why?

The second transformers film was -offensively- racist. It was pretty much up there with a full-on minstrel show and jokes about fried chicken, but once the initial release was over, no one cared.

[identity profile] octopoid-horror.livejournal.com 2010-06-28 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, Zuko (apparently the villain) was actually meant to be white as well, FYI, but the original actor dropped out :-p
Edited 2010-06-28 17:46 (UTC)
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[personal profile] andrewducker 2010-06-28 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I heard a lot about the racism in transformers.

Google racebending and read about the original casting call.
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