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The Last Airbender
This upcoming movie release will suck huge. Caucasian heroes + Middle Eastern Villains = Epic Fail.
Oh well...
I guess that gives us a year until the franchise dies.
This Washington Post article should have killed production.
As if the MANAA blog and the East West Player Letter was not enough.
But, then again,
I could have sworn that Jackon Rathbone's comment would have stopped production...
"I think it's one of those things where I pull my hair up, shave the sides, and I definitely need a tan," Rathbone told MTV.com, presumably just before his publicist sat him down for a chat about political correctness. "It's one of those things where, hopefully, the audience will suspend disbelief a little bit."
Washington Post replies,
"But the only thing some fans will suspend are their plans to see the movie when it opens in summer 2010"
HAHA!
more articles and blogs here.
Update:
Protesters from the New York Casting Call in February
reported that the casting director are casting around the race of the lead roles chosen,
so this is how the tribes will break down:
Water Tribe = White People
Fire Nation = Middle Eastern People
Earth Nation = "Asian" People
Air Nation = White People
Oh well...
I guess that gives us a year until the franchise dies.
This Washington Post article should have killed production.
As if the MANAA blog and the East West Player Letter was not enough.
But, then again,
I could have sworn that Jackon Rathbone's comment would have stopped production...
"I think it's one of those things where I pull my hair up, shave the sides, and I definitely need a tan," Rathbone told MTV.com, presumably just before his publicist sat him down for a chat about political correctness. "It's one of those things where, hopefully, the audience will suspend disbelief a little bit."
Washington Post replies,
"But the only thing some fans will suspend are their plans to see the movie when it opens in summer 2010"
HAHA!
more articles and blogs here.
Update:
Protesters from the New York Casting Call in February
reported that the casting director are casting around the race of the lead roles chosen,
so this is how the tribes will break down:
Water Tribe = White People
Fire Nation = Middle Eastern People
Earth Nation = "Asian" People
Air Nation = White People
Tags: airbender, last, post, the, washington
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Conejita on -
Don't get started with ironman, rokrok. He does this all the time. Between fapping to internet porn, he needs something to give his little life some semblance of meaning and purpose.
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Permalink Reply by The Eyeball Kid on
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Strange. I gave your mother the same advice.
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Permalink Reply by Sean Cole on -
I'm confused.. This forum was talking about The Last Air bender film.. And now we're talking about how Asians aren't white people and how parents are offended?
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Permalink Reply by Sarnamia on -
I agree somewhat but must say that the whole thing will get better the less you do. It is not as if we do not care, we are just not as race-orientated as previous generations. I have friends from pretty much every background and we watch stuff like this without a care in the world about the cast. The more of a deal is made about stuff like that, the more it may cause the younger generation to feel as awkward around each other as the older one. To put it short, ignore who the cast is, get some popcorn, and watch the movie.
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Permalink Reply by rokrok on -
Well,
I completely understand your point of view. completely.
I even understand Iron Man's point of view. sadly.
(I have read more ignorant comments out there on the web)
If you search this site
for every other discussion about this whitewashed cast
or even read half of the blogs and articles written on this controversy
then I wouldn't have to explain my "caring" point of view.
I know people can perceive what I write as
"a big deal"
but, I am just putting this info on this upcoming movie releases thread
mainly to raise awareness to someone who might "care"
not to debate with people who don't "care".
To put it short, I will just ignore the people who don't care,
sit back, and let these guys deal with it...
Samania, ask your African-American friends
if they could "ignore who the cast is, get some popcorn,
and watch a movie" that has characters in blackface.
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Permalink Reply by Stephan on -
As a Caucasian-American I have been oppressed by the White majority for too long! I have something to get off my chest!
White people are all overprivileged assholes, every single one of 'em!
That's right, I said it.
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Permalink Reply by Ozma of Oz on -
Um, he never said anything about your race.
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