Oh, look. More failure.
Mar. 14th, 2009 12:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cherryA lot of you may remember the the Avatar casting debacle, in which the entire cast of a show inspired by, designed around, and in homage to various Asian and Inuit cultures, was whitewashed. Initial announcement includes: some random white kid from Texas they found at a martial arts contest as Aang, and Jesse McCartney as Zuko.
This was followed by Hai guyz, calm down, we found this, like, Sokka-looking fellow to play Zuko.
Now they've announced Fire Nation casting. On the one had: at least they're not all white. On the other, it appears that it's the 'bad guys,' the antagonists, the (arguably) whitest-looking nation, that gets to avoid the whitewashing.
Are there words for this, to sum up the massive fail? Because I am sure as hell having hard time finding any.
For those who haven't seen the series, there's a gorgeous pictoral overview at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aang_aint_white illustrating show's visual dynamic.
This was followed by Hai guyz, calm down, we found this, like, Sokka-looking fellow to play Zuko.
Now they've announced Fire Nation casting. On the one had: at least they're not all white. On the other, it appears that it's the 'bad guys,' the antagonists, the (arguably) whitest-looking nation, that gets to avoid the whitewashing.
Are there words for this, to sum up the massive fail? Because I am sure as hell having hard time finding any.
For those who haven't seen the series, there's a gorgeous pictoral overview at
aang_aint_white illustrating show's visual dynamic.![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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Date: 2009-03-15 02:06 am (UTC)also, weirdest director ever or is it just me?
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Date: 2009-03-17 04:22 pm (UTC)Apparently, M. Night was introduced to the show by his kids, who loved it. Perhaps something to do with the fact there was a cartoon where some of the heroes looked like them?
I'm not super bitchy, I swear.
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Date: 2009-03-15 10:42 am (UTC)On the other, making the slightly more melanintastic people "Ebils" because that's fun times!
...Sigh. I mean, I like me some Daily Show Representin' very much, but at the end of the day you're quite right. This new casting doesn't seem like an improvement, unless the movie decide to take a leaf from the actual show and render the Fire Nation's peoples as nuanced as the Aang Gaang are. And nuance hasn't shown itself as the movie's strong point so far :/
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Date: 2009-03-17 04:23 pm (UTC)1) Fire Nation retains their ethnicity,
2) Everyone except for the main protagonists retains ethnicity.
I'm not sure what's more offensive.