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sunlit_musicHey there all,
Check this out:
http://www.racebending.com/v2/
From the above website:
Racebending.com is a coalition and community protesting the discriminatory casting practices and cultural insensitivity of the Paramount Pictures feature film, The Last Airbender.
Although the film is adapted from an animated series set in a pan-Asian fantasy world and featured ethnically Asian characters, the three heroic leads were cast with white actors. Asian American actors and other actors of color have instead been relegated to antagonist, villain, and background extra roles.
In addition, members of the production, including a casting director and one of the lead actors, have repeatedly made culturally insensitive statements to news media.
Comprised of thousands of Avatar fans of all ages, from around the world–alongside members of the public, social activists, and industry professionals–racebending.com exists to exhibit how Paramount has discriminated against actors of color and “whitewashed” a respected franchise. Their actions did not go unnoticed. The decision to “whitewash” Avatar: The Last Airbender is shameful, cowardly, and unacceptable.
what we want
We know we cannot change the casting of The Last Airbender this far into the production. But this is not the end of our protest. We want Paramount Pictures – and all Hollywood studios – to know that white-washing characters for the sake of supposedly higher revenue is unacceptable and discriminatory. We want to ensure that this won’t happen again. We want actors of color to know that there are people out there who support them and want to see them in bigger roles. And we want children to know that people of colour can be the lead protagonists as well.
vejiicakes' awesome post on racism in casting of movies and cartoon characterisation throughout the ages (from early 1900s to the present day):
http://vejiicakes.livejournal.com/254810.html
Heroic Asian characters were played by white people. Guess who played the villains and extras? You guessed it - actual Asian people.
From Giancarlo Volpe's (one of the creators of Avatar) DeviantArt journal:
http://fierymonk.deviantart.com/journal/
Notable quote:
Deedee Rickets, the casting director for the film, said "We want you to dress in traditional cultural ethnic attire," she said. "If you're Korean, wear a kimono. If you're from Belgium, wear lederhosen."
Umm... I thought kimonos were Japanese and lederhosen German.
SIIIGHHHH
OH Deedee Rickets NO.
Check this out:
http://www.racebending.com/v2/
From the above website:
Racebending.com is a coalition and community protesting the discriminatory casting practices and cultural insensitivity of the Paramount Pictures feature film, The Last Airbender.
Although the film is adapted from an animated series set in a pan-Asian fantasy world and featured ethnically Asian characters, the three heroic leads were cast with white actors. Asian American actors and other actors of color have instead been relegated to antagonist, villain, and background extra roles.
In addition, members of the production, including a casting director and one of the lead actors, have repeatedly made culturally insensitive statements to news media.
Comprised of thousands of Avatar fans of all ages, from around the world–alongside members of the public, social activists, and industry professionals–racebending.com exists to exhibit how Paramount has discriminated against actors of color and “whitewashed” a respected franchise. Their actions did not go unnoticed. The decision to “whitewash” Avatar: The Last Airbender is shameful, cowardly, and unacceptable.
what we want
We know we cannot change the casting of The Last Airbender this far into the production. But this is not the end of our protest. We want Paramount Pictures – and all Hollywood studios – to know that white-washing characters for the sake of supposedly higher revenue is unacceptable and discriminatory. We want to ensure that this won’t happen again. We want actors of color to know that there are people out there who support them and want to see them in bigger roles. And we want children to know that people of colour can be the lead protagonists as well.
vejiicakes' awesome post on racism in casting of movies and cartoon characterisation throughout the ages (from early 1900s to the present day):
http://vejiicakes.livejournal.com/254810.html
Heroic Asian characters were played by white people. Guess who played the villains and extras? You guessed it - actual Asian people.
From Giancarlo Volpe's (one of the creators of Avatar) DeviantArt journal:
http://fierymonk.deviantart.com/journal/
Notable quote:
Deedee Rickets, the casting director for the film, said "We want you to dress in traditional cultural ethnic attire," she said. "If you're Korean, wear a kimono. If you're from Belgium, wear lederhosen."
Umm... I thought kimonos were Japanese and lederhosen German.
SIIIGHHHH
OH Deedee Rickets NO.
