OT: Asian Actors respond to Whitewashing in Doctor Strange
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Hassan_Scarborough — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 10:38 AM)
Agreed and what's funny is the article claims most of the Asian actors, particularly, Kelly Hu were "cast perfectly"
Which is a joke. Kelly Hu is English, Chinese, and Hawaiian, not Japanese.
That's probably why China is adamant about certain casting choices.
Just because an actor is "Asian" doesn't automatically make them the right choice. -
yukio14 — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 10:56 AM)
well. the problem with white peoples
they didn't know the diversity of asian people
if you just cast any asian to play the ancient one
it wouldn't do the character justice
you need a tibetan actor
but name any tibetan actor you know
the thing about asian is nationality not race
this race-movie-problem is a only problem to american
asian outside america didn't give a sh*t about this problem
So.Yeah.Um.Pineapple! -
Hassan_Scarborough — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 11:03 AM)
well. the problem with white peoples
they didn't know the diversity of asian people
if you just cast any asian to play the ancient one
it wouldn't do the character justice
you need a tibetan actor
but name any tibetan actor you know
I agree and good point.
the thing about asian is nationality not race
this race-movie-problem is a only problem to american
asian outside america didn't give a sh*t about this problem
But could it be that American born Asian people are the problem?
That they want "diversity" in American cinema when it has been in existence in their native lands for a century? -
yukio14 — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 11:16 AM)
to be honest i would prefer any american actors than asian-american
i don't know how to explain it
maybe because i'm an asian
the way they said things like they're a representative of asian
when they spent all their lives inside america
it make me cringe
diversity is something that an american want, which is good
but why having a white woman as a master in tibet is wrong
isn't that's a diversity ?
So.Yeah.Um.Pineapple! -
Hassan_Scarborough — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 02:26 PM)
to be honest i would prefer any american actors than asian-american
i don't know how to explain it
maybe because i'm an asian
the way they said things like they're a representative of asian
when they spent all their lives inside america
it make me cringe
I totally understand because it's as if American directors cast any Asian person and some are biracial, some don't even share the same heritage as the character they are portraying.
diversity is something that an american want, which is good
but why having a white woman as a master in tibet is wrong
isn't that's a diversity ?
Indeed it is. You have a good point. -
Skaathar — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 02:20 PM)
That's a silly argument. Caucasian people are also not all the same. Some are American, Canadian, British, Australian, German, Russian we don't complain where they're from when they're cast to play a caucasian character as long as they can pull it off. Why should we care which part of Asia an actor is from when they play an Asian character? As long as they look, sound and act the part then I see no issue.
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Flamboyant_Little_Devil — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 11:05 AM)
there's also the political side of it. I don't think the chinese would swallow a tibetan guy playing the Ancient One [and Marvel would lose the chinese market, meaning, less profit].
In other news, Andrew Garfield and Liam Neeson are playing portuguese Missionary in an up coming movie [Silence]. I have zero problems with that [and I don't think any portuguese have any sort of issue with it].
The chinese, however, have their [political] reasons.
You're more advanced than a cockroach, ever tried explaining yourself to one of them? -
yukio14 — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 11:24 AM)
if you're an asian you'd hate chinese
to chinese there's no such things as tibetan or taiwanese
if you think i'm exaggerating
just try to find any mention on tibetan people or taiwanese people on chinese media
So.Yeah.Um.Pineapple! -
RealModernMan — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 12:20 PM)
I knew very little about Doctor Strange, so I had no idea they gender swapped the Ancient One and changed his race.
To be honest, had I been a die hard fan of the character, that might have made me angry.
How does it feel to be deconstructed? -
OdumC — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 12:29 PM)
It's just a supporting character, It'd be like getting pissed that Perry White is now black. and amusingly enough, amongst all the talk about "white washing" characters, this little bit or irony slips through the cracks.
http://screencrush.com/442/files/2015/06/chiwetel-mordo-pic.jpg?w=720&cdnnode=1
Baron Mordo, screen vs comics.Thanks to Batmeh v Supermeh Yawn of Justice, the "S" now stands for Sidekick -
Skaathar — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 02:17 PM)
I'm half Asian and half Latino, and I will say that I'm disgusted by all these complaints against racism in casting. I want the studio and the executives to cast the BEST actor they find for a role, without thinking about race at all. Of course, BEST choice would mean you get someone who closely resembles the original character. I don't want them to cast a specific actor/actress just to appease complaints of racism or sexism or whitewashing. So it irritates me to no end when people complain about a movie just because their race wasn't "represented" properly. It's too much "special snowflake" mentality for me. That said, I also hate the fact that the ancient one was changed to female. I prefer they stick to the source material.
So I will complain about the casting choice because they didn't follow the source material. I'll hate on the Mandarin because they completely messed up the character. But I will not complain about it because of "whitewashing". -
brickfire — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 11:10 PM)
There is a number of black supermen in dc comics now.There is asian wonder- woman and asian bat-man in the new super-man comic book.New super-man is asian.
Oh and this below.There was another asian superman too in the past.
Asian justice league.
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monitor_earthprime
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Thanks to another site I have figures out what I was remembering. It was The Sino-Supermen from Batman Family. They had Chinese versions of Superman, Flash, Green Lantern, and Firestorm.
http://s430.photobucket.com/user/monitor_earthprime/media/Global Guardians/Sino-Supermen 3_zps83sie88j.png.html
Thread: EXCLUSIVE: DC's "New Super-Man" Introduces New Bat-Man, New Wonder-Woman
http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?76714-EXCLUSIVE-DC-s-quot-New-Super-Man-quot-Introduces-New-Bat-Man-New-Wonder-Woman/page4
