Carl Brandon Society blog

Weblog of the Carl Brandon Society, dedicated to improving the visibility of people of colour in the speculative genres of science fiction, fantasy, horror, magical realism, etc. (moderated jointly by CBS Steering Committee members).

Monday, December 15, 2008

From Hyphen Blog: Live Action 'Avatar' NOT Asian

...the main characters -- who are from Tibetan, Inuit, and Japanese-based cultures -- have been cast and are being played by white actors...

Labels: animation, anime, Avatar, casting, film, movies

1 Comments:

At 9:34 PM, Moondancer said…

Some days all I want to do is rage and rant about this, other days the whole casting mess makes me feel old and tired. Avatar was ours...all of us who wanted to see more than the monocromatic anime constantly forced on us and our children. Now the Hollywood monkeys are throwing glitter filled shit at our wonderful Avatar and expecting us to call it beautiful. All I can say is f**k Hollywood!