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Originally posted by Rihbeyga
Eh 1 Rue was dark skin but never does it say she was black. For all I know she could have been of Spanish descent
2 don't give us make action stars. It is common fact that most men can idolise another man of a different race much easier than women, whereas women have this I want to relate to the person sort of vibe going and usually that's someone that looks closer to them. Hence why it would be easy to cast an unknown Asian male to star in a film than an unknown Asian female.
3 ScaJo is every nerds fantasy. So imagine cleavage on display, and with her bone structure she will look Japanese real easy. The female Keanu Reeves tbh.
4 it's a ****ing business. Lucy + black widow mean ScaJo can do action real well
5 the american population is only 5% of the population. Cmon it's difficult to cater for a small population and try to make huge stars out of it. So obviously less roles for them. Relatability people.
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1. It's dark-
skinned and the author made it pretty clear she wasn't white so that contradicts the point made earlier in this thread. Also, "Spanish people" are from Spain. They're white.
2. That's false. Western audiences are actually more receptive to East Asian females (or any Asian females) over East Asian males. Why do you think Lucy Liu has had some mainstream success, but John Cho hasn't? And no, Jackie Chan and Jet Li don't count because they only get one type of film and they're never actually real leads.
3. Seriously? In that case, what's wrong with black face? Maybe they can hire Taylor Swift in a biopic about Rihanna. She just needs a bit of a tan.
4. Next time tell that to yourself when you have a minority issue to complain about.
5. Nice try. Gay men and British men make an even smaller part of the American population. Why are they more common in Hollywood than Asians?
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Originally posted by Goosey
There's nothing inherently "wrong" with so-called "whitewashing". They are producing this for an American audience, which is 3/4 white.
When they remake films in other countries, they use their own actors. Look at the Japanese Unforgiven remake, they replaced Clint and gang with some Asian guys.
Or the Japanese remake of "Sideways":
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Nice try, but these are remakes done in a Japanese context. In this remake, the character retains the Japanese name and setting. Also, since they're Japanese, why is necessary to say "Asian"? They're Japanese. It's okay to say it. Do you call Chinese takeout places "Asian restaurants"?