WTFery with the media
Dec. 17th, 2008 01:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Hey guys, guess what? Avatar: The Last Air Bender AND Dragonball Z live action movies both have a white cast!
These are two comics/cartoons that cannot get more Asian than that serious about a ping pong club. Is it really that hard to find Asian child actors who can speak English fluently?
These are two comics/cartoons that cannot get more Asian than that serious about a ping pong club. Is it really that hard to find Asian child actors who can speak English fluently?
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Date: 2008-12-17 09:35 am (UTC)The question to ask the Media is: why is no one writing about the racism inherent in this?
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Date: 2008-12-17 03:42 pm (UTC)Those Avatar movie people missed out on a great opportunity. I know for a fact that many of the artists who worked on the animation production are Asian. I bet they are pissed too.