Tag Archives: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Mainstream critical verdict of The Last Airbender
So the reviews are in for The Last Airbender. The question is, was M. Night Shyamalan right, did we “not win” in our quest to bring blistering attention to his racially insulting version of a beloved Asian-inspired television series, thereby … Continue reading
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What those Asian actors who did not get the leads in Avatar: The Last Airbender probably think
Beau Sia, renowned Asian-American slam poet, gives voice to a wide frustration:
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Hollywood whitewashes — again
Currently, there is a furor over the casting of white actors for movies that are based on universes that are clearly not Eurocentric. One movie is based on the Avatar: The Last Airbender universe. The other takes its story, setting, … Continue reading
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