Hollywood Indirect Racism

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Dude, Gravdigr--what? You made the point that "a movie filmed in Russia, by a Russian studio...will contain predominantly... Russian actors." Your implication is that because the Airbender movie was made in America, we should expect that it will contain American actors, and by extension, Fresh can't complain there are no Asians in it. Your point was clearly that Asians aren't Americans. While I suppose this is true if you're holding strictly to a definition by nationality, the whole point of the thread is "Asian" as a race; i.e., should the studio have cast Asian-Americans?

My point was that contrary to popular complaints, they didn't cast all white actors, they cast a variety of American actors who, while not Asian-American, do in fact look like their animated counterparts, regardless of backstory.

Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

This is an Asian cultured film (the setting is the East), so what if illustration didn't make them all chinky-eyed and buck teeth, prominent "Asian" features.

I guess that must describe what they do in all those manga and anime you read with "'Asian' features in the Japanese illustrations?" Or would it maybe have been possible for the animated characters to look Asian without looking sterotypical? The actors match the animations. If you have a problem with the actors, then it's hypocritical not to have a problem with the original animated characters.