June 2010
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Probably the most articulate and intelligent article written about the casting of The Last Airbender. Read on:
splinterend:
As some of you may know, Paramount commissioned (in)famous director M. Night Shyamalan to adapt the popular Nickelodian series “Avatar: The Last Airbender” into a movie trilogy. The TV series revolves a fantasical, Hayao Miyazaki-inspired universe that deals with...
Bad day for Korean-Americans. Great day for Ghanaian-Uruguayans.
– Johnny Star Lee, via NEAATO on Facebook
It was racist in the days when minority actors just plain couldn’t get work in...
– Roger Ebert, on whether casting white actors into non-white roles is a form of racism/whitewashing like on The Last Airbender.
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