"Had a close brush with death (your own)? - Yes" Do tell? And "skipped school"? Lalaith, I'm surprised at you! :P "Seriously & intentionally boycotted something? - Yes" ...This wouldn't, by any chance, happen to be the Avatar movie with its race fail casting, would it? *hopeful*
(1) It happened just last summer. I guess it wasn't exactly a brush with death, though. My Mom was driving and as she was going through a four-way stop this idiot in a purple wanna-be race car came zooming through. He passed like six inches in front of the bumper. If Mom had started through the intersection even a second sooner, the guy would have hit the car. I definitely would have been killed because he would have hit the passenger side at like 80 mph. -.- (2) I actually used to be bad about that. I would often feel sick and get out of school, lol. I haven't done that since I started college, though, lol. (3) No, I hadn't planned on boycotting the Avatar movie. You did hear, though, that Jesse McCartney isn't going to play Zuko anymore, right? The guy from Slumdog Millionaire is going to play Zuko now.
Yes, I know. I've been very involved with the protest movement. Unfortunately, though, casting Dev Patel as Zuko doesn't really clear up the discrimination issues. I mean, heck, I am still glad they've got him in there over Mr. Popstar - Dev Patel's a great actor! I'm sure he'll be able to bring out Zuko's intricacies. But the problem is, Paramount has decided to cast everyone in the Fire Nation as not just Indian, but simply dark-skinned. Essentially, they've set up this situation, which creates a whole 'nother can of crap that wasn't part of Avatar's original battle or message: Evil Brown People vs. Good White People (the Air, Earth, and Water peoples have been whitewashed for Paramount's version, though they'll be sure to point out all the Asian -extras- they've hired to stand quietly in the background :-/).
I still get a little freaked out going through that intersection sometimes. =/
I don't really know what to think about the whole thing. Not being a minority myself (unless you consider red-heads a minority, lol), nor much of an activist, I've never been particularly sensitive to racial issues like this. I think the casting choices are stupid (why don't they at least try to choose actors who look like the characters?!) but I can't say I'm offended by them. I don't really think Paramount is intending these choices to be racist (I mean, M. Night isn't white). I guess they just figure that white people prefer to see other white people on the screen? I dunno. I guess I tend to just chock this kind of stuff up to stupidity and shrug my shoulders. I'm usually pretty apathetic about a lot of things that happen in the wide world. =/
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Woah, is that Richard Dean Anderson and Amanda Tapping in your icon? What photoshoot is that from?
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And "skipped school"? Lalaith, I'm surprised at you! :P
"Seriously & intentionally boycotted something? - Yes" ...This wouldn't, by any chance, happen to be the Avatar movie with its race fail casting, would it? *hopeful*
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(2) I actually used to be bad about that. I would often feel sick and get out of school, lol. I haven't done that since I started college, though, lol.
(3) No, I hadn't planned on boycotting the Avatar movie. You did hear, though, that Jesse McCartney isn't going to play Zuko anymore, right? The guy from Slumdog Millionaire is going to play Zuko now.
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Yes, I know. I've been very involved with the protest movement. Unfortunately, though, casting Dev Patel as Zuko doesn't really clear up the discrimination issues. I mean, heck, I am still glad they've got him in there over Mr. Popstar - Dev Patel's a great actor! I'm sure he'll be able to bring out Zuko's intricacies. But the problem is, Paramount has decided to cast everyone in the Fire Nation as not just Indian, but simply dark-skinned. Essentially, they've set up this situation, which creates a whole 'nother can of crap that wasn't part of Avatar's original battle or message: Evil Brown People vs. Good White People (the Air, Earth, and Water peoples have been whitewashed for Paramount's version, though they'll be sure to point out all the Asian -extras- they've hired to stand quietly in the background :-/).
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I don't really know what to think about the whole thing. Not being a minority myself (unless you consider red-heads a minority, lol), nor much of an activist, I've never been particularly sensitive to racial issues like this. I think the casting choices are stupid (why don't they at least try to choose actors who look like the characters?!) but I can't say I'm offended by them. I don't really think Paramount is intending these choices to be racist (I mean, M. Night isn't white). I guess they just figure that white people prefer to see other white people on the screen? I dunno. I guess I tend to just chock this kind of stuff up to stupidity and shrug my shoulders. I'm usually pretty apathetic about a lot of things that happen in the wide world. =/
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