Memoirs of a Wanker
I suppose anybody who cares already knows that Zhang Zi-Yi will be starring in Memoirs of a Geisha. I don't especially care, myself, but I came across the fact on Roger Ebert's website and thought, "oh, boy, I bet there's wank." And sure enough, pop on over to IMDB, and three out of six Memoirs of a Geisha threads are wank city. The two short ones I will summarize in full.

frog123 thinks the movie will suck. WhoLead tells him/her that he/she is wrong. tammyisaacsy2k just refuses to see the movie because 'the novel was too good'.

feilung888 thinks there's nothing wrong with the casting. There is some interesting discussion of the nature of stardom. namieamurosBf841 speaks for the entirety of Japan (although I'm sure most of Japan spells better than she does), saying if you're going to cast a Chinese woman as a geisha you might as well cast a white girl. bakuyaku snarks at her. moag agrees with feilung888, but links to an article that opens bakuyaku's eyes to why Chinese women shouldn't play geisha. andrew2003wong-1 says said article is racist. ghastlywarrior says ethnicity is irrelevant to casting. kyrilona says casting is done purely with box-office draw in mind. feilung888 makes some rather irrelevant point about Bruce Lee, leading to a discussion of stage names.

Then there's the long one:

amy_lee83 quotes a dictionary definition of 'racism' and says that the casting is okay. scj4533 says it's matter of equal opportunity for Chinese actresses. movieguy23 whines with arbitrary capitalization. WhoLead points out that filming's already started and complaining won't do any good now. dumpster_cakes says that anybody griping should go make their own movie. japanophile pulls a classic conversation-stopper by discussing his Asian fetish. theninthwave attempts to be ironic with some help from the CAPSLOCK OF RAGE. amy_lee83 pokes the troll. theninthwave says they can take this outside. blackbarbie20 doesn't get it. pas_si_simple offends everybody by saying there's really no difference between Japanese and Chinese. nquintil thinks the decision was good from an acting POV but not from a minority rights one... or something. sune2 says if Mel Gibson can play a Scot, then Zhang Zi-Yi can play a geisha. The post responding to hers was deleted by a moderator. ParkAMK says all Asians look alike and she knows because she's Korean. The reply to her is deleted, but her response, telling the poster to work on his/her/its English, remains. Another deleted post. daringdestiny thinks the casting is 'crazy'. imready points out that this book about a Japanese woman was written by a European man. jumpbackjack calls 'racism!' QueenMushroom takes exception to a misspelling. namieamurosBf841 can't spell and abuses the ! key. jude_w80 says 'chill, it's just a movie'... and that's only about a third of the thread. Much more wank remains for those who wish to keep scrolling down.