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honorh ([info]honorh) wrote in [info]unfunny_fandom,
@ 2012-03-08 21:50:00


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NEWS FLASH: In the future, we may not all be white!
The cast for the movie of The Hunger Games has been known for a while, but a certain segment of the fandom is having a hard time coming to terms with something about it: Namely, that Rue and Thresh, both described in the book as dark-skinned, will be played by African-American actors. Worse, so will Cinna, whose ethnicity isn't mentioned, and therefore must be white.

Hunger Games Tweets has been keeping its eye on some of the worse elements. Warning: Some extremely vile, racist language. Did you know that sweet, innocent girls must always be pale and fair-haired? And gay men can't be black? I'm telling you, it's an education.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I must go vomit.


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[info]full_metal_ox
2012-03-11 02:29 am UTC (link)
And I've seen plenty of legitimate complaints about what they did as far as Watson's back story, so I don't think that's racist at all... if anything the posts I've seen about that are saying that Lucy Liu deserves to play a better character, so.

Last I checked, wasn't this the twenty-first century--where it's entirely possible for an Asian-American woman to be a physician, combat veteran, and Wounded Warrior? Recent events have even obligingly provided another Afghan War.

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[info]rosehiptea
2012-03-11 04:21 am UTC (link)
Excellent point, yeah. I don't get why they dropped the ball on that so badly.

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[info]adevyish
2012-03-12 01:52 am UTC (link)
This.

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[info]napalmnacey
2012-03-12 05:16 pm UTC (link)
I'm disappointed. I wanted brilliant doctor PTSD-riddled hardened soldier Lucy Liu Watson, damn it!

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