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Interesting topic on the current lack of Asian American representation in Asian centric Hollywood films.
http://www.vulture.com/2016/07/scott-derrickson-whitewashing-comic-con.html
Though the crowd at Marvels much-anticipated Comic-Con Hall H panel was understandably amped up by the unveiling of Doctor Strange teaser footage and a mind-bending new trailer, a spectre still haunts the studios fall-superhero outing: the whitewashing controversy. Tilda Swinton will play the Ancient One, a character who, in the comic-book source material, is traditionally Asian in ethnicity. The move has incensed some critics, and in response, director Scott Derrickson tweeted in May, I am listening and learning. So what has he heard and learned? I asked him after the panel.
His response, in full:
Relevant video:
DOCTOR STRANGE! WHITE WASHING!
http://www.vulture.com/2016/07/scott-derrickson-whitewashing-comic-con.html
Though the crowd at Marvels much-anticipated Comic-Con Hall H panel was understandably amped up by the unveiling of Doctor Strange teaser footage and a mind-bending new trailer, a spectre still haunts the studios fall-superhero outing: the whitewashing controversy. Tilda Swinton will play the Ancient One, a character who, in the comic-book source material, is traditionally Asian in ethnicity. The move has incensed some critics, and in response, director Scott Derrickson tweeted in May, I am listening and learning. So what has he heard and learned? I asked him after the panel.
His response, in full:
I think that what Ive come to really empathize with is the idea that theres a group of people, Asian-Americans in this country, who didnt grow up watching movies [and] seeing themselves on the screen, and if they did, it was usually a stereotype. I feel tremendous empathy for that because of what movies meant to me, growing up. I grew up as a white kid in north Denver, watching movies every weekend. It was the highlight of my life. For a lot of us here at Comic-Con, movies are our life, and I cant imagine what its like to grow up and not see yourself, not see your face up there in the lead characters. Its a serious subject. Its gotta change, the way that Asian-Americans are represented in cinema has to change.
Relevant video:
DOCTOR STRANGE! WHITE WASHING!