All posts tagged "whitewashing"
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55CultureTalent Agency Discovers That Diversity Actually Makes Hollywood More Money
Hollywood movies are more likely to achieve box office success with more diverse casts, a new study has found. At worst, this...
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954AsiaTilda Swinton Nominated For a Saturn Award For Whitewashed Role in ‘Doctor Strange’
Tilda Swinton received massive backlash for whitewashing an Asian character in the 2016 Marvel Cinematic Universe film, “Doctor Strange”. Portraying the “Ancient One”...
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8.7KCultureOops! Brother Of Zach McGowan Accidentally Exposes His Bro’s Long History Of Whitewashing
In case you hadn’t heard the news already, there’s a movie in the works about the Ni’ihau Incident set for 2018. The...
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10.4KCultureBeloved Actress Reads ‘Ni’ihau’ Script, Confirms It’s a Historically False ‘Piece of Sh*t’
The Pacific Islander and Asian-American communities are up in arms over the historical inaccuracies the upcoming film “Ni’ihau” will tell about the...
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12.4KEntertainmentNew WWII Film Proves Hollywood Has Learned NOTHING About Whitewashing
This post has been updated to clarify historical accuracy. Actor Zach McGowan has been cast in the lead role as Hawaiian native Ben...
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3.0KAsiaNetflix’s ‘Death Note’ Was Whitewashed Because Asian Actors Couldn’t ‘Speak Perfect English’
Reacting to accusations of whitewashing, one of the producers of Netflix’s “Death Note” remake claimed that the roles actually could have gone to Asian...
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746CultureScarlett Johannson and Tilda Swinton Are Embroiled in Yet Another ‘Whitewashing’ Controversy
Wes Anderson’s next film, “Isle of Dogs”, is set for release in April 2018, but it’s already catching flak for some of...
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1.4KEntertainmentJamie Chung Calls ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Casting of Half-White Actor ‘Bullsh*t’
Actress Jamie Chung has spoken out against the ongoing trend of whitewashing in recent movies such as “Ghost in the Shell” and...
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624AsiaIron Fist Was Already Under Fire For Cultural Appropriation in 1974
While many have been criticizing Netflix for casting Finn Jones, a Caucasian actor, in the lead role for Marvel’s “Iron Fist”, there...
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717AsiaParamount Forced to Admit That Whitewashing Made ‘Ghost in the Shell’ a Disaster
As many have probably heard by now, like the other whitewashed anime adaptations that have come before it, “Ghost in the Shell”,...