Avatar: The First (of many) Honkeys

[seriousfic]

Once upon a time, there was an Avatar movie. And people were cast to star in said Avatar movie. And then the casting information was posted on scans_daily. And, as is the custom of their people, there was a WANKSPLOSION!!!

Speculation on why the WANKSPLOSION!!! followed Porn Week will be done by dirtier minds than my own. shananagin?

Apparently, when you make a series about Eskimo-analogs meeting a Tibetan-analog and then them going on the run from Japanese-analogs, then cast white people as everyone, some people get upset. Highlights!

1. i like how he did the casting call in texas. REALLY? REALLY?! was there a "no minorities allowed" sign on the door?!!

Actually, and this is a little-known fact, but back in 2006 the law banning minorities from setting foot in Texas was repealed. Before then they had to wear whiteface to avoid the thousand-strong mobs of Klansmen that roamed after dark, but now they can herd cattle and mine for oil just like all the white folk! It worked out great, because now all the straight people who were banned from San Francisco could move in.

2. M. Night Shyamalan as the Cabbage Salesman. Unfortunately, I don't think he doesn't have that much of a sense of humor about himself. But it would be cool.

3.

(What, Jason Statham wasn't available?)

The worst part of this is that it's a kid's movie. Kids don't care if their heroes are white or brown or giant alien robots. I grew up in the 80s and you know who the absolute biggest, coolest, women-want-him-men-want-to-be-him badass was? Mr. T!

Kids aren't racist. It's when they grow up and go to marketing school with a bunch of other rich white kids and listen to harmless black jokes and don't invite the Asian guy to the weekend party because he's probably busy studying and then they get a job at a movie studio and cast only white people because that's what sells, it's not because they're racist, no, it's those ignorant people in flyover countries who I have to sell to, they're the racist, I have a lot of black friends, I watched Crash!... it's then that they're racist motherfuckers.

Comments

[black13.livejournal.com]

I think you're wrong. I am convinced that kids care if their heroes are giant alien robots. I believe that kinds prefer their heroes to be giant alien robots.

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

They can't all be non-fleshy. Otherwise, what would the kids Rule 34 when they grow up?

[black13.livejournal.com]

Where does it say that Rule 34 requires fleshy things? I'm sure that Rule 34 has been applied to C-3PO and R2-D2, for example, or the Transformers.

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

You can ironically pornify things, but you can't ironically masturbate to them. First rule of the Internet.

[black13.livejournal.com]

There is no irony in porn. It is only a different way of Fanwank.

[http://users.livejournal.com/thrace_/]

I believe the repealed race law in Texas was a trap. The moment the whiteface came off, the Klansmen were waiting.

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

Luckily, Mittens managed to get a warning out.

Obviously

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Re: Obviously

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

[22by7.livejournal.com]

hi, angry brown person without sense of humour speaking here!

it's even more baffling because the director himself is South Asian the whitewashing stands out, pun not intended, even more. the worst part is that just because it's a kids' movie the default still has to be white. and nobody is saying that KIDS are racist, ffs.

[museofspeed.livejournal.com]

I resent the implication that my mind is dirty! I clean it daily!

heh..wanksplosion following porn week...