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And I don't know what the fuck colorblind casting means anyway.
The concept is picking the actor who makes the most sense for the role, regardless of race.
This would, of course, mean hiring Japanese people in this case.
You're right on the first but I'm not sure on the second point. We had a non-Japanese Sulu and Chinese Memoirs of a Geisha, they wouldn't have to be Japanese although it'd be nice if they were. Colorblind casting in this case would have at least had a couple of non-white choices and would have had younger men in the roles instead of some of the fogies we ended up with. If they were totally disregarding race, the males leads could be completely different races yet they didn't even try this.
Nope not racially motivated.
If white people weren't the majority with the most money they would not have chosen white actors which means this is not racism.
Duuude, how the hell is that NOT racially motivated when you went and brought in race as a reason? The majority excuse is crap. By that logic, there shouldn't be movies featuring other races at all.
Not enough people are going to see some weird sci-fi flick full of Asian unknowns to make it a worthwhile monetary endeavor.
This must compute.
What do you base that on? To my knowledge, NO ONE HAS TRIED THAT. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon made $128 million over here and it was a Chinese wuxia flick. It had NO RELEVANCE to an American audience and it still made money. Make an awesome, localized sci-fi flick starring up-and-coming Asian-American actors? That shit can totally be done, my man.
You know what? Somebody please prove me wrong. Give me your ideal cast list for the Hollywood adaptation of Akira. All actors must be of Asian descent! Look, I even made it easier for you, I could have said Japanese descent, but since even Japanese movies sometimes portray other Asians as Japanese, I think it's fair.
I believe it would really have to be up-and-coming unknowns for the two leads since they should be older teen boys and they want to cast it too damn old. Unlike young white American males, Asian-American males are severely under-represented and there just isn't a strong known pool of them.
Kei could be Crystal Yi-fei or even Ellen Wong. It should be easier to cast the females.
If they cast it older, there are plenty to choose from here (just toss out the Indians, ha ha) as well as John Cho and James Kyson Lee.
http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/090501/article.asp?parentID=107812Racebending's pleas to Warner Bros. make a good point:
"Because Asian Americans are present in every major city in the United States, there is no need to change the ethnicity of the main characters while resetting this story to Manhattan. One out of ten Manhattan residents are Asian American and at 41% of the population, Asian Americans are the largest racial group in Lower Manhattan. Casting white actors for Asian lead characters will reinforce a glass ceiling and reduce opportunities for Asian American actors."
"Actors like Robert Pattison and Andrew Garfield have the privilege of playing iconic white characters that Asian American actors would never be considered for,” said Racebending.com co-founder Marissa Lee. “When white actors are also asked to play iconic Asian characters, Asian American actors lose their shot at starring in anything.”
But I don't think we have to worry about the American moviegoing masses educating themselves of the lore of Akira anytime soon.
Yeah, no one really cares. But it would nice if they could make a fair and awesome movie anyway. The Last Airbender and Dragonball chickened out and that was no great success. They didn't lose any money over it but no one wants to shell out $150M and $30M and only see a 50% return. And none of those people who starred were very known either.