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Racebending.com: Culture matters

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 02:26:34 -0400

Sometimes I hear people say that racism/sexism/etc in culture isn’t important or worth criticizing. ”Oh it’s just a book,” they say. ”It’s just a crappy TV show.” ”It’s just a commercial.”

This argument always baffles me. It’s like if you put poison into a fish-tank and then say…

Just wondering how you guys feel about casting for Catching Fire. Like, what race do you expect the new actors to be? For example, it's never explicitly stated how Johanna Mason looks in terms of skin color, so they could cast anyone.

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 02:26:33 -0400

racebending:

The world of The Hunger Games is set in Panem, a dystopian version of the future United States of America. In that sense, it’s science fiction. One of the things that made the 1960s show Star Trek (happy view of the future USA) progressive and well, make sense, is this idea that in the future, not all of the heroes are white.

Which is something we’ve always said The Hunger Games could benefit from. On our website, to the president of Lionsgate, to the production, etc. Casting actors of color might attract more people of color to theaters. (Unfortunately, according to the MPAA, people of color already go to movies more often than white people so there is no incentive for studios to change what they are doing if predominantly white casts still attract viewers of color.)

It might also give the Games some lasting power. I really believe that a generation from now we’re going to look back and wonder why all heroes in our movies looked like Liam Hemmsworth, kind of like how films a generation or two ago with shallow and archaic depictions of women are less likely to have lasting power today.

The first Hunger Games movie has four central lead characters (lead, you know, as in plays a significant role in story and survives to the next movie). One was Katniss, one of these characters was explicitly white, the other two of these lead characters were said to look like Katniss in the book. Once Katniss was locked in with a white actress—if they wanted to stick to salient plot points in book 2—essentially all four of these lead roles became roles for white actors.

What we’ve said to theThe Hunger Games production and hope is what happened with characters like Cinna (Lenny Kravitz) and the other tributes is that if the character was not explicitly described as any specific ethnicity in the book, they should consider opening the casting call to all ethnicities and base it on age and gender or other factors that are described in the book. So yeah, we’d hope that Johanna Mason would be an open casting call, and that they would explicitly write “submit all ethnicities” (because when you leave the ethnicity off of a casting call it almost guarantees the role will go to a white actor.)

That being said, here are some more thoughts about “race” and The Hunger Games. (Book spoilers under the cut)

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At San Diego ComicCon, the voice actors for Mako and Asami reenacted their argument about Mako kissing Korra

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 02:20:36 -0400

Seychelle Gabriel voicing Asami: Don't blame your brother for what you did!
PJ Bryne (VA for Bolin) interrupting: Yes, don't blame your brother!

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Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:21:55 -0400

Injustice: Gods Among Us - Nightwing (x)

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:21:22 -0400

Injustice: Gods Among Us - Nightwing (x)

DC Women Kicking Ass: Didio confirms: No Stephanie Brown in Smallville

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:21:19 -0400

DC Women Kicking Ass: Didio confirms: No Stephanie Brown in Smallville:

dcwomenkickingass:

Dan Didio just confirmed at the DC Next Wave panel that the rumor that Stephanie Brown will not appear in Smallville is true. Here via Newsarama is his statement in answer to the Batgirl of SDCC, kyrax2

Yes, that is true. “If we’re going to introduce guest characters into the Smallville…

angrysunbirds: Leaked 4th wave book!

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:17:05 -0400

angrysunbirds: Leaked 4th wave book!:

angrysunbird:

Batgirl Corps #1

Because the fans demanded it you got it! The team-up you’ve all wanted. Can Barbara Gordon assemble the team of Barbara Gordon, Barbara Gordon and fan-favourite Gordon Barbara Gordon to meet the rising threat of the dastardly Barbara Gordon?

Will the team even survive when one…

282. After Batman went off-world, Dick and Babs shared pretending to be Batman a few times a week to keep up appearances. It was awkward for her to fight with her chest taped down and a voice modifier in her cowl, but the look on the thugs' faces when they saw Nightwing and Batman flirt was worth it.

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 23:33:45 -0400

youngjusticeheadcanons:

Submitted by justplainsomething

~~Dead~~

it seems.

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:09:58 -0400

it seems.

comicbookkissyface: Why yes, I do love them.

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:04:24 -0400

comicbookkissyface:

Why yes, I do love them.

gabzilla-z: antorock: batman & robin: an alternative...

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:04:07 -0400

gabzilla-z:

antorock:

batman & robin: an alternative view

(via Calvin’s Canadian Cave of Coolness: Oh I Like This Idea Very Much)

This is amazing *_*

outofthecavern: colours07: bartholomewallen: discowing: fyeah...

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:02:10 -0400

outofthecavern:

colours07:

bartholomewallen:

discowing:

fyeahlilbitoeverything:

EVERY TITAN EVER BY GEORGE PEREZ. Hi Kory! Hi Virgil! Hi Mia! Hi Jaime!

OMG

fking BOSSSSSsss

BEST THING TO EVER POP ON MY DASH

somuchlove <3

dicksass: abbyromana: From LJA & The Titans team up comic...

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:02:07 -0400

dicksass:

abbyromana:

From LJA & The Titans team up comic Part 3…

Yeah, everyone has their opinion about why Dick is so hot-looking. XD

Flamebird knows what she’s talking about.

keep-calm-and-call-batman: Batgirl v1 #59 (via...

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 09:57:11 -0400

keep-calm-and-call-batman:

Batgirl v1 #59

(via fuckyeahbatkids)

thren: supermillion: gunslinger: Lanterns too cool...

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 09:54:53 -0400

thren:

supermillion:

gunslinger:

Lanterns

too cool *__*

WHERE IS THIS EVEN FROM? Anyone know that can tell me? ;A;

youngtitan213: aigue-marine: monkeyscandance: A birthday...

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 09:54:07 -0400

youngtitan213:

aigue-marine:

monkeyscandance:

A birthday present for my very own eggplant wonder, aigue-marine ♥!

Happy Birthday, Sina!

I wish you all the best and luck for next year! Stay as nice and wonderful as you are ♥!

Oh WOW! This looks absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much!!! I don’t deserve this!! T_T ♥♥♥ Thank you!

AMAZING. <333

keep-calm-and-call-batman: By Phil Hester

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 09:48:10 -0400

keep-calm-and-call-batman:

By Phil Hester

emileesaurus: Titans #1 And now it’s time to play “count how...

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 09:48:03 -0400

emileesaurus:

Titans #1

And now it’s time to play “count how many people in this picture aren’t appearing in the reboot.”

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Sat, 14 Jul 2012 09:36:53 -0400

fycomicbookfriendships: Teen Titans v3 #100 Perfect assassin...

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 09:36:49 -0400

fycomicbookfriendships:

Teen Titans v3 #100

Perfect assassin babies!