So for those of you who haven't heard, the casting of M. Night Shyamalan's ‘Last Airbender’ is freakin ridiculous. The original Nickelodeon series stems from Eastern mythology and culture, and Asian characters. The series is pretty good and successful. HOWEVER, for some reason, Shyamalan's got it in his head to cast non-Asians as the leading roles. Excuse me, non-Asians for the protagonists. The antagonist is Dev Patel (which is a complete skin color reversal in the series--the main character, Aang is pale, and his two best friends are darker skinned, while the antagonist is pale too). Hm, Caucasian cast as the good guys, darker Asian cast as the bad guy....
This whole thing just pisses me off, from the initial racist casting call, to the way Shyamalan reacts to the public outcry, to the way the movie studio is going along with the ride, just this whole shenanigan.
If you're just as upset, or you're curious about why a lot of people are upset, check out
http://www.racebending.com/ to see what you can do.
Boycott the movie, hit them where it hurts the most--their wallets.
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