My brain refuses to process. I can't be angry, because my eyes say it's not real.

[timepiececlock]

::sigh:: It's going to get ridiculous when you get to the "Asian" names like Bei Fong and Ba Sing Se and Ty Li and Jeong Jeong and Lu Ten and Yue.


ETA: Letter-writingbending campaign. Not for emails, for actual letters. Spread it forward!

ali_wildgoose's above post says to "post a photo of yourself in the comments holding your stamped envelope so we all know you're awesome!" after you've written the letter.

I say DO ONE BETTER, AND POST IT IN YOUR DEVIANT ART ACCOUNT. The picture of you with your letter ready to be mailed, not the text. Or make a YouTube video of you mailing your complaint letter!

Of course not everyone has DA or YouTube accounts, but if you do, well---DeviantArt.com is a cesspit of viral memes and fads so hey maybe it'll catch on.

Comments

[mathkid.livejournal.com]

No, no, that must be a joke. J-Mac as Zuko? It's not even remotely possible.

[octopedingenue]

Betcha Uncle Iroh is still Asian so he can intermittently spout WISE ORIENTAL WISDOM!

[mswyrr]

That's fucking obscene.

Generic white-as-Wonderbread actors stealing our fucking characters.

I hate Hollywood. I hate Hollywood. I bet that, when asked, they're going to say they didn't pick an all white cast on purpose. Oh, no, they just chose the best actors. I HATE HOLLYWOOD. I HATE RACISM. I WANT REAL!INUIT!KARATA TO FREEZE ITS EYEBALLS.

[sporkyadrasteia.livejournal.com]

There's a letter-writing campaign (http://ali-wildgoose.livejournal.com/368355.html) in protest, if you're interested.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I expected Aang or Zuko to be cast white, even Toph, but for Katara and Sokka? I thought those two would be some kind of tan, at least. I didn't expect a Native actor or even Asian, just two persons of color of some sort, you know?

I was even thinking that they could make the Northern WT all Icelandic or Norwegian-looking and that could be plausible, but this is so disheartening. How am I supposed to take this movie at all seriously? And I've never seen a M. Knight film that didn't scream "TAKE ME SERIOUSLY!" I was hoping for a movie by the director of Signs or the The Sixth Sense, not a Disney Channel weekend made for tv crapfest.*


*Sadly, I'd bet a Disney Channel weekend made for tv crapfest would be able to find some brown actors.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

You're the second person to say that, and it hurts how likely that seems.