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No word on film industry (Bollywood et al)? They have been hugely complicit with casting heavily favored towards lighter skinned actresses and a lot of establis
by ra7 6y ago
No word on film industry (Bollywood et al)? They have been hugely complicit with casting heavily favored towards lighter skinned actresses and a lot of established stars endorsing skin whitening products. They are nowhere to be seen taking a stance on this issue.
- marcinzm 6y agoThe article has a number of words on Bollywood: >Colorism, the bias against people of darker skin tones, has vexed India for a long time. It is partly a product of colonial prejudices, and it has been exacerbated by caste, regional differences and Bollywood, the nation’s film industry, which has long promoted lighter-skinned heroes. >Ms. Narayan, who recently published a book on how women are treated in India, said Bollywood had contributed to these prejudices. >"Every heroine and now heroes, too, are whitewashed," she said. “And the villains are dark.”
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y agoHere's a good discussion of this in the Tamil film industry, where this is even more obvious because South Indians are usually darker-skinned: https://feminisminindia.com/2018/10/08/dear-tamil-cinema-let-brown-women-play-the-role-of-brown-women/ https://feminisminindia.com/2018/10/08/dear-tamil-cinema-let... For context, the actor in question (Rajinikanth) is the largest star in Tamil cinema and the movie (Shivaji) was a mainstream blockbuster.