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Is this theoretical, or are you saying this actually happened? I haven't seen this latest show, but for example I had no problems with nonwhite characters in Th

Is this theoretical, or are you saying this actually happened? I haven't seen this latest show, but for example I had no problems with nonwhite characters in The Witcher. What is a European fantasy show anyway, it's not like they take place in literal Europe? Somehow nobody complains about loss of immersion when characters are changed to white, which happens 100x more often.

dudul 4y ago
Can you name 10? I'm actually asking in good faith because I can't recall any "to white" race swapping in the past few years. All the ones I can think of were Ann Boleyn, the little mermaid, the coming beauty and the beast, the recent terrible resident evil, etc.
- DeathMetal3000 4y ago
  Jesus?
  - irrational 4y ago
    What color skin did his father have?
- atvcatole 4y ago
  I think it's more common when books are adapted to TV/movies, so it's not as obvious as when they change historical characters or characters from other or older visual media. Often they change the location to North America/Europe and change the characters "organically" as well. Anyway, here's the ones I can think of right away: Ancient One in the Marvel movies to Tilda Swinton, although the comic character is kind of a racist stereotype, and would have issues in China, so they had good arguments for doing that change. Staying in the comic universe, Bane and Ra's al Ghul in Batman movies. Related to the first one; Benedict Cumberbatch plays Khan in the new Star Trek.
- School-Cotton 4y ago
  The Ghost in the Shell reboot with Scarlett Johansson
  - drekipus 4y ago
    Everyone hated that afaik.
    - School-Cotton 4y ago
      IMO it wasn’t bad on its own. It was just bad compared to the original which is an all time classic.
- satyrnein 4y ago
  A current example is the movie Bullet Train, where Brad Pitt plays a character originally written as Japanese. But there are plenty of others, if you search for "whitewashing in movies" you can find lists.
  - deleted 4y ago
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  - forgotpwd16 4y ago
    An extensive list found in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewashing_in_film#Examples_of_associated_cases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewashing_in_film#Examples_...

dudul 4y ago

Can you name 10? I'm actually asking in good faith because I can't recall any "to white" race swapping in the past few years. All the ones I can think of were Ann Boleyn, the little mermaid, the coming beauty and the beast, the recent terrible resident evil, etc.

DeathMetal3000 4y ago
Jesus?
- irrational 4y ago
  What color skin did his father have?
atvcatole 4y ago
I think it's more common when books are adapted to TV/movies, so it's not as obvious as when they change historical characters or characters from other or older visual media. Often they change the location to North America/Europe and change the characters "organically" as well. Anyway, here's the ones I can think of right away: Ancient One in the Marvel movies to Tilda Swinton, although the comic character is kind of a racist stereotype, and would have issues in China, so they had good arguments for doing that change. Staying in the comic universe, Bane and Ra's al Ghul in Batman movies. Related to the first one; Benedict Cumberbatch plays Khan in the new Star Trek.
School-Cotton 4y ago
The Ghost in the Shell reboot with Scarlett Johansson
- drekipus 4y ago
  Everyone hated that afaik.
  - School-Cotton 4y ago
    IMO it wasn’t bad on its own. It was just bad compared to the original which is an all time classic.
satyrnein 4y ago
A current example is the movie Bullet Train, where Brad Pitt plays a character originally written as Japanese. But there are plenty of others, if you search for "whitewashing in movies" you can find lists.
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
- forgotpwd16 4y ago
  An extensive list found in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewashing_in_film#Examples_of_associated_cases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewashing_in_film#Examples_...