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> It's obviously a political decision to remove the Arabic from the movies, especially as it deals with religious war and extremists. Which is absolutely ridic
by DinaCoder99 3y ago
> It's obviously a political decision to remove the Arabic from the movies, especially as it deals with religious war and extremists.
Which is absolutely ridiculous given how much they've taken from MENA countries visually—the most shallow kind of appropriation when it comes to movies.
- seper8 3y agoDid you ever read the books? Ofcourse they were inspired by MENA people considering many of them live in the desert too with traces of tribalism and colonialism... One mans "Cultural Appropriation" is another man's "Cultural Appreciation". I'm guessing you're just another Caucasian liberal living in Seattle or California who's acting insulted on behalf of MENA people?
- DinaCoder99 3y agoYes, of course, what do you think I'm contrasting the current situation to? Adopting the aesthetics of a people but not their actual culture is a fairly common understanding of what cultural appropriation is. Frank Herbert at least had some fairly interesting commentary about culture that is easily confused with endorsing fetishization of cultures at first glance, but if you read all the books it's clear he meant it as damning criticism. I'm excited to see the movie—this is incredibly bland criticism compared to what other have to say about the movie. Still, if you love something, you're honest about it. > One mans "Cultural Appropriation" is another man's "Cultural Appreciation". Uh, sure, if you just want to throw the entire concept of discourse out the window.
- seper8 3y agoSo are you from a MENA country or not?