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⌈ Secret Post #4531 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

I agree with this, but I also think this is kind of off-topic in a way, because most discussion about racebending is about movie-makers doing NON-color blind casting: in particular, non-color blind casting that discriminates against black, Asian, and other POC actors.

If people had faith that Hollywood truly selected the best actor for each role, I don't think we'd be having this discussion. And there is no reason to have faith that Hollywood does this because of the existence of race-selecting casting calls, painfully bad white actors being cast as leads, and producers rationalizing their decisions of casting white dude leads with "we wanted this movie to be maximally accessible" (a non-color-blind rationalization as it suggests that white men are most "accessible" on the basis of their race; even the blackwashing here is also indicative IMO of people being extremely cautious about Asian-heavy movies because Asian people are still seen as "inaccessible", and trying to offset the "inaccessibility" of Asian actors with a rainbow diversity of supporting cast -- which I think has upsides and downsides from the lens of social justice). In response to pushback on these racist practices, producers are being more cautious about admitting openly to them (for example, not specifying race in casting calls -- yet somehow still casting white leads -- or providing different excuses for casting white people ("we just thought she was outstanding for the role!")). But it seems like the same old, same old, still.

But insofar as you are arguing that there is nothing inherently wrong with changing a character's race, I 100% agree. I think it's the context and rationales that make it wrong, and some SJ-inclined types can be a bit too simplistic about it ("changing a person's race is ALWAYS wrong full stop"). I just think we live in a world where changing someone's race tends to be motivated far more often by racist attitudes than by color-blind contests of merit...

[thewakokid]

Solid points and I don't disagree with you about the reason behind the race bending backlash. There are undoubtedly some people in Hollywood saying "Let's cast the best WHITE actor we can find" and that is of course a problem, But i don't think it happens as often as people seem to think it does*, and I think the solution to that being "Lets start throwing shit at Scarjo so she quits!" is anything close to a solution.

*(Like the people getting on ATLA movie. Come on, was there really a better casting call for ang? That kid, tho white, was PERFECT for that role)

All that said I agree with you that the reason behind the backlash has some validity to it. It's the backlash itself I find to be... Badly implemented.