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⌈ Secret Post #882 ⌋

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101.

[Peanuts]

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102.

[Kamen Rider Den-O]

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103.

[Avatar]

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104. [repeat]

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105.

[Twilight/CastleVania]

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106.

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107.

[Vampire Knight, Ouran High School Host Club]

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108.

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109.

[T-mobile NBA commercials; Dwane Wade, Charles Barkley, Dwight Howard]

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110.

[Angela Aki]

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111.

[Blackadder Goes Forth, Sharpe]

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112.

[Skins]

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113.

[Gossip Girl]

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114.

[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]

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115.

[About a Boy]

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116.

[Ghost Hunt]

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117.

[Repo]

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118.

[Elite Beat Agents]

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119.

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120.

[Phantom of the Opera]

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121.

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122.

[Brian "Head" Welch - Korn]

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123.

[Storm Hawks]

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124. [repeat]

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125.

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126.

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127.

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128.

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129.

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130.

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131.

[Kavinsky/SebastiAn]

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132.

[Ronin Warriors]

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133.

[Fringe]

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134.

[Tudors]

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135.

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136.

[Kevin Barnes, Mika Penniman]

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137.

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138.

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139.

[Avatar]

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140.

[Green Lantern]

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141.

[Hollyoaks]

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142.

[Amy Winehouse/Simon Amstell]

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143.

[Charles in Charge, Eureka]

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144.

[Harriet the Spy]

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145.

[Star Trek/Dr Who]

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146.

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147.

[Russell Brand, Stephen Fry]

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148.

[iCarly]

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149.

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150.

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151.

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152.

[Jeeves and Wooster]

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153.

[The Thick of It]

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154.

[The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese / The Carp on the Chopping Block Jumps Twice]

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155.

[Hana Yori Dango]

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156.

[American Idol / Idolatry]

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157.

[As the World Turns]

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158.

[Charlie Bartlett]

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159.

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160.

[Legend of the Seeker]

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161.

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162.

[Springwatch]

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163.

[Ted Allen]

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164.

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165.

[Animorphs]

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166.

[Avatar]

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167.

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168.

[Ace of Cakes]

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169. [SPOILERS for Mentalist]

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170.

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171.

[The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.]

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172.

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173.

[BtVS]

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175. [Star Trek: Hidden Frontier/Helena Chronicles, Odyssey; possible spoilers]

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176.

[LOST]

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177.

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178.

[Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei/No Longer Human]

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179.

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180.

[When The Boat Comes In]

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181.

[Red Dwarf]

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H'okay, so how come when you translate that to a live action movie Paramount believes the kid automatically has to be white? Aang is not from this world or reality, but when you want to portray him using a real human being, why does white have to be the default? The casting directors have made it pretty clear that they were looking for caucasian actors for all four main roles from the get go.

Yup, it's totally cool to ~~steal~~ borrow several elements of various Asian cultures, and then leave the people who INVENTED those traditions/clothes/architecture/food/languages/weapons/etc. the hell out of it.

The thing is, the thing is, a character from another world having white skin doesn't make them Caucasian anymore than that character having darker skin makes them Asian or African or anything else.

It just makes them white. White isn't a culture or a race, it's a skin colour. The same is true of any other skin colour --- having brown skin doesn't make someone Indian. Having black skin doesn't make someone African. It just makes them white or brown or black.

... does that make sense? :S

Very good point. However, the complexions of the paler, "whiter" characters in the series are achievable and not at all rare in the Asian/Asian American population. Looking over that, though, there's still the matter of Sokka and Katara. There wasn't a single brown kid, be they Inuit, Native American, Indian, Pakistani, Israeli, Mexican, Puerto Rican, of African descent, etc. who couldn't fit the bill?

In this situation I don't think the importance of the skin tone of those two characters is a matter of the superficial. Because the way Western society is built right now, the society that this movie will have an impact (of whatever size) on, it has some relevance. There are too few non-white ethnicities represented in the positive, strong light that Katara and Sokka were in the animated series. Having the evil, genocidal, tyrannical, conflicted side of this fictional war represented by people of brown skin, whilst the oppressed heroes are all white, may have very little relevance in this fictional, alien universe the Avatar world is set in...but to the people watching it in this decade, in the paranoid, xenophobic West, skin tones are going to mean something.

*ack, that's could fit the bill

True. Honestly, the only character I would say it doesn't make sense to get upset about being played by a Caucasian actor is Aang --- the others certainly don't have the complexion at all.

Having the evil, genocidal, tyrannical, conflicted side of this fictional war represented by people of brown skin, whilst the oppressed heroes are all white,

... are they honestly doing that? Dear gawd.

I think I'm going to go to China for a fire bending festival!

Seeing as how Avatar was also based on Indian culture, casting Patel as Zuko is not racist. Oh, let's not forget that the water tribe is based off of INUIT culture. Inuit=/=Asian.

I didn't even mention my position on Patel's casting in my post, nor did I say anything about India's relation to Avatar and the implications of casting people of Indian descent. But since you mention it, I personally don't think casting Patel as Zuko was a bad decision...in theory. Zuko is a strong character who experiences quite probably the most dramatic, profound character arc in the whole series. Patel is obviously a skilled actor and supposedly a talented martial artist, so it makes sense. And, as you said, there are plenty hints of Indian culture in Avatar...the titular element of the show being an Indian concept for one.

What's upsetting people, though, is that by casting Patel as Zuko, his entire family, the core of a hateful, genocidal, murderous, tyrannical nation, has to be then casted with people who are of a similar skin tone and supposed "ethnic look." The casting directors have chosen people of Indian and Middle Eastern descent...in a time when the US and other western countries have been projecting great paranoia and exercising discrimination and prejudice against various peoples hailing from this area. It's worrisome.

And as far as your Inuit comment, you do know that the Native people of uppermost North America travelled from Asia before the continents split and therefore share a similar genetic code, right? Of course Inuits and Yupik =/= Asia. In these debates though, Asian seems to be a blanket term for all sorts of ethnicities, and it's hard to tell who's talking about what. I do apologize if I've come across as insensitive in that area.

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