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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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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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120.

[Phantom of the Opera]

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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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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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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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147.

[Russell Brand, Stephen Fry]

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148.

[iCarly]

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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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160.

[Legend of the Seeker]

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162.

[Springwatch]

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163.

[Ted Allen]

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165.

[Animorphs]

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166.

[Avatar]

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168.

[Ace of Cakes]

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169. [SPOILERS for Mentalist]

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171.

[The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.]

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[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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178.

[Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei/No Longer Human]

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180.

[When The Boat Comes In]

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181.

[Red Dwarf]

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I will agree that casting a Caucasian actor to play a character that clearly holds no resemblance to Caucasians in the real world is ridiculous, unless there's a very good reason for it (like... I don't know, funding/casting problems or something, of which I'm aware there were none in this case).

Skin color isn't the only thing that defines what a person looks like.

This is absolutely true, but it is one of the describable features. And when I look at Aang, the description that comes to mind for me is 'a short boy with pale skin', so, yes, I'd say he has white skin and that it's not necessarily wrong to cast a person with white skin to play him at all. Nor would it be wrong to cast an Asian to play him, for reasons of better fitting the culture that his character's is based on. To me, it's an either-or non-commital situation, because as I see it his skin colour is easily closer to pale than it is to any other.

:/

http://aang-aint-white.livejournal.com/1007.html

Does this look like a world populated by Caucasian people to you? If it does, then you're either blind or lying to yourself.

Nor would it be wrong to cast an Asian to play him, for reasons of better fitting the culture that his character's is based on.

Oh thank goodness that you don't think it'd be wrong to cast an Asian actor to play a character that is clearly based on an Asian culture. I wouldn't want an Asian person to look strange in Asian clothing in an Asian setting or anything.

I'm surprised you're supporting Hollywood's racist whitewashing. I used to think you were one of the saner people on f_s, but, maybe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwlkAk8bd5c is more your style?

Er... I guess I'm sorry?

I wasn't aware I was supporting white-washing --- I was just trying to state an observation.

I completely agree that that is not a world occupied by Caucasians, as far as I can see. But as I mentioned somewhere else, I think (for a different secret), there's a difference between one's race and the actual, first-glance colour of one's skin. For instance, I am part Asian by blood, but I have the palest skin of everyone I know, so, if someone were to describe me, they'd have to describe me as 'white'.

I understand that this is, of course, not exactly the same situation, but... you know what, I think I'm getting confused over the word 'white' as a descriptive adjective versus a term describing race. To me, describing someone as white isn't the same as declaring them Caucasian at all.

Er... and I have a bad feeling that I've been using those terms wrongly, then...

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