[ SECRET POST #1915 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1915 ⌋

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 07 pages, 166 secrets from Secret Submission Post #274.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 2 3 4 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ], [ 1 - hit/ship/spiration ], [ 1 - text secret ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

My god, this fandom has no fucking clue what "olive" skin is. Olive doesn't equal "not white". Olive is a skin tone which is completely unrelated to the lightness/darkness of skin. You can be pale as a ginger and have olive skin. Yes, you can also be dark with olive skin... but Katniss's mother and sister were blonde with blue eyes. For the sake of keeping things simple, having Katniss be white was logical. If she were darker, they'd have to explain that she was not adopted and that Prim was just an unlikely product of a white woman and a darker man. Audiences would probably still be confused, or think it was some plot twist-to-be.

I do have a problem with them only accepting white actresses for the auditions, but this was not a case of white-washing, because Olive CAN mean white (and most often does).

[(Anonymous)]

Most people are perfectly aware of what "olive" skin is. But there are other factors that indicate a darker skin.

http://xalexiel.blogspot.com/2011/03/why-katniss-everdeen-is-woman-of-color.html

Everyone can judge for themselves, but is it really not whitewashing when only white people were auditioned for the role of Katniss? Yes, it's logical that Katniss was white in the movie for the sake of "keeping things simple", but I don't see why no-one would be able to work around that. If a darker skinned Katniss is possible in the book, I don't see how it can't translate into the movie as well. If audiences are left confused, then perhaps the movie isn't doing its intended purpose.
IMO, it's not a problem that Katniss is white in the movie, but canceling other options during the casting does raise more than a few questions.

[(Anonymous)]

This, pretty much.