[ SECRET POST #2078 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2078 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I think people give Collins too much credit. She is white and is writing from a place of privilege. There was a very good argument to be made about Katniss's casting, but when a white lady writes a character with tan skin, red hair and green eyes there's a pretty good chance she's not thinking of Central America sorry to say. Especially with a name like Finnick.

[(Anonymous)]

What the hell does his name have to do with anything? Tan skin doesn't necessarily equate to non-white. White people can get tanned, too, especially if they're in the sun for too long -- this coming from a non-white person.

[al28894]

'REALITY IS UNREALISTIC!'

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

...that's my point?

[tabaqui]

......but.... She had nothing to do with casting the movie. Most of the time, an author sells their book to a movie company or agent and poof, that's it. They don't get called in to approve things.

I mean, unless she had some kind of special relationship with the movie people, she had no say whatsoever in who was cast as what, and *who knows* what she was thinking when she wrote it?

When i read it, i definitely saw Katniss as a person of color - Native American, actually. So who knows what the author was imagining.

[(Anonymous)]

The author said she was white so...

[tabaqui]

Ah. I've never read any interviews or anything with her or her thoughts on the book, so - no clue.

[silverau]

I thought the author said she didn't think about it but that she'd probably be mixed...

[glo_unit]

The author at first said she was probably mixed then later said she was white when Jenifer Lawrence was cast.

[(Anonymous)]

But none of those doubts were echoed by author Suzanne Collins. "Jennifer's just an incredible actress. So powerful, vulnerable, beautiful, unforgiving and brave," she said in a statement. "I never thought we’d find somebody this perfect for the role. And I can't wait for everyone to see her play it."

[tabaqui]

......?

Sounds like she loves the way she embodies the character, not really a comment on her skin color.

But someone up-thread already said the author already did say she thought of her as white.

[(Anonymous)]

She loves the way she embodies the character because she saw Lawrence audition for the role. She had input into who was cast and sat in for auditions so you're first comment about authors not having a say is wrong in this situation.

[(Anonymous)]

sa

*your

[tabaqui]

You could have said that first. And did she have any say, or was she just invited to watch? If she'd said 'i don't like this actress', would the movie people have said 'oh, okay, we'll keep looking!' or would they have said 'too bad'?