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I honestly don't get all the racism hullaballoo with this movie. How else would you film this kind of story where each segment is supposed to have the same actors despite the characters' races and genders changing? I think it's reasonably justified even if the "asian" makeup doesn't look too convincing.

In the book there's one character that is very likely reincarnated (and even that is subject to debate, I'd say) and s/he clearly keeps changing appearances. Having the same actors play the same characters regardless of race/gender was purely the directors' choice. Whether you think that was a brilliant idea or deeply wrong, there was no constraint.

Man, I try not to judge things that I haven't seen, but all the reviews/commentary of this film are making me RAGE.

It's not supposed to have the same character in every segment! Sure, that's a possible interpretation, but to me it makes just about zero sense! There is definitely the implication of reincarnation, but the characters are all different people, who look different, and who struggle against similar issues.

RAAAAGE

That's funny, since the author is on-record saying he supports and likes the interpretation. Rage not required.

Well, they could have used asian actors in the Neo Seoul parts, but have then act in certain ways that is recognizable to the other actors in the film. Hugo Weaving has very distinct pronunciations on words, especially when he's being "evil" that another actor could have practiced to get down. Or, they could have used a little latex or whatever to give say....B. D. Wong (he just an example) a slightly wider mouth to indicate, oh hey, he's playing the dude who's always played by Hugo Weaving.

Just small things that will make the audience know they are the same souls being reincarnated, but not use yellowface/whiteface/blackface.

Instead they went with...that. Great concept, but dear god was that horrible and distracting. -_-

You're assuming the only way to do it is to use the same actor.

That was the point, though. The book is big on the theme of reincarnation and the same struggles popping up in different times/places, for different genders/races. So they stuck with the same actors to drive the point home visually.

I wonder if people would be bitching if all the main cast was non-white. The only hoopla I'm seeing about the race bending is wrt the white actors playing non-white parts, but no one seems to give a shit about a black guy playing an asian man, or an asian woman playing a white woman or a mexican woman, a black woman playing a native american woman, etc.

Same person, different journal; you missed the point of my comment. Casting the same actor multiple times is one way to communicate that. It's not the only way to do it.