Critic Accuses Prince of Persia of "Whitewashing"
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"The main character should be Persian"
You mean Iranian, right? Before you call someone racist you should get the name of the country correct, especially since, as he says, it's 2010.
You mean Iranian, right? Before you call someone racist you should get the name of the country correct, especially since, as he says, it's 2010.
You obviously don't know your stuff that well. First, the Prince's voice actor isn't Persian either. Second, the Prince of Persia games aint exactly a bastion of cultural accuracy. Case in point: the architecture in it is all Turkish, not Persian...SomeBritishDude said:
You want to re-think your argument here, man?
Rarely do actors actually match up to the role's race. Just look at Lord of the Rings! There wasn't a single hobbit, elf, or dwarf cast in that movie. Curse you, Peter Jackson, you racist asshole!
my hopes for The Last Airbender were crushed by the casting, not too particular on the ethnicity, but please please at least put someone who looks 'right' or can at least act well. Anyone from the sin against nature should not be starring in something the could actually be good (been?- don't want to use the wrong tense since technically it has not been ruined yet).
I'm not "actually" saying this, that's just the case for Ultimate Nick Fury, which is the basis for the film version.Treblaine said:
His complaint would only have merit if the Prince was based on an actual historical character who was in fact Middle-Eastern. Since it's entirely fictional, however, it seems pointless to complain about it not being PC, especially since historically it was not uncommon for the ruling class of a country to be ethnically different from their subjects - look at Egypt, which was ruled at various points by Egyptians, Nubians and later by Ptolemaic Greeks.
I don't care much for the ethnicity of the actor as long as it doesn't make them stand from the setting because of it.
I do imagine there is a bit of racism on the part of the producers or casting crew, but it more likely comes down to choosing the best actor for the job. If they want to make a successful movie, they aren't going to limit the casting criteria for the main character based on ethnicity. That would be racist.
I do imagine there is a bit of racism on the part of the producers or casting crew, but it more likely comes down to choosing the best actor for the job. If they want to make a successful movie, they aren't going to limit the casting criteria for the main character based on ethnicity. That would be racist.
Wow, someone of other origin playing a character in a film? You mean, like pretty much every film? I don't recall Sherlock Holmes or Dr. Watson being Americans, yet the film had Americans.
Do they realise that films are fictional and blockbuster casts are based on acting skill/popularity ratings?
Do they realise that films are fictional and blockbuster casts are based on acting skill/popularity ratings?
Yeah, he's right. Hollywood way behind in that thing and it always turns out to be profitable because the average white moviegoer doesn't want to watch a movie that doesn't star a white, or at least whitish, person, or a famous/stereotypical black person.
At least it's not as bad as the original game, in which the titular prince had milky white skin, blonde hair, and white pajamas.
At least it's not as bad as the original game, in which the titular prince had milky white skin, blonde hair, and white pajamas.
This man obviously doesn't know about the modern media premise. Any non-white, non-english/american accented person is a terrorist. Any white's with a russian accent and or background are also terrorists. pretty simple concept really.
Legitimate complaints, except the part where white people can only enjoy movies cast with white people. That part is just ludicrously innacurate.
However, even if the complaints are legit, I do not see the reason to get so bent out of shape about it. Minor problems in my opinion.
However, even if the complaints are legit, I do not see the reason to get so bent out of shape about it. Minor problems in my opinion.