Asian American Comic Con -- Part Two

Racebending.com decided to spread the word at the first ever Asian American Comic Con. It was a blast, fun and a success.

We would like to thank Secret Identities and the Museum of Chinese in America for being so kind and throwing together an Amazing Con!

http://www.mocanyc.org/
http://www.secretidentities.org/aacc/homepage.html

Next Up...San Diego Comic Con and the Asian American International Film Festival 09!

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[Seiryu64]

@kibblesays There is no argument to be made about the basis of the world in A:TLA. We know it stems from Asian cultures, and as a result we know that the characters are meant to reflect that basis. So the problem with your excuse here is that casting a white actor for an Asian character still appropriates the culture, and given the casting of the film as a whole, makes the CHARACTER synonymous with the actor. Aang is now presented as a Caucasian character instead of just the actor.

[Seiryu64]

@kibblesays This argument is willful ignorance. You didn't need to be told that characters in Lord of the Rings were Caucasian. You knew because of the cultural basis of the mythology and setting. So, the idea of a Hispanic Gimli in the film just doesn't work. Same deal with Avatar, only worse. What you're saying is that cultural appropriation is okay because the character is still of Asian descent even though the PHYSICAL EMBODIMENT presented in the film isn't. That's disingenuous to a fault.

[Seiryu64]

@kibblesays The list could go on. But in the long run, this too shall pass. I just hope that you're as open-minded as you're claiming to be here. If so, I don't have to tell you why Paramount doesn't deserve to profit from their actions. They speak for themselves, and they scream "institutional racism."

What I hate about this week is that the box-office boils down to bigotry (The Last Airbender) vs. misogyny (Twilight). Yay... >_>

[Seiryu64]

@kibblesays Instead, you equated American with being white. You railed against the attempt of an "Asian takeover" of Hollywood. You bitched about the Death Notes movies not having white actors despite the movies being produced by a TELEVISION production company on what would be considered a shoestring budget for Hollywood. You cling to your inaccurate definition of the term "supporting character" after multiple explanations AND a definition that you can see for yourself online.

[Seiryu64]

@kibblesays If you did, then you wouldn't try to equate Hollywood productions to Japanese film productions because you'd KNOW the difference in resources. You wouldn't try to claim that the characters of Avatar not specifically stating "I'M ASIAN!!" is a sign that they have "no ethnicity," and that this makes casting the heroic characters in the film with white actors okay. You wouldn't have resorted to childish insults when you couldn't make your case, and you would've rethought things.

[Seiryu64]

@kibblesays Pathetic, really. Your arguments suck because they're all deliberately ignorant, vaguely bigoted, or flat-out retarded. I've responded to every single attempt at a defense, and you've failed to muster up a legitimate case for why fucking over Asian actors in a production based entirely in an ancient Asian fantasy setting is okay. Let's face it: there IS no case to be made here. Of the two of us, you'd be the one that doesn't seem to grasp the world around him.

to be cont'd.

[Seiryu64]

@kibblesays Wrong.

You have a lot to learn about writing...A LOT.

[Seiryu64]

@kibblesays Dude, I shouldn't have to tell you how to better choose your own words. If you don't mean to equate martial arts as a whole to an Asian stereotype, then don't. Think of what you mean to say, and say that.

But don't ask me to work that out for you. That's ridiculous...

[kibblesays]

@Seiryu64 Its not about that, don't you get it? What I'm saying is they've never had an actual race in the show. Every time they would address their race, they would says "your from the water tribe" or "your an earthbender." Never "your an Asian from China." Because its made up.

Since they still do that in the movie, they're still doing exactly what the show did. Aang isn't actually white in the movie, the actor is.

You have to look beyond only what you see, into the story itself.

[kibblesays]

@Seiryu64 And I can't help but laugh, because you only say the argument is stupid because you just dismiss everything I say because you think you're some sort all all knowing douche and you just decide in your head what's right and wrong.

In short, if its wrong to you, its just wrong in general. So really, nobody could ever win.

You fail to think outside the box, to look around at how the world really works, maybe when you grow up more you will, we'll just have to see.