Tag: Whitewashing

Peter Dinklage Shoots Down ‘Whitewashing’ Outcry for Playing ‘Fantasy Island’ Actor Hervé Villechaize

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  1. ‘My Dinner With Hervé’: HBO Sets Premiere Date, Gives Sneak Peek; Peter Dinklage, Jamie Dornan Star
  2. ‘My Dinner With Hervé’ Trailer: Peter Dinklage Channels Hervé Villechaize (Accent and All) in HBO Movie — Watch
  3. Peter Dinklage Addresses ‘My Dinner With Hervé’ Whitewashing Rumors: ‘I Would Never Do That, and I Haven’t Done That’
  4. Peter Dinklage Is ‘The Man With the Golden Gun’ in Teaser Trailer for ‘My Dinner With Hervé’ (Video)

Let’s Talk Idris Elba as James Bond and Hollywood’s Recent History With Recasting White Characters (Podcast)

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  1. Idris Elba Fuels James Bond Speculation on Twitter: ‘My Name’s Elba, Idris Elba’
  2. ‘My Name’s Elba, Idris Elba’: Actor Stirs Up Fans With a James Bond Tease
  3. Idris Elba Tweets Cryptic James Bond Message After Week Of Speculation
  4. James Bond Fans Both Shaken and Stirred by Report That Idris Elba Could Take on 007 Role

Thai Cave Rescue Has Everyone Making the Same Scarlett Johansson Joke

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  1. Producers of Cave Rescue Movie Have Deep Thai Connections: ‘We Didn’t Just Fly on Over for a Story’
  2. Michael Rapaport Catches Heat for ‘F—ing Awful’ Joke About Thai Cave Rescue Efforts
  3. Discovery Orders Documentary on Thai Soccer Team Cave Rescue
  4. Colbert Hopes Trump Learns the Right Lesson From the Thai Cave Rescue: ‘Freeing Children Makes People Like You’ (Video)

‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Team Promises Manga Adaptation Is ‘Not Whitewashing’ Like ‘Ghost In the Shell’

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  1. Newswire: Jennifer Connelly to antagonize the robot assassins of Alita: Battle Angel
  2. ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Trailer: Robert Rodriguez & James Cameron Team For Manga Novel Film Adaptation
  3. Alita: Battle Angel’s 1st trailer brings a classic manga to life, creepy eyes and all
  4. ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ First Trailer: Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron Deliver a Blockbuster Manga

Alex Garland on ‘Annihilation’ Whitewashing: ‘There Was Nothing Cynical or Conspiratorial’ in Casting the Film

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  1. ‘Annihilation’ Director Alex Garland On Whitewashing Accusations: “Nothing Cynical Or Conspiratorial” In Movie’s Casting
  2. ‘Annihilation’ Whitewashing Controversy: Alex Garland Criticized For Casting Natalie Portman in Mixed Race Role
  3. Natalie Portman, Alex Garland address accusations of whitewashing in Annihilation
  4. Natalie Portman Wasn’t Aware Her ‘Annihilation’ Casting Was Whitewashing and Knows It ‘Sounds Problematic’

‘Annihilation’ Director Alex Garland On Whitewashing Accusations: “Nothing Cynical Or Conspiratorial” In Movie’s Casting

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  1. Alex Garland on ‘Annihilation’ Whitewashing: ‘There Was Nothing Cynical or Conspiratorial’ in Casting the Film
  2. ‘Annihilation’ Whitewashing Controversy: Alex Garland Criticized For Casting Natalie Portman in Mixed Race Role
  3. Natalie Portman, Alex Garland address accusations of whitewashing in Annihilation
  4. ‘Annihilation’ First Trailer: ‘Ex Machina’ Director Alex Garland Returns With a Major Science-Fiction Vision

Natalie Portman Wasn’t Aware Her ‘Annihilation’ Casting Was Whitewashing and Knows It ‘Sounds Problematic’

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  1. ‘Annihilation’ Whitewashing Controversy: Alex Garland Criticized For Casting Natalie Portman in Mixed Race Role
  2. Natalie Portman, Alex Garland address accusations of whitewashing in Annihilation
  3. Natalie Portman on ‘Annihilation’ Whitewashing Accusations: ‘More Diversity in All Films’ Needed
  4. Alex Garland on ‘Annihilation’ Whitewashing: ‘There Was Nothing Cynical or Conspiratorial’ in Casting the Film

‘Annihilation’ Whitewashing Controversy: Alex Garland Criticized For Casting Natalie Portman in Mixed Race Role

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Natalie Portman, Alex Garland address accusations of whitewashing in Annihilation
  2. Alex Garland on ‘Annihilation’ Whitewashing: ‘There Was Nothing Cynical or Conspiratorial’ in Casting the Film
  3. Natalie Portman Wasn’t Aware Her ‘Annihilation’ Casting Was Whitewashing and Knows It ‘Sounds Problematic’
  4. ‘Annihilation’ Director Alex Garland On Whitewashing Accusations: “Nothing Cynical Or Conspiratorial” In Movie’s Casting

Animation’s Whitewashing Problem: ‘Rick and Morty,’ ‘BoJack Horseman,’ ‘The Simpsons’ Producers On How To Fix It

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  1. ‘Into the Badlands’: Daniel Wu Shares Controversial Take on ‘Iron Fist’ and Hollywood Whitewashing
  2. ‘Rick and Morty’ Review: ‘Pickle Rick’ Turns the Simplest Premise Into a Spectacular Action Animation Showcase
  3. A ridiculous season premiere proves BoJack Horseman can succeed even without BoJack Horseman
  4. Tiffany Haddish to Star in Netflix Animated Series From ‘Bojack Horseman’ Producers

Why J.J. Abrams’ Your Name’ Remake Could Be a Golden Opportunity for Hollywood to Get Things Right

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  1. J.J. Abrams Will Adapt a Live-Action Adaptation of Anime Hit ‘Your Name’ for Paramount Pictures
  2. J.J. Abrams to produce a live-action Western version of anime smash-hit Your Name
  3. Makoto Shinkai’s ‘Your Name’ Joins Studio Ghibli Classics As One Of Japan’s Biggest Anime Films Ever
  4. 7 Classic Anime That Hollywood Should Remake After ‘Ghost in the Shell’ (And One That They Really Need to Leave Alone)

Why ‘Death Note’ Is Guilty of Whitewashing, and What We Can Do to Prevent More Movies Like It

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  1. ‘Shall We Begin?’: Netflix Drops First Trailer for ‘Death Note’ Film Adaptation
  2. ‘Death Note’: Adam Wingard Defends Anime Adaptation Against Whitewashing Claims: ‘It Is a Whole New Thing’
  3. Who does ‘Death Note’ need to please? Manga fans, Japanese creators, whitewashing critics, Netflix?
  4. ‘Death Note’: New Trailer Gives First Look at Willem Dafoe’s ‘Death God’ Ryuk

Is ‘Hellboy’ Whitewashing Proof of Hollywood ‘Genocide Through Script Revisions’?

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  1. Ed Skrein quits Hellboy reboot over whitewashing controversy
  2. ‘Hellboy’ Reboot: Daniel Dae Kim to Replace Ed Skrein Following Whitewashing Backlash
  3. ‘Hellboy’ Reboot Casts Ed Skrein as Asian Character In the Latest Case of Hollywood Whitewashing
  4. ‘Hellboy’ Whitewashing Controversy: 5 Japanese Actors Who Could Take on the Embattled Role

‘Hellboy’ Whitewashing Controversy: 5 Japanese Actors Who Could Take on the Embattled Role

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  1. ‘Hellboy’ Reboot: Daniel Dae Kim to Replace Ed Skrein Following Whitewashing Backlash
  2. ‘Hellboy’ Whitewashing: Ed Skrein Steps Down From Playing Japanese-American Comic Character
  3. Ed Skrein quits Hellboy reboot over whitewashing controversy
  4. After whitewashing controversy, Daniel Dae Kim steps in to replace Ed Skrein in Hellboy

‘Hellboy’ Whitewashing: Ed Skrein Steps Down From Playing Japanese-American Comic Character

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  1. ‘Hellboy’ Reboot: Daniel Dae Kim to Replace Ed Skrein Following Whitewashing Backlash
  2. ‘Hellboy’ Casting Of Ed Skrein As Japanese Character Draws Whitewashing Backlash
  3. After whitewashing controversy, Daniel Dae Kim steps in to replace Ed Skrein in Hellboy
  4. ‘Hellboy’ Reboot Casts Ed Skrein as Asian Character In the Latest Case of Hollywood Whitewashing

‘Hellboy’ Reboot Casts Ed Skrein as Asian Character In the Latest Case of Hollywood Whitewashing

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. ‘Hellboy’ Casting Of Ed Skrein As Japanese Character Draws Whitewashing Backlash
  2. ‘Hellboy’ Whitewashing: Ed Skrein Steps Down From Playing Japanese-American Comic Character
  3. Ed Skrein quits Hellboy reboot over whitewashing controversy
  4. ‘Hellboy’ Reboot: Daniel Dae Kim to Replace Ed Skrein Following Whitewashing Backlash

‘Death Note’: Adam Wingard Defends Anime Adaptation Against Whitewashing Claims: ‘It Is a Whole New Thing’

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  1. ‘Death Note’ Review: Adam Wingard’s Netflix Adaptation Is a Whitewashed Waste of Time
  2. ‘Death Note’ First Trailer: Adam Wingard Reimagines the Manga Series in Netflix Original Film
  3. Why ‘Death Note’ Is Guilty of Whitewashing, and What We Can Do to Prevent More Movies Like It
  4. ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Director Defends Scarlett Johansson After Whitewashing Claims

Madame Tussauds Explains Why Beyonce’s Wax Figure Looks So Strange to Fans

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  1. Madame Tussauds’ Beyonce Wax Figure Removed After Backlash
  2. Lady Gaga’s New Wax Figure Causes Major Meltdown on Twitter
  3. Jay-Z Explains Meaning Behind Twins’ Names Rumi and Sir
  4. Newswire: Madame Tussauds says it’s fixed its bad wax Beyoncé

Whitewashing Video Charts Hollywood’s Shameful History of Offensive Stereotypes & Erasure — Watch

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  1. Newswire: Scarlett Johansson responds to Ghost In The Shell whitewashing controversy
  2. Scarlett Johansson Is ‘Lying’ About ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Whitewashing, Asian Group Says
  3. Scarlett Johansson Defends Her ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Role, Says it Isn’t Whitewashing (Video)
  4. ‘A Brief History of Hollywood Whitewashing’ Video Traces Controversy Before ‘Ghost in the Shell’ — Watch

Netflix’s ‘Legend of the Monkey’ Whitewashing Sparks Petition to Boycott Series

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  1. River god water fights and more magical primate action in Soi Cheang’s ‘The Monkey King 3’
  2. ‘Death Note’: Adam Wingard Defends Anime Adaptation Against Whitewashing Claims: ‘It Is a Whole New Thing’
  3. See-Saw & Jump Team On ‘Legend Of The Monkey’ For ABC Australia, Netflix
  4. ‘The New Legends of Monkey’ Review: Beyond Whitewashing, Campy Update Erases Classic Tale’s Chinese Roots

Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton Trolled as ‘Honorary Asians,’ This Time for Animated Characters

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  1. Scarlett Johansson Invites Elderly Doppelganger to Get Drunk at ‘Rough Night’ Premiere (Video)
  2. ‘Isle of Dogs’ First Trailer: Wes Anderson Unleashes Animated Tale of Quirky Dogs in Japan (Video)
  3. Scarlett Johansson Is ‘Lying’ About ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Whitewashing, Asian Group Says
  4. Tilda Swinton Had a Conversation With Margaret Cho About the ‘Doctor Strange’ Whitewashing Controversy

Will ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Be the Last Racially Insensitive Blockbuster? — Critics Survey

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  1. Scarlett Johansson saves lives in first ‘Ghost in the Shell’ trailer
  2. ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Director Defends Scarlett Johansson After Whitewashing Claims
  3. ‘A Brief History of Hollywood Whitewashing’ Video Traces Controversy Before ‘Ghost in the Shell’ — Watch
  4. ‘Ghost In The Shell’ Review: Scarlett Johansson Electrifies In Smart Hollywood Take On Japanese Classic