re: #152 Targetpractice

Saw both and I wasn’t overly thrilled with Johansson being cast. But I’ve plans to see it Wed, so I’m willing to keep an open mind.

I tend to see this as a combination of racial insensitivity and the downstream results of racial insensitivity. We keep casting white people in roles where an Asian actor would be more appropriate, because there are few Asian actors with the same stature/box office draw as the white actors, because we keep casting white people in roles where an Asian actor would be more appropriate, because there are few Asian actors with the same stature/box office draw as the white actorsbecause we keep casting white people in roles where an Asian actor would be more appropriate, because there are few Asian actors with the same stature/box office draw as the white actors……

Lather, rinse, repeat. Maybe it’s an improvement of the old days, when they’d make up white actor to LOOK Asian, but still…..