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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
Are you talking about the movie?
The anime is almost entirely influenced by East Asian culture. And the majority of that is Chinese. Only the Inuit looking, Southern water tribe is the exception.
It sounds like Shyamalan re-imagined the world which I suppose takes care of the racial controversy but then a whole other controversy arises.
First of all to fans it is blasphemy. I mean how would Batman fans feel if Gotham city resembled Miami rather than New York in the next Batman movie. Perhaps an exaggerated analogy but you see my point I hope.
Second of all it raises the question... why?
Finally, if Shyamalan hadnt reimagined the world or toned down the Asian influence present in the cartoon, the racial controversy would still be a valid concern I think. To show you how I would like to ask you the question.
If the main characters of Lord of the Rings were a mix of Africans or Asians... would that effect your experience of it in any way?
To me it would. A world based on European folklore with Africans or Asians running about the place would make the world unbelievable.
That doesnt make me racist.. It makes me closed minded sure... But I dont mind being closed minded when it comes to my imagining of how a people should look in a particular type of imagined world.
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Yes, I was talking about the movie.
For me, the races of Avatar are complete opinions. I grew up on Avatar forums, and there were always 20 page long discussions over what race these cartoon characters were. Some said Katara and Sokka were black, or Zuko was white, or Aang was this, and Iroh was that, momo was mexican, etc. Many people interpreted their races differently, including myself. I saw the Asian influences, but evertime I saw Aang, I didn't think "Asian boy", I thought "Air Nomad". Their races were always speculation, but the real races of these characters were just like the Avatar world -fictional.
So we all imagine the world differently, which is fine. But now that one interpretation won over another, something had to go down
I've never seen Lord of The Rings. But since these races are so speculated, the most I could have asked for was at least a decent portrayal of the characters personalities. I didn't get that, but changing the main character's races to Asian and Inuit wouldn't make the actors portrayal any better.