What made you roll your eyes today thread?

[Froggy Fool]

Exactly!

 

[LittleJerry92]

Netflix is making another live action anime adaption.

Full Metal Alchemist.

I'm already waiting to sit back and hear complaints about the characters being "white washed" because I already know it's going to consist of Caucasian actors playing non-caucasian roles.

 

[D'Snowth]

Like how Rooney Mara regrets playing a white-washed Tiger Lily in that PAN movie.

I mean . . . the filmmakers' logic was astounding: they couldn't bring in an actual Native American to play Tiger Lily because then they would get accused of racial stereotypes against Native Americans, so they figure to white-wash so it'd be less offensive . . . then turns out white-washing her was just as offensive.

 

[LittleJerry92]

It's a lose-lose either way with society.

Also, I jumped the gun. Turns out the movie is actually going to be from Japan with English subtitles. I wonder if Netflix is only doing that just because of all the flack they got on their live action adaption of "Death Note."

 

[D'Snowth]

It's a lose-lose either way with society.

Yup.

I remember when Bob Newhart came to my town years ago and he began his old Driving Instructor routine, a lady in the audience actually heckled him for making it a woman driver, because it was sexist. "Oh, okay. Well, it doesn't have to be a woman driver. It can be a Chinese driver," he said before making a bunch of stereotypical-sounding Chinese gibberish, "I can do that for eight minutes if you'd prefer." Guess it's better to be racist than sexist.

Don't worry, he still the routine with the woman driver, and it was still just as funny.

 

[LittleJerry92]

Aaaaaaaand another disc from my library scratched.

This time, Fantasia.

 

[Froggy Fool]

I love Fantasia!! One of my favorite Disney films!

 

[ErinAardvark]

The fact that I can't shake this cough.

 

[MikaelaMuppet]

The fact that I can't shake this cough.

Still sick? Sorry to hear that.

 

[ErinAardvark]

Still sick? Sorry to hear that.

Not really, it's just that this cough is hanging on.