And of course, the project of the hour, “The Last Airbender”: supposed to feature Asian peeps and Asian culture. Well, at least Hollywood got it half right, and it’s not the peeps part. Once again, the studios have taken massive creative license and have replaced the Asian leads with Caucasians. Keep in mind that this film is based on a hugely popular animated series featuring people of the Asian persuasion. I guess Asians are acceptable for animated characters, but God forbid we use Asian actors to portray live action characters. Whoa!

I realize it is the producers’ prerogative to do as they please with the film, since they are the ones paying for the thing and it is their creative vision. But don’t expect me to sit idly by and watch it, let alone pay to watch it.

Check out Gene Yang’s illustrated take on it. And props to AR for bringing this to my attention in the first place:

Now that I’ve learned the last point the hard way, what used to be an event that I used to look forward to with great anticipation has now suddenly become a downright stress fest. I’ve been relegated to watching this event sans brethren and sistern from the Mother Land, which sucks, because I also love the kick-ass South Korean team. And don’t even think about bringing up AAO in conversation, unless you enjoy being at the receiving end of a three-hour tirade about how stupid you are and how Korean you are not. Who knew an event that involves sliding around in circles would stir up so much hate.

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