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		<title>The Last Airbender = The (not so) Last Racebender</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What the hell is up with Hollywood casting Caucasians in roles that clearly were not meant for Caucasians? &#8220;21&#8243;: the lead dude was Asian in real life. &#8220;Prince of Persia&#8221;: I would imagine the lead is Persian, which Jake G is not (the best of my knowledge). &#8220;Ghandi&#8221;: no comment. And of course, the project [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What the hell is up with Hollywood casting Caucasians in roles that clearly were not meant for Caucasians? &#8220;21&#8243;: the lead dude was Asian in real life. &#8220;Prince of Persia&#8221;: I would imagine the lead is Persian, which Jake G is not (the best of my knowledge). &#8220;Ghandi&#8221;: no comment.</p>
<p>And of course, the project of the hour, &#8220;The Last Airbender&#8221;: supposed to feature Asian peeps and Asian culture. Well, at least Hollywood got it half right, and it&#8217;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!</p>
<p>I realize it is the producers&#8217; 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&#8217;t expect me to sit idly by and watch it, let alone pay to watch it.</p>
<p>Check out <a href="http://geneyang.com/blog/index.php" target="_blank">Gene Yang&#8217;s</a> illustrated take on it. And props to AR for bringing this to my attention in the first place:</p>
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