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		<title>The Last Airbender = The (not so) Last Racebender</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 04:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
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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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		<title>Mercedes GP throws down a marker at Sakhir</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mercedes GP (formerly Brawn GP) claimed the top spot today after the second practice session at the 2010 season opening Bahrain Grand Prix. His illustrious teammate, Michael Schumacher, clocked in the third quickest time &#8212; not bad for a 41 year old retiree. Full story here.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mercedes GP (formerly Brawn GP) claimed the top spot today after the second practice session at the 2010 season opening Bahrain Grand Prix. His illustrious teammate, Michael Schumacher, clocked in the third quickest time &#8212; not bad for a 41 year old retiree. <a href="http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=47922" target="blank">Full story here</a>.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 480px"><img class=" " style="border: 2px solid black; margin: 2px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2756/4427816329_d4f1f17a80_o.jpg" alt="4427816329 d4f1f17a80 o Mercedes GP throws down a marker at Sakhir" width="470" height="313" title="Mercedes GP throws down a marker at Sakhir" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Nico Rosberg</p></div>
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