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Report Copyright Violation | Racist Hunger Games fans illustrate all that is wrong in the world "Despite my immense excitement, I still haven’t yet seen The Hunger Games. While I’m sure there will be some things in the movie that aren’t how I imagined from the books, you know what won’t be surprising? The fact that some of the characters are played by people of color. That’s because it’s abundantly clear in the books that the nation of Panem is a multi-racial society–and at least two major characters are explicitly described as black.
But, as Jos mentioned yesterday, there are some horribly racist people on Twitter who are not only shocked but downright pissed off to learn that Rue and Thresh, who are described in the books as having “dark brown skin,” actually, ya know, have dark brown skin. The tumblr Hunger Games Tweets has collected some of the worst tweets. Here’s a terrible, bile-inducing taste:[...]" [ link to feministing.com] "[...]Now as you may know, Katniss, the main character in the book and film, was described as having "straight black hair" and "olive skin." It's a post-apocalyptic world, so she could be a mix of things, but some pictured a Native American. Blonde-haired, blue-eyed Jennifer Lawrence won the part and dyed her hair dark.
But when it came to the casting of Rue, Thresh, and Cinna, many audience members did not understand why there were black actors playing those parts. Cinna's skin is not discussed in the book, so truthfully, though Lenny Kravitz was cast, a white, Asian or Latino actor could have played the part.
But. On page 45 of Suzanne Collins's book, Katniss sees Rue for the first time:
…And most hauntingly, a twelve-year-old girl from District 11. She has dark brown skin and eyes, but other than that's she's very like Prim in size and demeanor…[...]" [ link to jezebel.com] I don't know what to say... Why people are so retarded??? |
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03/27/2012 04:51 PM
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03/27/2012 04:53 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Racist Hunger Games fans illustrate all that is wrong in the world I don't know what to say... Why people are so retarded???
Quoting: Gespenst they're Americans --"In this era of great big brains anything that can happen will. So hunker down." -- Kurt Vonnegut, JR. -- Galapagos. |
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03/27/2012 05:11 PM
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I read all three books. That said, I pictured Rue as mid eastern, for some reason. And Cinna, I pictured as a white gay guy, not a flamer, but a strong masculine gay guy. And Katniss, I surely didn't picture as the actress they chose. Disapointed in casting. |
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03/27/2012 06:32 PM
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