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[+] Cypher@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (12 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (11 children) I don't know this one but it looks like the bald monk lady was supposed to be Tibetan, not Romani? She's definitely not Tibetan. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 19 points 1 year ago* (6 children) She's a recast of an Orientalist character because they decided that was less problematic than the Orientalism But they still did the rest of the Orientalism and Wong was the best part of the movie so... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] marcos@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (5 children) They made her Celtic... Not that any of that matters. She was ok on the movie, so very few people complained and no studio amplified the race-rage to cover up for the people complaining that the movie sucks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago* (4 children) A Celt with a shaved head wearing Asian robes, living in a Tibetan monastery that Dr. Strange reaches after backpacking through Asia looking for spiritual enlightenment lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) They can teleport anywhere in the word at will. If anything, they should have been more diverse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago* Sure. Doesn't stop it from being blatant Orientalism on screen while not even bothering to cast an Asian person for the role. At least give her a knot tattoo or something, damn, that's just some bald white lady that you made vague and irrelevant Druidic implications about otherwise. It'd have been really cool if they had each sorcerer using distinct styles based on different traditional mysticisms but maybe that's a bit much to expect of Disney. permalink fedilink source parent [–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Somehow, it's more normal than everybody in a group that recruits people from all over the world for tens of thousands of years having the same ethnicity... But I understand if you are complaining it's different from the comics. As I said, it doesn't matter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago No, I'm saying what they did was still blatant Orientalism they just wouldn't even let an Asian actor have the leading part. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Cypher@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] reev@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago I think the "this" in "this implies" can read as referring to the casting choice for the tibetan monk, not to the meme itself. permalink fedilink source parent [–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) It was unclear because you switched topic mid sentence without even using a comma. We ain't mind readers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Soulg@ani.social 1 point 1 year ago While that would have made it more explicit yes, it wasn't that hard to figure out they were talking about two different characters when you understand that the bald monk wasn't labelled romani permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (11 children) I don't know this one but it looks like the bald monk lady was supposed to be Tibetan, not Romani? She's definitely not Tibetan. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 19 points 1 year ago* (6 children) She's a recast of an Orientalist character because they decided that was less problematic than the Orientalism But they still did the rest of the Orientalism and Wong was the best part of the movie so... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] marcos@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (5 children) They made her Celtic... Not that any of that matters. She was ok on the movie, so very few people complained and no studio amplified the race-rage to cover up for the people complaining that the movie sucks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago* (4 children) A Celt with a shaved head wearing Asian robes, living in a Tibetan monastery that Dr. Strange reaches after backpacking through Asia looking for spiritual enlightenment lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) They can teleport anywhere in the word at will. If anything, they should have been more diverse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago* Sure. Doesn't stop it from being blatant Orientalism on screen while not even bothering to cast an Asian person for the role. At least give her a knot tattoo or something, damn, that's just some bald white lady that you made vague and irrelevant Druidic implications about otherwise. It'd have been really cool if they had each sorcerer using distinct styles based on different traditional mysticisms but maybe that's a bit much to expect of Disney. permalink fedilink source parent [–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Somehow, it's more normal than everybody in a group that recruits people from all over the world for tens of thousands of years having the same ethnicity... But I understand if you are complaining it's different from the comics. As I said, it doesn't matter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago No, I'm saying what they did was still blatant Orientalism they just wouldn't even let an Asian actor have the leading part. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Cypher@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] reev@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago I think the "this" in "this implies" can read as referring to the casting choice for the tibetan monk, not to the meme itself. permalink fedilink source parent [–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) It was unclear because you switched topic mid sentence without even using a comma. We ain't mind readers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Soulg@ani.social 1 point 1 year ago While that would have made it more explicit yes, it wasn't that hard to figure out they were talking about two different characters when you understand that the bald monk wasn't labelled romani permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 19 points 1 year ago* (6 children) She's a recast of an Orientalist character because they decided that was less problematic than the Orientalism But they still did the rest of the Orientalism and Wong was the best part of the movie so... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] marcos@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (5 children) They made her Celtic... Not that any of that matters. She was ok on the movie, so very few people complained and no studio amplified the race-rage to cover up for the people complaining that the movie sucks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago* (4 children) A Celt with a shaved head wearing Asian robes, living in a Tibetan monastery that Dr. Strange reaches after backpacking through Asia looking for spiritual enlightenment lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) They can teleport anywhere in the word at will. If anything, they should have been more diverse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago* Sure. Doesn't stop it from being blatant Orientalism on screen while not even bothering to cast an Asian person for the role. At least give her a knot tattoo or something, damn, that's just some bald white lady that you made vague and irrelevant Druidic implications about otherwise. It'd have been really cool if they had each sorcerer using distinct styles based on different traditional mysticisms but maybe that's a bit much to expect of Disney. permalink fedilink source parent [–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Somehow, it's more normal than everybody in a group that recruits people from all over the world for tens of thousands of years having the same ethnicity... But I understand if you are complaining it's different from the comics. As I said, it doesn't matter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago No, I'm saying what they did was still blatant Orientalism they just wouldn't even let an Asian actor have the leading part. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] marcos@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (5 children) They made her Celtic... Not that any of that matters. She was ok on the movie, so very few people complained and no studio amplified the race-rage to cover up for the people complaining that the movie sucks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago* (4 children) A Celt with a shaved head wearing Asian robes, living in a Tibetan monastery that Dr. Strange reaches after backpacking through Asia looking for spiritual enlightenment lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) They can teleport anywhere in the word at will. If anything, they should have been more diverse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago* Sure. Doesn't stop it from being blatant Orientalism on screen while not even bothering to cast an Asian person for the role. At least give her a knot tattoo or something, damn, that's just some bald white lady that you made vague and irrelevant Druidic implications about otherwise. It'd have been really cool if they had each sorcerer using distinct styles based on different traditional mysticisms but maybe that's a bit much to expect of Disney. permalink fedilink source parent [–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Somehow, it's more normal than everybody in a group that recruits people from all over the world for tens of thousands of years having the same ethnicity... But I understand if you are complaining it's different from the comics. As I said, it doesn't matter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago No, I'm saying what they did was still blatant Orientalism they just wouldn't even let an Asian actor have the leading part. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago* (4 children) A Celt with a shaved head wearing Asian robes, living in a Tibetan monastery that Dr. Strange reaches after backpacking through Asia looking for spiritual enlightenment lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) They can teleport anywhere in the word at will. If anything, they should have been more diverse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago* Sure. Doesn't stop it from being blatant Orientalism on screen while not even bothering to cast an Asian person for the role. At least give her a knot tattoo or something, damn, that's just some bald white lady that you made vague and irrelevant Druidic implications about otherwise. It'd have been really cool if they had each sorcerer using distinct styles based on different traditional mysticisms but maybe that's a bit much to expect of Disney. permalink fedilink source parent [–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Somehow, it's more normal than everybody in a group that recruits people from all over the world for tens of thousands of years having the same ethnicity... But I understand if you are complaining it's different from the comics. As I said, it doesn't matter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago No, I'm saying what they did was still blatant Orientalism they just wouldn't even let an Asian actor have the leading part. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) They can teleport anywhere in the word at will. If anything, they should have been more diverse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago* Sure. Doesn't stop it from being blatant Orientalism on screen while not even bothering to cast an Asian person for the role. At least give her a knot tattoo or something, damn, that's just some bald white lady that you made vague and irrelevant Druidic implications about otherwise. It'd have been really cool if they had each sorcerer using distinct styles based on different traditional mysticisms but maybe that's a bit much to expect of Disney. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago* Sure. Doesn't stop it from being blatant Orientalism on screen while not even bothering to cast an Asian person for the role. At least give her a knot tattoo or something, damn, that's just some bald white lady that you made vague and irrelevant Druidic implications about otherwise. It'd have been really cool if they had each sorcerer using distinct styles based on different traditional mysticisms but maybe that's a bit much to expect of Disney. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Somehow, it's more normal than everybody in a group that recruits people from all over the world for tens of thousands of years having the same ethnicity... But I understand if you are complaining it's different from the comics. As I said, it doesn't matter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago No, I'm saying what they did was still blatant Orientalism they just wouldn't even let an Asian actor have the leading part. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago No, I'm saying what they did was still blatant Orientalism they just wouldn't even let an Asian actor have the leading part. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Cypher@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] reev@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago I think the "this" in "this implies" can read as referring to the casting choice for the tibetan monk, not to the meme itself. permalink fedilink source parent [–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) It was unclear because you switched topic mid sentence without even using a comma. We ain't mind readers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Soulg@ani.social 1 point 1 year ago While that would have made it more explicit yes, it wasn't that hard to figure out they were talking about two different characters when you understand that the bald monk wasn't labelled romani permalink fedilink source parent
[–] reev@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago I think the "this" in "this implies" can read as referring to the casting choice for the tibetan monk, not to the meme itself. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) It was unclear because you switched topic mid sentence without even using a comma. We ain't mind readers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Soulg@ani.social 1 point 1 year ago While that would have made it more explicit yes, it wasn't that hard to figure out they were talking about two different characters when you understand that the bald monk wasn't labelled romani permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Soulg@ani.social 1 point 1 year ago While that would have made it more explicit yes, it wasn't that hard to figure out they were talking about two different characters when you understand that the bald monk wasn't labelled romani permalink fedilink source parent
