That's very true, and that's also the problem. It's as if they are saying that because the majority of the country is white, it would be unheard of for someone who isn't white to save the day. Even in countries that aren't predominantly white European. Imagine a Japanese person saving the day in a film that takes place in Japan and is about Japanese people.
And, like I said above, even in films that are based on true stories, it happens as well. Next, we will be seeing a film about Dr. Martin Luther King helping a community to overcome oppression, and in a pivotal scene, we will see that it was a white person, secretly behind the scenes, that enabled this to happen.
Now I know that's a ridiculous example, but it almost seems like that's what happens in many of these films.
I am glad, though, that the old school Hollywood people are nearly gone, as it can give way for less bigoted and more realistic films. Not outright, but when reading between the lines, like the film that started this discussion.
Another great example...the film '47 Ronin'. I realize it is a HEAVILY fictionalized account of what really happened, and in all seriousness, a terrible film, but again, here comes the white savior.
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Gabe1972
10 years ago
How about a Japanese male. What a novel idea.
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Gabe1972
10 years ago
Exactly. Hence, the white savior. But what does that say about us, meaning the USA, as a society?
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TheBeardedWonder
9 years ago
But what does that say about us, meaning the USA, as a society?
-That we understand how culture clash movies should work. Honestly if it was a Latino man or something in the lead someone else would just be complaining 'why did they change it from a White person?' Can't please everybody, gotta take the film for what it is. It was well written, acted, paced, shot, directed, choreographed, etc. Way more positives than negatives from a film making perspective. The message may have been muddled (since we obviously see it differently) but the actual technical stuff was well done enough to overlook that.
To me it seemed to glorify the Eastern style of life more than anything, so I think your premise is false from the start anyway...
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Gabe1972
9 years ago
Well, that's your opinion, and you are entitled to it. Also, I never said I didn't like the film. It was very well made and enjoyable. It just has an aspect that I feel is ridiculous.
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