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Here is the real reason why Justineau is white...

posted 8 years ago by himiyio
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there is a difference between a book, which ignites intangible imagination, and a film, which is very visual and realistic.

can you imagine the uproar, at the ending scene, when one lone black woman, essentially the last of humankind, is enslaved by a demonic pale white kid with blue eyes? that is a very powerful visual, that can incite a lot of unnecessary attention about racism, slavery, etc.

i think the filmmakers made a good call on this one. the black girl wins, which is a popular consensus these days anyway, and the levity of the original story is not lost.

it's not exactly a win-win, but i think the other option could be so much worse. especially for folks who did not read the book, and just decided to judge the film as is.

we live in a day and age where everyone is so easily offended. look at hermione's race (the stage play), or rue's (hunger games) causing so much attention.

[–] Sword_or_Pen 8 years ago

Most people in the real world don't care nearly as much about race as the media would like you to think. But if that's all you watch, you'll be primed to see it everywhere.

[–] ivorymarie82 8 years ago

AMAZING RESPONSE!!!

[–] AngryAfghan 8 years ago

I think you hit the nail on the head. Nothing to do with "whitewashing" as this is simply a case of switching the races of two characters, and in fact adding more black characters in the case of the soldiers.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. - Jimi Hendrix

[–] Johndass (47) 7 years ago

Yup. It’s ok to offend white people apparently these days. All this white privilege bs u hear about. Ridiculous.