[watch this video] Thor casting, and why embracing a double standard is sometimes the right thing

There's been so much squee about the Thor movie that I'll probably go see it, even though movie tickets in Japan cost an arm and a leg. In the meantime, the only thing I have an opinion about is the ridiculous casting imbroglio. Via Sociological Images, here's a video that explains clearly and in brief why casting a black actor to play a white character is not the same as replacing all the Avatar kids with white actors.

(While we're on this topic, allow me to draw your attention to Racebending.com's campaign about the Hollywood adaptation of Akira, where they apparently want someone like Brad Pitt to play Kaneda. FYI, this is Kaneda. And just to spread the awesome of Akira a bit, here's a an Akira vid (some violence and gore) set to the absolutely thrilling song "Kaneda" from the OST.)

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