Because it speaks much more eloquently than me about the Akira remake, brings up many point I forgot, including that ultimately this will turn into a 9/11 movie. Trigger warning: one section has what looks like a joke at the expense of autistic folks, and the comment section can get really ugly. 5 Urgent Questions about the Live Action Akira Remake
Seriously. Taking a movie that is basically about all Japanese disasters ever but particularly about how the had fucking nuclear bombs dropped on them BY the U.S and making it into a movie about U.S tragedy? That's honestly just straight up sick.
That is a fantastic article. Those producers are crazy, and I hope this gets pulled before it gets any more ridiculous and insulting.
ReplyDeleteReally. The name changes almost make it worse even. Like slapping 'flesh colored' a band-aid on a scrape that needs four, when the scrape is on a person of color, so the band-aid is not only not enough but also reminds them that their skin isn't quite real skin.
ReplyDeleteAt least, I imagine it to be somewhat like that. It has to be unsettling that everything 'flesh colored' is pink or beige, when if you live in the U.S, there's a good chance your skin is not, in fact, pink or beige.
Gah, rambly. Point: changing the names to Kevin and Travis (which oh god I hope that's not for real but it looks like it is) looks like it's the half-assed response to the fans complaints about whitewashing, and it's so half-assed that it just manages to be even more othering.