curated: Hollywood whitewashing hits another new low

by MaryAnn Johanson

Wed, May 10, 2017

13 comments

I can’t wait to see who will come to the defense of this, and how.

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Danielm80

Wed, May 10, 2017 4:14pm

I’m preparing my eyeroll in advance:

http://ew.com/tv/2017/05/10/anderson-cooper-kellyanne-conway-eye-roll/

Dent

Thu, May 11, 2017 12:59am

Literally the whitest dude. Did no one question this upstairs?

Bluejay

reply to Dent

Thu, May 11, 2017 2:35am

If “upstairs” is all white dudes, then I’m not surprised that no one did.

MaryAnn Johanson

reply to Dent

Thu, May 11, 2017 9:03am

Clueless white privilege strikes again.

Owen1120

reply to Dent

Sat, May 13, 2017 8:55pm

He’s literally playing a Russian man on Agents of Shield right now. Other characters actually call him “the Russian guy”.

LaSargenta

Fri, May 12, 2017 6:44pm

Can his descendants sue for misrepresentation? I mean, this is story about something that happened not that long ago. there must still be family and I would think there is some right they could have under law about representation… of course, the moviemakers would claim it is “art” and therefore exempt from this I suppose.

MaryAnn Johanson

reply to LaSargenta

Sat, May 13, 2017 9:14am

They could potentially be onboard with this, if they were desperate enough and took some money for their cooperation. :-(

Bluejay

Sat, May 13, 2017 6:58pm

https://mobile.twitter.com/originalspin/status/862383580424491009

MaryAnn Johanson

reply to Bluejay

Sun, May 14, 2017 1:56pm

I was afraid that was going to be a defense!

Bluejay

reply to MaryAnn Johanson

Sun, May 14, 2017 4:44pm

Nope! Apparently, though, Zach McGowan’s relatives are out defending him on Twitter. Jeff Yang responds to one of them in this thread:

https://twitter.com/originalspin/status/863551008412057601

dionwr

Mon, May 15, 2017 5:28pm

*sigh*

“Until there is an Hawaiian movie star to play such a role, we are forced to use this alleged movie star (who 99% of the people on this planet wouldn’t know from Adam) who just happens to be white. In the meantime, we’ll keep working to ensure that there never is an Hawaiian movie star.”