more on the avatar casting.

[samatethecookie]

So, remember the white washing of the Avatar cast for the live action movie?

Due in theaters in summer 2010, "Airbender" has already begun to face a bit of controversy over the casting of white actors like Rathbone, Ringer and McCartney to play Asian characters — a concern [Jackson Rathbone] was quick to dismiss. "I think it's one of those things where I pull my hair up, shave the sides, and I definitely need a tan," he said of the transformation he'll go through to look more like Sokka. "It's one of those things where, hopefully, the audience will suspend disbelief a little bit."

Uh. No. It's not 'one of those things'. Seriously.

The universe just loves pissing me off today, doesn't it?


Context is this interview.