In Reply to: All Slavs interchangeable? posted by Victor Khomenko on December 9, 2005 at 16:04:22:
I would say that different "ethnic groups" are interchangeable if and only iff one knows nothing about them. The more one knows, the less likely one is to confuse the two, on looks, mannerisms, etc. For many Americans, all Asians are alike--there was once even a TV soap opera that had "Asians" that spoke "Asian"--even though there is no such thing.Zhang Ziyi, though absolutely beautiful, is not Japanese; this might work except that the film is about Geishas, something that is fundamentally Japanese in essence.
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- Re: All Slavs interchangeable? - blah 16:09:35 12/09/05 (10)
- I agree... - EBerlin 19:56:15 12/09/05 (0)
- Taking you to task - Victor Khomenko 16:42:44 12/09/05 (8)
- Re: Taking you to task - blah 17:23:42 12/09/05 (7)
- opps - blah 09:56:58 12/10/05 (0)
- I provisionally take your word for it - Victor Khomenko 17:34:52 12/09/05 (5)
- I just watched the trailer... - blah 21:35:50 12/09/05 (2)
- Does is bother you to see an Italian singer painted black play Otello? - Victor Khomenko 07:14:21 12/10/05 (1)
- I guess there is variation... - blah 09:55:25 12/10/05 (0)
- ok... - blah 18:19:35 12/09/05 (1)
- You might be right on that count - Victor Khomenko 19:48:10 12/09/05 (0)