In Reply to: at the risk of being flamed posted by Analog Scott on September 18, 2007 at 09:42:17:
I'm with you - I normally not too anal about these things...
but in this case filling ALL three lead roles with Chinese actresses in a film premised ostensibly on a Japanese cultural icon?
> ...culture is something that is not Owned by any group. <
By definition a culture IS owned by a group. The Japanese has their own and the Chinese has their own. I think you meant to say the human condition is common across all races and cultures. Fine. But surely you don't deny that different cultures has distinctive traits, nuances and undercurrents.
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- RE: at the risk of being flamed - Alex S 19:13:23 09/18/07 (0)