You can't please everyone . . .

Posted by Billy Wonka (A) on April 1, 2017 at 13:06:56

In Reply to: Oscar: Best use of a Body Suit posted by Billy Wonka on April 1, 2017 at 10:33:47:

The Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) has blasted the casting choice of Scarlett Johansson in "Ghost in the Shell" just ahead of the film's opening weekend.

In a statement released Friday, the group condemned the movie's "whitewashing" of Johansson's character Motoku Kusanagi who first appeared in the Japanese manga of the same name.

The organization also criticized Johansson's recent interview on "Good Morning America," in which the actress said she "would never attempt to play a person of a different race, obviously." MANAA responded by writing that "she was lying."

Additionally, the group denounced the casting of Michael Pitt in the role of Kuze in the film, which MANAA said "is revealed to have originally been named Hideo, meaning he too was Japanese."

"Apparently, in Hollywood, Japanese people can't play Japanese people anymore," MANAA President Robert Chan said. "There's no reason why either Motoku or Hideo could not have been portrayed by Japanese or Asian actors instead of Scarlett Johansson and Michael Pitt. We don't even get to see what they looked like in their original human identities — a further white-wash."

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You just can't please everyone and still make an international block buster.

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Topic - Ghost In The Shell 2017 - user510 14:10:19 03/31/17 (18)

it was pretty good but the story is average, the CGI city they created is well done and fun - PhilJ 12:13:24 04/08/17 (0)

RE: just back from the theater.... - user510 16:25:58 04/03/17 (0)

I thought it was very good... - mkuller 19:08:05 04/02/17 (3)

Very good - but you only gave it a B-? I thought we were living in the age of grade inflation! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 01:03:33 04/05/17 (2)

Only a B-... - mkuller 08:11:14 04/05/17 (1)

Uh, you make us cry . . . just saying . . . - Billy Wonka 13:23:45 04/06/17 (0)

Oscar: Best use of a Body Suit - Billy Wonka 10:33:47 04/01/17 (8)

You can't please everyone . . . - Billy Wonka 13:06:56 04/01/17 (7)

Robert Chan is an ignorant idiot - erik 18:16:57 04/02/17 (2)

Like this gal? - grantv 06:53:06 04/04/17 (1)

Exactly - LOL! - erik 11:28:52 04/04/17 (0)

They make a good point. - free.ranger 14:18:06 04/02/17 (1)

RE: They make a good point. - Bill the K 18:23:26 04/07/17 (0)

"There's no reason why either Motoku or Hideo could not have been portrayed by Japanese or Asian actors... - musetap 10:18:21 04/02/17 (1)

RE: yup...it's all about box office draw...and Scarlett's got it...(nt) - user510 10:39:12 04/02/17 (0)

Thoughtful review... - mkuller 09:58:47 04/01/17 (1)

RE: thanks for that link... - user510 13:01:55 04/01/17 (0)

I liked the anime... - RadioWonder 21:47:45 03/31/17 (0)

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You can't please everyone . . . - Billy Wonka 13:06:56 04/01/17 (7)

Robert Chan is an ignorant idiot - erik 18:16:57 04/02/17 (2)

Like this gal? - grantv 06:53:06 04/04/17 (1)

Exactly - LOL! - erik 11:28:52 04/04/17 (0)

They make a good point. - free.ranger 14:18:06 04/02/17 (1)

RE: They make a good point. - Bill the K 18:23:26 04/07/17 (0)

"There's no reason why either Motoku or Hideo could not have been portrayed by Japanese or Asian actors... - musetap 10:18:21 04/02/17 (1)

RE: yup...it's all about box office draw...and Scarlett's got it...(nt) - user510 10:39:12 04/02/17 (0)

You can't please everyone . . .

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