Oh, come on, Hollywood. Zach McGowan, a white actor, has been cast to lead Gabriel Robertson’s “Ni’ihau,” in a role based on a real-life Hawaiian island leader, Ben Kanahele, […]
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Watch: PSA Tackles ‘Ghost In The Shell’ Whitewashing Controversy
Watch: Whitewashing PSA Tackles ‘Ghost In The Shell’ Controversy With just weeks left until the live-action “Ghost in the Shell’ film starring Scarlett Johansson in the leading role comes […]
The Fight Against Whitewashing In Hollywood
Marissa Lee co-founded the grass roots organization Race Bending to bring people together to help stop Hollywood whitewashing, originally after the announcement of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” live-action film. The […]
Matt Damon on ‘Great Wall’ backlash: ‘It was a f—cking bummer’
Matt Damon has a response to the backlash that hit “The Great Wall” upon the release of its first trailer, which many accused of whitewashing: “It was a f—ing […]
People are already worried the live-action ‘Mulan’ will be whitewashed
A petition titled “Tell Disney You Don’t Want A Whitewashed Mulan!” has passed its goal of 90,000 signatures. The petition was sparked by Hollywood’s controversial casting choices in the past […]
‘Great Wall’ director responds to whitewashing criticism
Zhang Yimou, director of the controversial “The Great Wall,” which has come under fire for whitewashing through its lead actor, Matt Damon, defended his film Thursday. “Our film is […]
For Jenna Ushkowitz, Broadway’s ‘Waitress’ feels like home
Theater is home for Jenna Ushkowitz, who made her return to Broadway last week in “Waitress: The Musical.” “The stage is the one place in my life I don’t […]
On ‘The Great Wall’: Constance Wu Twitter Rant
Asian American actors read Constance Wu’s Twitter response to “The Great Wall.”
Backlash over whitewashing plagues ‘The Great Wall’
And here it goes again – the first trailer Thursday for “The Great Wall,” being called the most expensive film to ever be shot in China, and starring Matt […]
Rapper Dumbfoundead talks coming new album & growing up
What do film and TV characters like Jack Sparrow, Jon Snow, Neo and Indiana Jones have in common? Well, they’re all portrayed by white men — and as of […]
