zhang ziyi, Gong li, Michelle Yeoh in Memoirs of a geisha, anyone offended by this??

D&D in 3...2...1...

 

if it's going to be a race/ethnic discussion, maybe you should've posted in D&D?

 

Xeno,

Your post is garbage and unreadable - look into paragraphs (don't tell me you've been hitting the vodka again ).

Anyway, this thread got my attention because of Zhang Ziyi. That is one fine woman.







:drools

 

Actually, X, my first impression was that, hey, Michelle Yeoh is a Chinese woman portraying a Japanese woman, and that's wrong.

I'm not Asian. I'm white. But I get over the fact that Hugh Jackman plays a Canadian Superhero on an American Superhero team. Or that Nicole Kidman constantly plays an American. Or that Mel Gibson is an American.

Bottom line is that if Michelle Yeoh does well...and this is to my incredibly scrutinizing eye...I am all for it. It's called acting for a reason, my friend. Race has nothing to do with how well you can portray a role.

X

 

This has been happening forever in American movies doing MEXICAN stories.

Antonio Banderas is a SPANIARD, you hollypoop f*cks... not MEXICAN... why put him in HBO's "Pancho Villa", "ZORRO" movies and "DESPERADO"??? I hear you, man... I feel you, brother...

The only time I saw this being O.K. was Pedro Armendariz in Tombstone (Mexican priest) and Antonio Reyna (Anthony Queen) in A Walk In The Clouds.

Julieta Rosen is a HOTTIE in the first ZORRO. man, is she hot.

 

How often in war movies are British actors playing German and Russian roles? Dude, it's work.

 

"We like to run sneak plays, or what we call 'Jap plays,' no offense to the Orientals..."

Sincerely,

Bill Parcells

 

How come in the new series ROME they all have british accents?

WHO THE HECK CARES !! IT IS ONLY ENTERTAINMENT.

SHEESH !!

DD

 

"Jap" is a racial slur! Don't abbreviate it for Japanese or Japan! If you're not talking about Jewish American Princess, don't use it...

Yea, screw the movie! It's a movie made for non-Asians, so it wouldn't matter to them that the main actresses don't speak/understand a lick of Japanese. Besides, non-Asians think all Asians look alike. It would look almost as silly as many western movies where Native American and Mexican characters are played by White people.

 

I guess it's like a Jewish actor playing an Arab in a movie, or an Arab actor playing a Jewish person.

 

Both of which shouldn't matter....people need to get over it...

We have WAY more important things to worry about...go donate to a charity or something....

SHEESH !

DD

 

It would look almost as silly as many western movies where Native American and Mexican characters are played by White people.

Don't watch Bonanza reruns. I warned you.

 

Spielberg is like Jordan his last year w/ the Wizards....he's lost it man..

 

I have seen her in real life, she is really not that pretty. Don't believe the photos, You know those photographers can do some amazing things with their camera.

 

xeno,

i know exactly how you feel. i was appalled when the wayans brothers casted themselves as 2 white chicks. the backlash in the caucasian community was overwhelming.

 

Wouldn't a geisha movie be more appealing to Westerners if all the sluts were played by slant eyed Suzy's?

 

When Brad Pitt played an Irish Gypsy in Snatch I was so offended!

! OMG !