And I was sarcastic.
I am aware of that too, but I didn't want to play into the sarcasm. Otherwise I would've said "you're welcome."
I dont see a problem casting a Filipino-Canadian, an Indigenous and a Chinese-Indonesian-American for this. I dont know which ethnicy Ousley has, but he looks good in that ensemble as well. So no way for speaking of whitewashing cast for me.
Wait, I thought we were talking about Aang here?
I've said in my posts that Ousley doesn't make it totally clear what his heritage is, it seems like he never spoke about it and kept that private. But Google searches do point to him being caucasian. And if the casting director was of the mindset that you suggest ("yeah he's white, but he looks like he could be indigenous or brown so let's just cast him") then that absolutely
would be whitewashing. Looking like an ethnicity does not make you part of that ethnicity. Ousley already doesn't look like Sokka, so I'm not sure what you mean when you say he looks good in that ensemble.
And if you want an Asian citizen, no American-Asian people or someone who lives/grown up in the US (because that is the argument for whitewashing here, isnt it?) then you cant argue with the problem that no 11yo kid can speak english fluent without an accent. I dont see what is so much ignorant about that assumption. Maybe you can enlight me.
it's ignorant of you to assume that there is no child actor of Asian descent that can fit the role. obviously you are wrong since they did cast a boy who does.
but I think you are conflating two different things here. if there is any whitewashing going in with these casting choices, it would only be with Sokka's. and when I say whitewash, I mean casting a white actor/actress in a role for a character that isn't white. to put it simply.
whitewashing doesn't mean casting an Asian American actor in an Asian character's role. Asian Americans are of Asian descent. I never said I wanted an Asian citizen, and I don't think anyone else in this thread said that either. I think you don't fully understand what whitewashing in film means. it's not about citizenship, almost never applies.
