HEY, YOU GUYS, LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH THIS YEAR'S OSCAR NOMS SUCK!

[bookshop]

*Best Picture 2010 nominations list*
- Avatar <-- racist, imperialist white liberal guilt fantasy (everyone, native peoples, mountains, animals, trees and tree-nerve-endings, get exploited by white people, awesome!!)

- The Blind Side <-- i haven't seen this, but true story notwithstanding the trailer just me cringe. It really, really seemed

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[bookshop]

!!! really? as many times as i've seen the film i've never twigged to that. i'm ashamed to say whatever coding was there for his character i completely missed. his image -


- always presented as white to me.

...i just googled it and didn't get a definitive answer, but i'm pleased that his voice actor is Japanese-American (?) and adorable!

[regicidaldwarf]

I actually wasn't sure at first either since the animation style can make it kind of hard to tell, but when I saw his mother (who I cannot find a single picture of SIGH) it solidified it for me - her image was pretty clearly Asian-American.

[soundczech]

i remember people discussing it when we were walking out of the cinema, no-one was sure. i thought he looked asian but only in relation to other pixar characters - his eyes and bone structure in comparison to say, sid from toy story.

[regicidaldwarf]

Interesting tidbit! My roommate just told me that a Korean-American animator working on the movie actually based the character design for Russell off of himself. So! :)

[bookshop]

oh! that is so awesome :DDDDDDD thank you for telling me!

[regicidaldwarf]

You're welcome! I'm not trying to get rid of all the other fail, mind, I was just really pleased that Pixar had a casual PoC main character and wanted to mention it.

[bookshop]

nooo i'm really glad you did.

[glitterati]

.....really, you never noticed that? His features are very Asian. :) I loved that touch.

[altricial]

[bookshop]

THIS JUST MADE MY DAY