It sucks to be right. It sucks to be right.

[jedifreac]

Yesterday and today, Paramount screened The Last Airbender to Racebending.com for free as kind of an olive branch, and also to show us just how diverse the movie is--to prove us wrong. I'm a big bundle of emotions right now, I guess. Here's the conversation I had with Ken about the movie, since he is better at 'splainin feelings and stuff

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[yeloson]

that means that the most prominently featured East Asian actress was a woman giving a foot massage. What is wrong with these people?

UGH. Really? REALLY?

Re: Genderfail:

http://thehathorlegacy.com/why-women-cant-vote-with-their-dollars-in-film-and-tv/

[glockgal]

And Zuko's dialogue is all like, "We will catch him soon, Uncle. Then we can think about pretty girls." (This was a real line of dialogue. It was awkward.)

Er....what?

Thanks for posting this!

[cidercupcakes]

Oh, ew. Thank you for writing this up.

[rhipowered]

zomg. Further proving my point that, along with being highly problematic, M. Night was never able to write drama in the first place.

Thank you for putting this together...and, well, sitting through the film.

[bookshop]

OH, KATARA, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU. :(