Vanity Fair's Chromatophobia.
Oooooh, Vanity Fair, why, why, why?
Vanity Fair whitewashes actress Freida Pinto.
From the article:
"Somebody needs to tell Vanity Fair that brown is the new black. Despite the extraordinary success of the Oscar-nominated flick Slumdog Millionaire, the magazine took the liberty of minimizing the ethnic appearance of leading lady Freida Pinto... by whitening her skin. Pinto, who is an Indian actress and model, has appeared in TV and print ads for Wrigleys Chewing Gum, Škoda, Hutch, Airtel, and De Beers, all of whom didn't feel the need to digitally alter Pinto's natural skin color. So far Vanity Fair hasn't issued a statement about the very visible whitewashing effect."
The evidence:
Freida resplendent and au naturel:
Freida as she appears in Vanity Fair:
Yep. There's not getting around it. That's some serious dermatological blanching via Photoshop.
I suppose Vanity Fair can try the "LOL, it's just the lighting!" tactic, but I'm not buying it. In fact, it's pretty disgusting.
I know I've gone on and on about Watchmen and how afraid I am to see what carnage Zack Snyder has wreaked upon Alan Moore's story, but I saw this earlier this week, thought it was very pretty, and then watched it again last night and realized that despite my initial reservations at the tainted-by-anime style, this is gorgeous:
Tales of the Black Freighter trailer:
Sure, it's not unnecessary Gerard Butler in it, but WOW, that's some fine, fine animation work. Apparently this will be integrated into the XXXTRA LONG DIRECTOR'S CUT of Watchmen, and the XXXTRA LONG DIRECTOR'S CUT is going to clock in at 205 minutes. Wheeee! Shiny, captain. Shiny.
Speaking of Watchmen, found EVERYWHERE on the interwebs the last few days:
I know it's not official marketing or connected to Watchmen, but it's brilliant:
I'd worry, though, if I used a Jon!dom. Because if it's kind of a quantum thing, wouldn't it simultaneously protect and not protect? Leading to a quantum state of...never mind.
You know what I want? A Rorschach one! One that would morph faster and faster as things progressed (TELL ME, WHAT DO YOU SEE?). Nite Owl's would be boring, the Comedian's would be splattered with smiley faces -- wait. Somehow, I don't want smiley faces...you know, there, and if you made it temperature sensitive, then the smiley faces would go from -_- to :-DDDD the further in to your recreational exercise and AAAAAAGH no. Laurie's would be yellow (with maybe panels from a Tijuana Bible), but Rorschach's? Hot diggity dog, sign me up for a box! (Twelve pack, please. For experimentation, you understand.)
In the Newly Antagonistic Department, also known as Wow, I Really Didn't Want to Dislike Them, Ethan Van Sciver: right wing nutjob. I love Van Sciver's art on the Green Lantern book, but it's more than a little disconcerting, existing as I do in my little insular bubble of Humvee-hating godless progressive liberalism, to realize that the guy illustrating my GL book holds the kind of political views that I normally associate with Social Darwinists circa 1887. Van Sciver digs himself in further here. What's with creators and artists dimissing anyone who criticizes their work or challenges their views as faceless cowardly anons? Even those like MightyGodKing who have well established web presences? Fuck's sake, people!
I really disagree with the stance (as seemingly articulated by Gail Simone and lots of others -- not singling out Gail, it's just that she raised the point on MGK's blog) that people's political views aren't relevant to interpersonal relationships in this context, be they professional or personal. Someone's political views informs their morality, their views of gender dynamics, of human rights, of bigotry and racism, of how they envision desireable stewardship of the planet, of how they envision social justice and how society should be constructed, how they view a person's autonomy over their own body, and countless other things. That does bleed over into personal relationships and the notion that it doesn't -- that politics either exists discrete and isolated from all other facets of a person's social relationships or should exist discrete and isolated from all other facets of a person's social relationships -- is patently absurd.
Finally, stolen from innerbrat: the One Velociraptor Per Child project. THIS IS BRILLIANT, PEOPLE. Also, what a beautifully designed website.
Vanity Fair whitewashes actress Freida Pinto.
From the article:
"Somebody needs to tell Vanity Fair that brown is the new black. Despite the extraordinary success of the Oscar-nominated flick Slumdog Millionaire, the magazine took the liberty of minimizing the ethnic appearance of leading lady Freida Pinto... by whitening her skin. Pinto, who is an Indian actress and model, has appeared in TV and print ads for Wrigleys Chewing Gum, Škoda, Hutch, Airtel, and De Beers, all of whom didn't feel the need to digitally alter Pinto's natural skin color. So far Vanity Fair hasn't issued a statement about the very visible whitewashing effect."
The evidence:
Freida resplendent and au naturel:
Freida as she appears in Vanity Fair:
Yep. There's not getting around it. That's some serious dermatological blanching via Photoshop.
I suppose Vanity Fair can try the "LOL, it's just the lighting!" tactic, but I'm not buying it. In fact, it's pretty disgusting.
I know I've gone on and on about Watchmen and how afraid I am to see what carnage Zack Snyder has wreaked upon Alan Moore's story, but I saw this earlier this week, thought it was very pretty, and then watched it again last night and realized that despite my initial reservations at the tainted-by-anime style, this is gorgeous:
Tales of the Black Freighter trailer:
Click to viewSure, it's not unnecessary Gerard Butler in it, but WOW, that's some fine, fine animation work. Apparently this will be integrated into the XXXTRA LONG DIRECTOR'S CUT of Watchmen, and the XXXTRA LONG DIRECTOR'S CUT is going to clock in at 205 minutes. Wheeee! Shiny, captain. Shiny.
Speaking of Watchmen, found EVERYWHERE on the interwebs the last few days:
I know it's not official marketing or connected to Watchmen, but it's brilliant:
I'd worry, though, if I used a Jon!dom. Because if it's kind of a quantum thing, wouldn't it simultaneously protect and not protect? Leading to a quantum state of...never mind.
You know what I want? A Rorschach one! One that would morph faster and faster as things progressed (TELL ME, WHAT DO YOU SEE?). Nite Owl's would be boring, the Comedian's would be splattered with smiley faces -- wait. Somehow, I don't want smiley faces...you know, there, and if you made it temperature sensitive, then the smiley faces would go from -_- to :-DDDD the further in to your recreational exercise and AAAAAAGH no. Laurie's would be yellow (with maybe panels from a Tijuana Bible), but Rorschach's? Hot diggity dog, sign me up for a box! (Twelve pack, please. For experimentation, you understand.)
In the Newly Antagonistic Department, also known as Wow, I Really Didn't Want to Dislike Them, Ethan Van Sciver: right wing nutjob. I love Van Sciver's art on the Green Lantern book, but it's more than a little disconcerting, existing as I do in my little insular bubble of Humvee-hating godless progressive liberalism, to realize that the guy illustrating my GL book holds the kind of political views that I normally associate with Social Darwinists circa 1887. Van Sciver digs himself in further here. What's with creators and artists dimissing anyone who criticizes their work or challenges their views as faceless cowardly anons? Even those like MightyGodKing who have well established web presences? Fuck's sake, people!
I really disagree with the stance (as seemingly articulated by Gail Simone and lots of others -- not singling out Gail, it's just that she raised the point on MGK's blog) that people's political views aren't relevant to interpersonal relationships in this context, be they professional or personal. Someone's political views informs their morality, their views of gender dynamics, of human rights, of bigotry and racism, of how they envision desireable stewardship of the planet, of how they envision social justice and how society should be constructed, how they view a person's autonomy over their own body, and countless other things. That does bleed over into personal relationships and the notion that it doesn't -- that politics either exists discrete and isolated from all other facets of a person's social relationships or should exist discrete and isolated from all other facets of a person's social relationships -- is patently absurd.
Finally, stolen from innerbrat: the One Velociraptor Per Child project. THIS IS BRILLIANT, PEOPLE. Also, what a beautifully designed website.