Wiscon 31: What These People Need Is a Honky

[oyceter]

Description: Tom Cruise is the Last Samurai. Kevin Costner wins the heart of American Indians with his wolf dancing. Orlando Bloom, in Kingdom of Heaven, goes from medieval England to Jerusalem to teach the Arabs how to sink wells and transport water. Is there anything that can be done about this plague of Orientalist white-guy Mary Sue-ism?

Comments

[oyceter]

That will be awesome!

I wait with baited breath for something about Japan that doesn't include geisha or ritual suicide.

[yeloson]

Right there with "asian people talk about honor then backstab each other" trope of played out bullshit. Gah.

[oyceter]

Oh my gosh, yes! Because we are all so inscrutable or something! Grrr.

OMG really

[anonymous]

I never noticed. That's crazy white folks shit. So obviously, it's some ploy for Whites to point the finger at other cultures and say, see, they did it too, regardless of veracity or context. I'll be watching for that one now.