Comments | gloriajn: "A Whitewashed Earthsea: How the Sci Fi Channel wrecked my books" by Ursula LeGuin

gloriajn

"A Whitewashed Earthsea: How the Sci Fi Channel wrecked my books" by Ursula LeGuin

Dec 17, 2004 10:40

[Edit: I didn't realize that the post this linked to was "friends locked". So I went ahead and did a copy and paste so everyone can read it. Sorry about that.]

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racism, creativity

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jenkitty December 17 2004, 12:40:44 UTC

Friends-locked post. Are there links or details that can be shared?

gloriajn December 17 2004, 12:49:38 UTC

Whoops! I edited the post so it can be read now.

lothie December 17 2004, 12:42:46 UTC

I don't have access to the user's entry you're quoting from. But what's "right", from your point of view? I thought what everyone wanted, ideal-world-wise, was for skin color to NOT MATTER for most intents and purposes. Are you saying that "well of course it doesn't matter to WHITES -- they just assume everyone's white anyway! -- but it will always matter to us ( ... )

gloriajn December 17 2004, 12:51:10 UTC

No, she's not the racist here. I've since edited the post because I didn't realize it was friends-locked.

lothie December 17 2004, 18:08:00 UTC

I'm sorry for my impassioned answer. I've been having a rough month or so in terms of being told over and over that my continually increasing professional efforts aren't enough, and I was afraid that the entry was saying "well it's easy for LeGuin to say" or something like that, and I just felt despair. Yanno?

gloriajn December 17 2004, 18:10:31 UTC

No problem. Things had been pretty rough for me emotionally up until this week, so I totally understand.

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doorinward December 17 2004, 13:13:11 UTC

OY...sorry bout that. I was off being a mom and had no idea you were trying to link or I might have changed it earlier today.

As for the movie--it was an abomination from one end to the other. I watched the first 5 minutes (I think...if that long.) When I saw a blond curly-headed young man (not boy) frolicking in a field with a shampoo-ad of a young woman (not girl) and she was calling him by what was supposed to be his true (secret) name, I felt tears coming to my eyes. I knew it was going to be bad. Ken felt the same and we immediately turned off the tube and started reading the books aloud to each other. I mean...how can someone watch that?!? It is like watching an old friend get gang raped. One black man in the cast! ONE! (I can't not use the word racism for this one.) [Long string of *argh aargh* noises ( ... )

porcinea December 17 2004, 13:15:42 UTC

I spent most of the 4? hours I lost to that damnable adaptation screaming "THEY'RE ALL WHITE!!!!" at the TV. Grrrr. Argh.

doorinward December 17 2004, 13:25:08 UTC

Check out the other statement on her website.

http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html