Jason Momoa featured in TV Guide (includes PHOTO)

[wraithfodder]

Jason Momoa of Stargate Atlantis is featured on page 10 of the U.S. June 23rd TV GUIDE on 'top 10 breaking news.' However, most of us know that Jason .... oh, hmm, just in case, under the cut!

Yes, he cut his dreads but his head and neck were hurting from the weight of the dreads. He added that all that hair kept him from wearing a bike helmet and

Comments

[wraithfodder]

I think if Ronon lost them in a rather traumatic way, it could work for the show, but then he wouldn't look so... alien?

[darkrosetiger]

they do give him that dangerous non-human look,

Out of curiosity, are you aware that dredlocks are a fairly common hairstyle for people of African descent?

[darkrosetiger]

They are, which is why that comment was serious WTF, since it sounds like you're saying that what would be a really attractive hairstyle on me would give me that "dangerous, non-human look". I'm sure you didn't mean it that way, but it still read as incredibly offensive.

[wraithfodder]

I think she meant alien, because on ANDROMEDA, they did the same thing; dreadlocks on the, the... sidekick kick-ass alien. Hmm, didn't really watch the show, but the similarities between Ronon and this guy are striking.

[darkrosetiger]

So if I end up getting dreads at some point, because I think they'd look cute on me, does that automatically mean I look "dangerous" and "non-human"? Do you really not see why using words like "non-human" to refer to a person of color is incredibly offensive?

[wraithfodder]

We're talking about a character on a TV show, not reality (because in reality you would not have that many good looking people in one room;) ). If I saw someone with dreads on the street, no, I wouldn't think they're an alien, no more than I'd think someone wearing tight leather outfits was an alien, but that's what Ronon wears too.

[darkrosetiger]

*sigh* We're talking about a character on a TV show played by an actor who is a) a person of color and b) until very recently, wore dredlocks all the time, on and off set.

What you're saying is that the fact that a character has dreads signifies that they're alien. I'm trying to figure out why a character with a hairstyle that's common on earth is automatically classed as alien because of that hairstyle. That definition implies that "not white middle-class American = alien".

[wraithfodder]

No, that's not what I'm saying, and if you truly want to know why Ronon has dreads, or not, then you need to ask the SciFi execs and the SGA producers. And alien, in this show, means, anybody who doesn't come from planet Earth.., although to Ronon, et. al, Shep and his people are the aliens.

[darkrosetiger]

Okay, clearly, I'm not getting this across. But it's driving my blood pressure up, so...yeah.

[strange_magic]

I really don't think anyone meant that comment to be offensive. My belief is that between costuming, his dreads and his acting skills, is what makes him fierce and alien. I'm sure they just meant "non earth like" by saying "non human". No one was inferring that if someone has dreads they automatically look "non human or dangerous". I mean he looks like the biggest teddy bear when he's off camera and he still has/had them, but his dreads work for him in his career towards achieving that "characteristic". it's his job to look unearthly and dangerous. The Wraith have dreads and they look scary and dangerous, but that's ok to say because why? Whether a person is of color or not, that comment shouldn't have been taken so seriously. Everyone in the world is of some kind of color so what does it matter if someone said that someone else look fierce, dangerous or non human with their dreads.

[darkrosetiger]

Whether a person is of color or not, that comment shouldn't have been taken so seriously.

I...don't even know what to say to this.

[strange_magic]

Because there isn't anything to say. You're making us all out to be racist. I don't care what color a person is or what kind of style their hair is. You are the only one flipping out about it.

[abydosangel]

Um, no.

Your completely lame comments is making you out to be...something. What that is, I'm not sure, but 'enlightened' and 'not a defensive ass' aren't the phrases that come to mind.

Shut up and stop digging while you're ahead. Seriously. Because the fact that you don't know anything about how to handle the garbage you type is not escaping anyone's notice.

Also, I'm a PoC I find your comments offensive. Now there's two of us "flipping out".

Now what? You've got no room to be high-handed about this.