>From: Steve Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Detriot News claims Star Wars is racist. >Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 14:47:27 -0500 > >"Miller, Jeffrey" wrote: > > > http://detnews.com/2002/entertainment/0205/18/d01-492788.htm > > > > "(Jango) looked totally Latino." > > > > Indians, Asians, Inuit, Arabs, and Pacific Islanders were > > unavailable for comment.
No, the article said Arabs did complain about the character within the article. They claimed that Jango was portrayed as an Arab terrorist. See mention of Jango's son's calling him "baba" being Arabic for "Father." >Doesn't having Jimmy Smits playing a noble character balance >things out? Duuuummmmbbbb da dumb dumb! Well, no, not really. The article did address the critics' concern about Jimmy Smits... namely that he had very few lines and screen time compared to the bad guy. And while IMO the critics are making a big deal out of nothing, it's never pleasant to see negative racial stereotypes portrayed on screen and that's what they're perceiving. I would bet that if Jango had been flamboyantly gay, gay and lesbian rights groups would have blasted this movie for the same reason. If I may ask... how many of you that _don't_ have a problem with Jango Fett's character _did_ perceive a problem with Jar Jar Binks character (or that of the Trade Federation members) in TPM? Jon _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
