Now George Takei weighs in: http://www.vulture.com/2016/05/george-takei-dr-strange-casting-is-insulting.html
No mention of the rumor that The Ancient One in the film is of Celtic origins. On Monday, April 25, 2016 at 2:22:09 PM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote: > > I find the outrage to be a bit misguided. The character was a bit too much > of a stereotype, and the culture Warriors were eager to support a black > actor playing the Human Torch so why not Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One? > > Sent from my iPad > > On Apr 25, 2016, at 1:14 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > http://www.newsarama.com/28987-dr-strange-screenwriter-says-they-knew-social-justice-warriors-would-be-angry-over-the-ancient-one.html > > I have to say that I feel for the guy, the Ancient One exists at a > crossroads of a lot of potentially hazardous areas. But unfortunately you > still need the character for the origin story. > > I do have to wonder if the depiction of Ho Yinsen from Iron Man would have > received this level of scrutiny nowadays? The character of Yinsen was > implied but never stated to be Vietnamese in the original version of > Shellhead's origin, but later he was said to be from a fictional Asian > country, and then later still suggested to be Afghani. Shaun Toub, who > played Professor Yinsen in Iron Man and Iron Man 3, is Iranian. I, > frankly, don't know what to make of any of that, except that I think Toub > does a great job as Yinsen, and his performance opposite RDJ adds a lot to > the cave scenes in the movie. (His turn in IM3 is little more than a > cameo.) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
