Yes, because orange might remind someone of Tibetan monks and then they might end up thinking it's actually based "on our world". During some fan Q&A about the movie, Mr. Internalized Racism, err, I mean, M Night Whatever explained that just like LotR is like medieval europe but not actually set in medieval europe, Avatar is like our world but not, y'know, set in it. This was his justification for why there'll be no chinese script of any kind in the movie. Somehow, a detail that most people might see as pretty inconsequential -- that's what put me right over the edge. Because on some levels it is so inconsequential: it's fine. I feel like I want to say, it's not hurting anything, so why go through this whole song-and-dance to justify it, except for reasons of xenophobic racism?
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Date: 31 Mar 2010 05:50 pm (UTC)