That's why their ACTORS!
Is anybody else tired of this stupid "Memoirs of a Geisha" scandal?? I am! Basically China and Japan, which are at each other's throats over any number of issues, finally seem to agree on one thing: Hollywood's latest release is cultural monstrosity. It had its premiere in Tokyo- and all hell broke lose...and why you ask...because none of the three lead actresses are Japanese; two of them are Chinese and another is an ethnic Chinese from Malaysia.
Citizens polled in Tokyo questioned why Hollywood chose Chinese actresses to portray geishas, traditionally Japanese women. Guess what!? Most Americans think Japanese, Chinese and Korean are all the same!! That there is even a debate over the fact that Zhang, Yeoh & Li are Chinese actresses playing Japanese geishas is just plain stupid. You know why Zhang Ziyi is called an actress? Because her job requirement is to pretend to be other people. We're not talking about a documentary, we're talking about a movie!!
So what! Tom Cruise wasn't the last samurai. Do we complain that Heath Ledger is in every movie about the American Revolution? No. Do we pitch a fit that Colin Farrell plays American characters in 2/3 of his movies? No. And why not? Because we realize that these people are actors. They are making a dramatization.
It's not like they were planning on moving to Japan, adopting Japanese as their language of choice, and claiming that they went to primary school with Doi Takako-- they are acting in a movie.
My sister always says that watching a movie is a "willing suspension of reality". So bit back, relax and enjoy!
Citizens polled in Tokyo questioned why Hollywood chose Chinese actresses to portray geishas, traditionally Japanese women. Guess what!? Most Americans think Japanese, Chinese and Korean are all the same!! That there is even a debate over the fact that Zhang, Yeoh & Li are Chinese actresses playing Japanese geishas is just plain stupid. You know why Zhang Ziyi is called an actress? Because her job requirement is to pretend to be other people. We're not talking about a documentary, we're talking about a movie!!
So what! Tom Cruise wasn't the last samurai. Do we complain that Heath Ledger is in every movie about the American Revolution? No. Do we pitch a fit that Colin Farrell plays American characters in 2/3 of his movies? No. And why not? Because we realize that these people are actors. They are making a dramatization.
It's not like they were planning on moving to Japan, adopting Japanese as their language of choice, and claiming that they went to primary school with Doi Takako-- they are acting in a movie.
My sister always says that watching a movie is a "willing suspension of reality". So bit back, relax and enjoy!
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