The Netflix thing is very common in the global south, at least from my experience. People see it as a culturally imperialistic tool of the US, which it is. They then go a step further and say it’s to brainwash the masses with lgbt and wokeism
Case in point, visiting the Chinese Three Body Problem forums on Baidu Tieba, Bilibili and Douban forum really gave me brain damage. Everyone is mad that the Netflix version of Luo Ji is being played by a black guy, all kinds of derogatory jokes about the diversity casting, and somehow that all the Asian cast happen to be playing the antagonists in the story, so it’s “American racism against Chinese”. It’s really no different from any of the chud subreddits.
The English Three Body Problem subreddit is actually 100 times better than the Chinese forums in terms of vibes lol.
Everyone is mad that the Netflix version of Luo Ji is being played by a black guy, all kinds of derogatory jokes about the diversity casting
This is a common cracker tactic when it comes to "adapting" Asian stories. They replace Asian characters with other minorities so that if Asian people complain they can be dismissed as being racist. If Chinese forum users are making racist jokes about black people then that's obviously not okay, but complaining about an Asian story being plastered over as if all minorities are fungible is valid imo.
Taking a step back, this is a manifestation of the divide and conquer strategy crackers often apply to other groups, privilege one over the other to foster acrimony and hate so that other groups can't unite to dismantle white supremacy. It cuts the other way with Asians in the West being the "model minority" until recently, but in entertainment crackers definitely favor African Americans over Asians.
Asian cast happen to be playing the antagonists in the story, so it’s “American racism against Chinese”.
That is in fact, racist. Hollywood has a long history of recasting Asian people as white but only if it's for a main character role. They'll so far as make biopics of Asian dudes but change him into a white guy like the movie about the MIT cardcounter. If they're the villian they'll still be Asian. (see avatar movie)
Also you know in America, Asian people are in fact the minority. Diversity casting is when you replace members of the minority group with members of the majority group. The more of the majority group there are the more diverse it is.
Going off a tangent but the bad thing about western "diversity casting" is that it always has caucasoids in it and they can be any number of roles while anyone who isn't pale as a bedsheet is restricted/typecast. Treating caucasoids as full human beings while "the rest" are just stereotypes. (Why I stopped giving a shit about western media unless I make a rare exception)
In an ideal world diversity casting would have zero white people in it (unless they're an unsympathetic, unappealing or disgusting villain, that would be acceptable)
"The US is trying to brainwash us into thinking that their own ideals of nazism are wrong....we won't fall for it! We'll fight for America's actual genocidal beliefs about nonconformists!"
The Netflix thing is very common in the global south, at least from my experience. People see it as a culturally imperialistic tool of the US, which it is. They then go a step further and say it’s to brainwash the masses with lgbt and wokeism
Case in point, visiting the Chinese Three Body Problem forums on Baidu Tieba, Bilibili and Douban forum really gave me brain damage. Everyone is mad that the Netflix version of Luo Ji is being played by a black guy, all kinds of derogatory jokes about the diversity casting, and somehow that all the Asian cast happen to be playing the antagonists in the story, so it’s “American racism against Chinese”. It’s really no different from any of the chud subreddits.
The English Three Body Problem subreddit is actually 100 times better than the Chinese forums in terms of vibes lol.
This is a common cracker tactic when it comes to "adapting" Asian stories. They replace Asian characters with other minorities so that if Asian people complain they can be dismissed as being racist. If Chinese forum users are making racist jokes about black people then that's obviously not okay, but complaining about an Asian story being plastered over as if all minorities are fungible is valid imo.
Taking a step back, this is a manifestation of the divide and conquer strategy crackers often apply to other groups, privilege one over the other to foster acrimony and hate so that other groups can't unite to dismantle white supremacy. It cuts the other way with Asians in the West being the "model minority" until recently, but in entertainment crackers definitely favor African Americans over Asians.
I love your usage of fungible here, very expressive.
That is in fact, racist. Hollywood has a long history of recasting Asian people as white but only if it's for a main character role. They'll so far as make biopics of Asian dudes but change him into a white guy like the movie about the MIT cardcounter. If they're the villian they'll still be Asian. (see avatar movie)
Also you know in America, Asian people are in fact the minority. Diversity casting is when you replace members of the minority group with members of the majority group. The more of the majority group there are the more diverse it is.
also lmao at this:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/25/netflix-liu-cixin-adaptation-uighur-comments-the-three-body-problem
Going off a tangent but the bad thing about western "diversity casting" is that it always has caucasoids in it and they can be any number of roles while anyone who isn't pale as a bedsheet is restricted/typecast. Treating caucasoids as full human beings while "the rest" are just stereotypes. (Why I stopped giving a shit about western media unless I make a rare exception)
In an ideal world diversity casting would have zero white people in it (unless they're an unsympathetic, unappealing or disgusting villain, that would be acceptable)
"The US is trying to brainwash us into thinking that their own ideals of nazism are wrong....we won't fall for it! We'll fight for America's actual genocidal beliefs about nonconformists!"
Do these people even listen to themselves?
Unfortunately they're right for the wrong reason.