Mere ‘window dressing’; none of the POC characters in BR hold main roles with fully fleshed out back stories of their own. They exist only to facilitate the narrative of Decker, the White male protagonist.
6 Likes
Dr. Hannibal Chew (the character is not credited as Chu in the film) appears in one scene that lasts less than 5 minutes. And in the book, the character is named Hannibal Sloat and is not to my knowledge Asian. To call him a major character is completely ridiculous. You are reaching.
6 Likes
Well, given how you’ve chosen to engage the community in “conversation” thus far, BB is probably is not the ideal platform for you, anyway…
8 Likes
Yet I run into assholes every day complaining about Trek being too woke & diverse.
So very inclusive.
7 Likes
9 Likes
Yet producers wouldn’t even cast Bruce Lee in the lead for Kung Fu because they thought audiences would have an easier time accepting David Carradine as a Shaolin Monk than they would accepting a Chinese man as a central protagonist.
8 Likes
If you want giant Japanese lady robots haunting cartoons they’re there.
1 Like
In “world”, but also the production knew the target Western audiences didn’t understand the kanji so they could flip the neon around and reuse it elsewhere on the set because it just looks cool
2 Likes
backward or forward, it does look cool.
2 Likes
