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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7064925" data-attributes="member: 20323"><p>What about the series struck you as glorifying white privilege? </p><p></p><p>I actually found the homeless character who meets Danny in the park – was that Big Al played by Craig Walker – to be fascinating and very sympathetically portrayed. His conversations with Danny were illuminating about Danny's character and about how different Danny (supposedly) was compared to where he'd come from. Sadly, the show didn't live up to the expectations set up by their talks in the park.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah...I didn't get Sacha Dhawan's casting as Davos either. Was he supposed to be an adopted son? Kinda like Danny? I think he was supposed to be a biological son, explaining his jealousy. That's a case of weird casting that should have been East Asian, I agree. And, personally, I didn't care for his performance as Davos – there was a lot of merit to the nuance he brought, but he had a very "muted" stage presence.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Jon Foo would have been good. Iko Uwais, the Indonesian actor from The Raid, could have worked too. Or Biao Yuen.</p><p></p><p>And if they were making a conscious choice to follow the comics closely, keeping Danny Rand a white guy, they could have gone for a Scott Adkins type. Hmm. Yeah, not many white guy actors I know of into Tai Chi or Wushu – they tend to be more hard style types. Oh, Ashton Kutcher is a jiujitsu guy. </p><p></p><p>Hmm, I see your point. Not many well-known white guy actors into Chinese martial arts. But I guess that's the sort of challenge you have a thorough casting process in order to surmount, yeah?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, following the formulae of "already into hero's story with casual background reveal" hurt the show.</p><p></p><p>Ah, <em>that's</em> where she was from. I totally missed that reference! But then I only read one copy of Iron Fist when I was a kid.</p><p></p><p>I was really hoping there'd be more martial arts, more internal style mysticism, and deeper psychological characterization of the lead. Instead, I ended up more interested in Jessica Henwick's character and the Meachum family drama.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 7064925, member: 20323"] What about the series struck you as glorifying white privilege? I actually found the homeless character who meets Danny in the park – was that Big Al played by Craig Walker – to be fascinating and very sympathetically portrayed. His conversations with Danny were illuminating about Danny's character and about how different Danny (supposedly) was compared to where he'd come from. Sadly, the show didn't live up to the expectations set up by their talks in the park. Yeah...I didn't get Sacha Dhawan's casting as Davos either. Was he supposed to be an adopted son? Kinda like Danny? I think he was supposed to be a biological son, explaining his jealousy. That's a case of weird casting that should have been East Asian, I agree. And, personally, I didn't care for his performance as Davos – there was a lot of merit to the nuance he brought, but he had a very "muted" stage presence. Jon Foo would have been good. Iko Uwais, the Indonesian actor from The Raid, could have worked too. Or Biao Yuen. And if they were making a conscious choice to follow the comics closely, keeping Danny Rand a white guy, they could have gone for a Scott Adkins type. Hmm. Yeah, not many white guy actors I know of into Tai Chi or Wushu – they tend to be more hard style types. Oh, Ashton Kutcher is a jiujitsu guy. Hmm, I see your point. Not many well-known white guy actors into Chinese martial arts. But I guess that's the sort of challenge you have a thorough casting process in order to surmount, yeah? Yeah, following the formulae of "already into hero's story with casual background reveal" hurt the show. Ah, [I]that's[/I] where she was from. I totally missed that reference! But then I only read one copy of Iron Fist when I was a kid. I was really hoping there'd be more martial arts, more internal style mysticism, and deeper psychological characterization of the lead. Instead, I ended up more interested in Jessica Henwick's character and the Meachum family drama. [/QUOTE]
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