Falcon and winter solider

[Enevhar Aldarion]

I would have been happy with just one just a wee nod, but the MCU still seems to have a problem with Asian representation.

Well, the bad guys chasing them and trying to kill them were not Asians either, so they did not go that way, at least. Still, maybe that particular small part of Madripoor, just happened to be non-Asian. For X-men fans, it was also very non-Mutant. But at least they intentionally showed the Princess Bar, which is co-owned by Wolverine in the comics. Some of the filming on this was done after the pandemic started, so I am sure they were a lot more limited than usual for extras, and that could make a difference in this episode, if it was filmed after that. Sure, that just sounds like an excuse, but it could still be valid, because I highly doubt they would intentionally exclude a major group like that. Plus, did it all go by too quickly for me to see them, or were there no Hispanics represented in the episode either?

Okay, I found this about the filming process:

Filming for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier began in October 2019 in Atlanta. The limited series was filmed in various locations around the city through December 2019. In January 2020 filming was expected to take place in Puerto Rico for two weeks, but production on the island was suspended due to a series of earthquakes there. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier also shut down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The cast and crew were actually in Prague at the height of COVID-19.

I would guess the club scene and Madripoor street scenes were done in Atlanta, before covid changed everything, because those scenes were too packed with people for the reality of post-covid filming.

 

[hopeless]

Just a thought

Spoiler

What if the Sharon Carter they met isn't Sharon Carter?
That she's actually the Black Widow replacement using the same disguise gear Nat used in Winter Soldier near the end?
That would explain her presence there, why she helped them and was probably working for Ross.
Is that a possible explanation for what we've seen?

 

[Tonguez]

Well, the bad guys chasing them and trying to kill them were not Asians either, so they did not go that way, at least. Still, maybe that particular small part of Madripoor, just happened to be non-Asian. For X-men fans, it was also very non-Mutant. But at least they intentionally showed the Princess Bar, which is co-owned by Wolverine in the comics. Some of the filming on this was done after the pandemic started, so I am sure they were a lot more limited than usual for extras, and that could make a difference in this episode, if it was filmed after that. Sure, that just sounds like an excuse, but it could still be valid, because I highly doubt they would intentionally exclude a major group like that. Plus, did it all go by too quickly for me to see them, or were there no Hispanics represented in the episode either?

Okay, I found this about the filming process:

I would guess the club scene and Madripoor street scenes were done in Atlanta, before covid changed everything, because those scenes were too packed with people for the reality of post-covid filming.

there are 2000 Indonesians in Atlanta and something like 30000 'Asians and PI' so even with COVID a casting call for asian extras was easy enough. My first thought was actually of Wes Studi portrayal of Sagat in the Street Fighter movie (at least he was brown I suppose).
If they had shown even just one prominent SE Asian character, I would have shrugged it off and accepted Madripoor is a pirate enclave, with lots of foreign residents.

Also I'm not sure what your Hispanic comment has to do with anything, there are no 'Hispanics' in Indonesia

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Also I'm not sure what your Hispanic comment has to do with anything, there are no 'Hispanics' in Indonesia

Madripoor is a giant melting-pot type city, as some people have said, and there would have been Hispanics out on the streets, and especially in a club scene, if we are being inclusive, as people want to be. I did have to look at the credits and one of the club people who had a speaking part is Hispanic, at least.

 

[Stalker0]

I'm always a fan of the "throw away lampshade", its not always perfect but it can get the job done.

For example, if Zemo had mentioned that high town was filled with the wealthy nationals, and lowtown was the poor foreigners....ok it explains all the whiteness. A single line, doesn't even have to take screen time, it can just be a voiceover as you are showing the scenery.

 

[hopeless]

Or perhaps the locals stayed away as they were aware the place was going to be raided?

Spoiler

Well the person they came to meet was shot after all and it could be word filtered down and only those unaware were present thinking its odd but the newcomers didn't notice?

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Or perhaps the locals stayed away as they were aware the place was going to be raided?

Spoiler

Well the person they came to meet was shot after all and it could be word filtered down and only those unaware were present thinking its odd but the newcomers didn't notice?

Maybe. The assassination and the phone alert of a bounty on their heads happened way too quickly. Someone set that up. And that person who snuck out of the club with the hoodie pulled over her head was probably Sharon. And then Sharon was in just the right part of town to shoot those two bounty hunters and save them. Too fishy for me. She is way more involved than she claims.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Also I'm not sure what your Hispanic comment has to do with anything, there are no 'Hispanics' in Indonesia

Of course there are, though the other poster indeed seems to have missed the point.

 

[Umbran]

Just a thought

Spoiler

What if the Sharon Carter they met isn't Sharon Carter?
That she's actually the Black Widow replacement using the same disguise gear Nat used in Winter Soldier near the end?
That would explain her presence there, why she helped them and was probably working for Ross.
Is that a possible explanation for what we've seen?

So, what if... everyone who came back in The Blip is actually a Dire Wraith!?!

Is it possible? Sure. Virtually anything is possible. Is there any actual reason to think that's what is happening, though? I don't know of any.

 

[Umbran]

Or perhaps the locals stayed away as they were aware the place was going to be raided?

Explanations that are not present in the text that we have to speculate into being are not suitable excuse for the casting failure.

The simplest explanation is simply that nobody thought about it. The irony that they make the point about systemic racism in one episode, and then do it in the next, is pretty darned thick.