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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8968158" data-attributes="member: 6790260">...because it shows that, even within the lifetimes of current teenagers, major Western media and entertainment corporations have had deeply s#!tty, racist caricatures in their multi-million-dollar products. It shows that exploitation of Asian culture, concepts, and even identity is alive and well in the present day, with actual products. It shows that comedy at the expense of a local minority, even if that ethnic group is strong on the world stage, remains a serious issue that needs to be addressed thoughtfully.Re-making Kara-Tur, or indeed remaking any of several products (Al-Qadim, Maztica, whatever you like) requires a consideration for how it will affect not just the whole of humanity in a massive abstract, but what it will mean for everyday, ordinary Americans (or Brits, or whomever else; Americans are only a tiny bit more relevant because WotC and Hasbro are companies here, and will publish here first.) The fact that someone as big and influential as Universal Pictures could get things that wrong that recently shows we haven't left behind these crappy, Orientalist, exoticized, and (often) infantilized portrayals anywhere near as much as we would like.Because I'm pretty sure that if Universal had hired a sensitivity editor and actually heeded their advice, Mr. Schneider would not have done a yellowface performance any more than a white actor today would be willing to do a blackface performance. And, likewise, if WotC hires, and listens to, a sensitivity editor for Kara-Tur, I'm pretty sure they could rework it and receive recognition for doing so. Whether the resulting product would be financially successful is rather distinct, and I've already weighed in on the fact that yes, I do think that a portion of the old fans will get upset with any changes, even if those changes come exclusively from the very best of reasons.</blockquote>

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