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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Atridis" data-source="post: 1294600" data-attributes="member: 13919">I'm always dismayed by articles such as that one because they take away from genuine complaints, a sort of guilt-by-association. It's easy for us to get annoyed by something like this and disregard all cries of racism as hysterics or paranoia, but I feel it's my personal responsibility to not allow myself that luxury. imho, Hollywood is guilty of racism*, but I don't think LOTR is the right ground on which to make the point. furthermore, this author brings WAY too much into his article. for his own sake, I would have advised him to narrow his focus, and to be sure of the "facts" that he cites. a published article, regardless of the forum, should be a little more thoughtful than this. lastly, I think this complaint has too often been misdirected: the problem, in my view, is not that there are too many non-white villains but that there are not enough non-white heroes. I was knocked over by the people who complained that "Saving Pvt Ryan" didn't reflect the experiences of Black soldiers in World War Two. well, duh!! the problem was not "Saving Pvt Ryan", the problem was the lack of movies about Black servicemen in WWII (such as "The Tuskeegee Airmen", a fun movie if you've never seen it). * in the year following Halle Berry's "breakthrough", 3 of 25 nominees for major individual Academy Awards were non-white (Salma Hayek, Queen Latifah, and Pedro Almodovar). of this year's Golden Globe Awards nominees, 1 of 27 is non-white (Ken Watanabe). I think it was either Denzel Washington or Samuel L. Jackson who, when asked about the awards given to Washington and Berry, said "I'll consider it progress when it's no longer such a big deal."</blockquote>

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