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Over the past several years, we’ve seen more than a dozen remakes of recent Asian movies with the story/script kept essentially the same, but replaced with White actors.  Notable examples include ‘The Ring’, ‘The Departed’, and the upcoming ‘My Sassy Girl’ remake.  I find it offensive that the basis behind these remakes is that Americans supposedly will not pay to watch Asian faces in quality movies.  Non-White people all over the world regularly watch Hollywood movies starring White people in their theaters, so are these executives saying White America is more racist than the rest of the people on the planet?  I also don’t buy this reason, because certain foreign language Asian films have done very well in the United States.  I believe the real reason is that entertainment has powerful influences on people, not just for product placement or advertising influence, but also in its ability to ‘brand’ people and races of people.  And I would venture that Hollywood, run by mostly White males, would rather create a quality film or have an endearing hero be a White male instead of an Asian face.


Here is an article that explores this “cultural imperialism” of Hollywood.
 
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Email This Post: Hollywood Remakes of Asian Films. Cultural Imperialism?

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