Source: www.dailykos.com - Monday, December 01, 2014
" Dum Dum Dum, Dum-te-Dum, Dum-te-Dum " Disney and Lucasfilm have debuted the first official look at J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens . Very little is known publicly about the plot of the film, and the teaser trailer above reveals next to nothing. Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker will reprise their roles from the original Star Wars trilogy. What is known is that it's set approximately 30 years after Return of the Jedi , and it seems as if the party with the Ewoks at the end of that film may have been a premature celebration. But the reaction to the trailer was interesting, especially in light of what's been happening in the country the past week. Among some Star Wars fans, they were irked by the addition of actor John Boyega as a "black Stormtrooper." On Reddit and Twitter, there was a fair amount of racism displayed toward Boyega, and some argued the entire idea was based in liberal political correctness being "racial bean counters." If media presentations are responsible in some way for cultural stereotypes and how those stereotypes spread through a society, then the way race is handled in the arts becomes both influential and a reflection of present conditions. There was a time when the only black people, or people of color, you saw on TV shows and in movies were either playing the criminals, athletes, entertainers, or the servants in the background. Times have
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" Dum Dum Dum, Dum-te-Dum, Dum-te-Dum " Disney and Lucasfilm have debuted the first official look at J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens . Very little is known publicly about the plot of the film, and the teaser trailer above reveals next to nothing. Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker will reprise their roles from the original Star Wars trilogy. What is known is that it's set approximately 30 years after Return of the Jedi , and it seems as if the party with the Ewoks at the end of that film may have been a premature celebration. But the reaction to the trailer was interesting, especially in light of what's been happening in the country the past week. Among some Star Wars fans, they were irked by the addition of actor John Boyega as a "black Stormtrooper." On Reddit and Twitter, there was a fair amount of racism displayed toward Boyega, and some argued the entire idea was based in liberal political correctness being "racial bean counters." If media presentations are responsible in some way for cultural stereotypes and how those stereotypes spread through a society, then the way race is handled in the arts becomes both influential and a reflection of present conditions. There was a time when the only black people, or people of color, you saw on TV shows and in movies were either playing the criminals, athletes, entertainers, or the servants in the background. Times havefrom Top News on RSS Feeds http://ift.tt/1rQYLPi
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