The ongoing conversation about race and Hollywood casting practices is one hell of a silver lining for this whole Scarlett Johansson/Tilda Swinton debacle:
The New York Timeslooks into the myth that films featuring Asian actors won’t perform well.
Want a video essay that tracks film characters looking in mirrors, and the particularly gendered ways in which they break, or cry in front of, said mirrors? Here you go. [Fandor Keyframe]
This comment thread (presumably from Tumblr) envisions an reversed spy movie that stars Helen Mirren, objectifies the shit out of the one young man on the team, and features many explosions and one-liners courtesy of Lucy Liu. Time well spent.
I’m always really impressed with the amount of research Autostraddle is willing to conduct to give us in depth looks at the history of queer representation in television, and this complete history of trans women is no exception.
So. Game of Thrones is coming back April 6th, and guys, GUYS, Dorne and the Red Viper and the Sand Snakes and I can’t even. It’s going to be amazing. Almost as amazing as this Vine of Oberyn Martell fighting with Capoeira. CAPOEIRA. I can’t. I just can’t.
I am so absurdly excited for Double Fine’s new game, Broken Age. One, because Vella is going to be amazing, and two, it’s Double Fine. Have you played The Cave? Go play The Cave.
This discussion of race and superhero comics, which focuses primarily on the X-Men, deals with everything from race-bending in cosplay to appropriating marginalized struggles with an all-white cast of characters. It’s pretty great. [NPR Code Switch]
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