Whitewashing
Aug. 2nd, 2013 12:06 amLast year Rey and I saw "The Sapphires", a movie about four female Aboriginal singers and their dissolute Irish manager.
In that order. Chris O'Dowd does have an important role in the story and he gets a fair bit of screen time, but it is very much "Aboriginal girl group and their manager". With the "Aboriginal" bit being an important part of it all.
Here is an interesting comparison of the Australian and US DVD covers...
In that order. Chris O'Dowd does have an important role in the story and he gets a fair bit of screen time, but it is very much "Aboriginal girl group and their manager". With the "Aboriginal" bit being an important part of it all.
Here is an interesting comparison of the Australian and US DVD covers...