Whitewashing

[lederhosen]

Last 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...

Comments

[silmaril]

Well, ain't that interesting. And by "interesting" I mean "infuriating."

[winterkoninkje]

goddamnit America!

Reminds me of a recent-ish post that I can't seem to find the link for: american writer visits Australia for a conference, talks a little about some of the racism she sees, talks far more about the progress she sees and how America will never see the kind of progress Australia has been embracing these past few years.