Race Lift/Quotes

"The original series Avatar: The Last Airbender was highly regarded and popular for three seasons on Nickelodeon. Its fans take it for granted that its heroes are Asian. Why would Paramount and Shyamalan go out of their way to offend these fans [in regards to the race change to Caucasian]? There are many young Asian actors capable of playing the parts."

—Roger Ebert on The Last Airbender

Priest: Well, you should definitely see The Passion. It's a very important movie.
Huey: Couldn't see it. White Jesus.
Priest: Excuse me?

Huey: (sighs) Come on, man. It's supposed to be all historically accurate and they still got a white man playing Jesus? That's some old bullshit.

—The Boondocks

"I'm back and I'm black!"

—Adolf Hitler, portrayed by Gabourey Sidibe in Movie: The Movie, Jimmy Kimmel Live!

"As a studio executive, the immorality of whitewashing a beloved work of Japanese culture is outweighed by my fear that audiences wouldn't want to watch a movie starring an Asian woman, and I don't have the balls to take that risk. Besides, whatever political outrage this decision evokes doesn't materially affect how much money I make."

—Freddie Wong (tongue-in-cheek) on casting Scarlett Johansson as Motoko Kusanagi in the Live Action Ghost in the Shell film, VFX Behind the Scenes!!!