Another Avatar rant

Dom Nguyen over at the Megatokyo webcomic recently posted an excellent rant on the Avatar movie casting and about Hollywood racism in general. He expresses everything that I've been feeling, a good deal more articulately, from the disgust at the Asian stereotypes and caricatures, to the feeling of glee and excitement whenever we spot an Asian actor on TV. Oh, and also the disgust towards those who just don't get it; Dom posts a link to this MTV news article on Avatar, where the actor playing one of the main characters says in response to the controversy: "I think it's one of those things where I pull my hair up, shave the sides, and I definitely need a tan," he said of the transformation he'll go through to look more like Sokka. "It's one of those things where, hopefully, the audience will suspend disbelief a little bit."

( That banging noise is the sound of my head pounding against the wall... )