Well Hello Howlers. It seems William Pattison aka Eric Morse has crossed the line once more. His latest 'Coffee Bvlog' talks about actors of different ethnicity being cast in roles that are not suited to their ethnicity. Unfortunately, his own intelligence lets him down again and again. Below, I will cover some points where Mr Pattison aka Morse slips up magificently. Feel free to refer back to the video if you don't think the points I am making are factual.
To begin with, Pattison claims he read the first 'The Dark Tower' book, which he lets everyone know is called 'The Gunfighter' before everyone who is watching his video was born. Why this is of concern is of little matter. The very fact that he calls it 'The Gunfighter' when the actual subtitle of the book is 'The Gunslinger' is more remarkable considering he claims to have read the book three times.
He then goes on to complain that an African/American actor has been cast as Roland Deschain. I'm not sure if it is ignorance on the part of William Pattison aka Eric Morse or whether he is so blinded by attempting to stay faithful to the original story, but Roland Deschain is going to be played by Idris Elba, who is not by any stretch of the imagination American. He is in fact English (my oh my it's like Black Friday being German all over again). You would think Pattison would research his output somewhat, but this shows how he has a tendency to go off on a tangent and mindlessly talk about something he knows very little about.
He also talks about a racism subtext in the second The Dark Tower book, where an African/American character makes derogatory comments towards white people. He then claims that because the main character is not white, the racism subtext will be lost. Now, I am quite sure that the racism subtext will be made even more apparent because as the ethnicity of the characters are swapped around, there is room for the writers to include white people making derogatory remarks about people who aren't white. Seeing as racism is hardly something that only happens from one colour to another, the ethnicity of the characters might have been changed, but that does not mean the issues that affected them because they are white, doesn't mean those issues will be discarded.
Pattison also goes on to talk about Scarlett Johanson's casting in the 'Ghost in the Shell' movie. He actually goes as far to claim that the character in the anime is caucasian. Now, as a long-time fan of anime, it has not escaped me that characters in anime are not strict on ethnicity in general. That doesn't mean that characters in anime are all caucasian. Look at Kato in Doomed Megalopolis. He looks caucasian, but in the live action movie is definitely Japanese. Of course, the images featured in Manga are somewhat Americanised, but I honestly cannot think of a main character in anime that is caucasian. Perhaps it is down to how each individual sees the anime, but I doubt it goes that deep.
Does Pattison really believe there would have been such an uproar about the casting of an American actor if Major Motoko Kusanagi was caucasian? It is apparent from the very first anime that Motoko Kusanagi is Japanese. Even the Wikipedia page for her has her nationality as Japanese (yes, Wikipedia has something right). Pattison obviously isn't as much of a fan of 'Ghost in the Shell' as he makes out, because it is incredibly common knowledge that Kusanagi is Japanese.
His ignorance in this coffee vlog is legendary. See if there is anything I have missed, and be sure to share below!!
So, anyways, keep America strong, drink your gravy and eat your Subways. Mine's a footlong!!
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