Ghost in the Shell

[Shaka_Khan]

What do you think of Scarlett Johansson starring in Ghost in the Shell?

Whitewashing of ‘Ghost in a Shell’ is not about Scarlett Johansson

I think he is the writer of that article:




Anyway, in Hollywood movies (especially during the 80s to the 90s), minorities and people of other nationalities such as the Russians and the Chinese were usually depicted as villains in the few Hollywood movies that they were depicted in. A lot of the Russians tell me how they don't like the way they get depicted in the US movies. I understand the dismay at the lack of opportunities for the Asian-Americans in Hollywood. They're the ones who'd feel more about this than the Asians in Asia. At least the Asian celebrities in Asia have plenty of opportunities in their own countries.

That being said, I don't mind having a non-Asian like Scarlett Johansonn be the main character in Ghost in the Shell, except I think Mila Kunis would be a better choice. Johansonn lacks energy in my opinion and she looks like she wouldn't hurt a fly. And it's no surprise to me that there are very few Asians in Hollywood because Asians make up only 5.6 of the US population. We don't see much Europeans or Americans in the Asian movies. There are some in the old Hong Kong movies of the 80s and the 90s and some of them are depicted as British villains. Judging from the Hong Kong movies that I've watched, the non-Han Chinese villains who appear in the Hong Kong movies the most are as follows with the first being the most: the Qing Dynasty rulers (whose ancestors are from Manchuria) > the British > the Japanese