CMST 3K03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Korra, Diegesis, Racebending
22 Oct 2017
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Yet ironically, these forms of fan expression and organization that soap opera producers encouraged have been used and taken up by soap opera fans to practice various kinds of activism . Perverse irony hardest fans acquire skills use platforms where they expressed fandoms and share activism. Anime or other asian cartoons rarely say they are asian in the show: but paramount and director m. knight shyamalan cast the last airbender with mostly white actors (and some south asian actors) But the campaign also deepened political knowledge and sophistication of fans. From strict focus on greater inclusion of asian actors in hollywood, to consideration of representation of asian-ness on avatar and other animated series. The same skills and techniques that avatar fans had used to express their enthusiasm and love for the show were put to use in criticizing paramount"s casting decisions. For e. g. , creating livejournal and facebook pages to air grievances, coordinate protests, and share updates and information.
