-I've shared my essay so far with Mike so that he can give me feedback on whether it's good or not. -I've written a few thousand words and not half way through so I really need to cut my essay down and get rid of the waffle. Mike and I agreed on parts to cut out- like condensing the number of ethnicities that I'm comparing.
-We agreed that a survey will not assist my essay in any way but I am going to reach out to some collectives to hopefully get some insight about diversity in animation.
This week I reached out to Black Women Animate (Fig1), I am hoping for a reply:
Fig1 |
In Dr Strange, Swinton's casting was controversial, but she argues that by white washing the character it actually breaks down damaging stereotypes.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/31/ghost-in-the-shells-whitewashing-does-hollywood-have-an-asian-problem
-Equally Jordan Peele has said that he would never cast a white man. I will be exploring the spectrum of views
surrounding casting and whitewashing; including looking at the conroversial case of Scarlett Johannson
-"My hope is that next time issue," says Del Vecho. "I hope that Princess Tiana opens the door for many more animated movies where the characters just happen to be black"
-I am editing through my essay so far and working on chapter two.
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