Evil Matrix twins anger albinos?

[Aqua]

I heard on the raido this morning that there are albino's that are upset because Hollywood generally casts abino's as bad guys in movies, notably the evil Albino twins in the new Matrix film.

Do you think Hollywood needs to be friendlier to the albino community and cast some positive albino role models?

And do you think this story was possibly generated by the film's production company to generate more hype for the film?

I don't think there's any malicious intent from Hollywood towards them and it's not like I'm going to shy away from any albino I might actually meet because of a sci-fi movie.

My thought on my second question is that this movie needs more hype like a desert needs more sand.

Your thoughts?

[Lilith]

Every movie that comes out pisses someone off.

I have never thought that a lack of pigmentation makes people evil freaks....well except for the gloved one.

[dadaist]

You mean the one-gloved one? ;)

[BlueSwede]

What about the character Powder in the movie Powder or Casper (aka Whitey) in Me, Myself, and Irene? Who couldn't love those characters? I'd say they were cast in a positive light (no pun intended).

[Scarlett]

To be honest, I never gave it any thought.

[skipthisone]

Dear god...political correctness will ruin us all...

Some of my fave bad guys were albinos...anyone remember Snow in Vamp???

[dicksbro]

And I heard all the two faced people are angry cuz' most stars have only one, unless they're being interviewed. :(

[Summer]

Well, well, well, I have never .............
















....... thought about it. ;)

[Cheyanne]

I also understand that the muntants are getting angry as well......

[skipthisone]

Just wait till the people with giant holes in the back of their heads form a lobbying group...talk about trouble.

[Loulabelle]

It does all get a little bit ridiculous:

And if we're going to look at film stereotypes, there are plenty more:

Ever noticed how, sweet innocent female heroes and heroines are so often blond, while their evil, seductive, manipulative counterparts are so often dark?

And why do baddies so often have an English/ other non-American accent?

It's just the way Hollywood is............hell thinking about it as a dark haired English woman I should start my own damn campaign! Lol

[Lilith]

Lou~ you know us darkhaired evil bitches wanna rule the world;) I never mind being the badgirl:p

[Eros]

Yeah....most of the mutants I know are pissed too. As for the Matrix Reloaded...Aqua's right..this movie already has WAY too much hype. I saw it last night and was severely dissappointed. In no way, shape, or form did it live up to it's hype. The plot was too jumpy, most new characters were thrown in with little or no explanation to their backgrounds, but hey...that $100 million s/fx budget was well spent. Some of the best visuals I've ever seen, too bad they spent all the money on fx and not enough on writing. Just my 2cents.

[BlueSwede]

My daughter said she read that if you can bear to put up with some confusion (regarding not having the new characters introduced very well) in this film, you'll be rewarded in the last with explanations that will make everything fall into place.

[Scarlett]

Read this about the twins in Entertainment Weekly: "They may look like albinos, but Twins #1 and #2 are actually ghosts. Maybe that's because the real life probability of albino twins is 1 in 6.4 million."

[jseal]

Aqua,

There is much power and money in getting the American People to see you as a victim.

Even if you individually are not a victim, if you can assert membership in a class or group of people who can be identified as victims, then you are entitled to a piece of whatever compensation is "justly" due to the group to make them whole again.

I am, alas, not inventing this. It is contemporary legal theory.

[dadaist]

Page 11 of the May 26, 2003 edition of US News and World Report states:


White Noise
Big-screen albinos are children of the damned, and the latest affront is the evil, razor-wielding Twins in The Matrix Reloaded. Some with albinism have protested; Warner Bros. says teh Twins are pale because they're ghosts, and besides, their eyebrows and lips are dark.

[Casperr]

Originally posted by BlueSwede
What about the character Powder in the movie Powder or Casper (aka Whitey)


OI!!!! You leave me out of this!!

CasperTG

[BlueSwede]

:D <---------------CasperTG.

I agree, dadaist. After seeing the movie, I don't know what any albino group is talking about; the twins aren't albinos and don't like like albinos either.

[dadaist]

The twins (Adrian and Neil Rayment) are profiled and interviewed in Rolling Stone #924 (June 12, 2003 cover date). See pages 33-34.

They don't have anything to say about this 'controversy' but I like this quote:


Neil says, "We're the new goths. All the goths are going to be depressed when they see us -"
"And they realize they need a new wardrobe," Adrian says.