Perils of Hollywood Whitewashing?: A review of 'Ghost in the Shell' movie
2018; Editorial Board of MGDR; Volume: 3; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.23860/mgdr-2018-03-01-06
ISSN2473-4055
Autores Tópico(s)Asian Culture and Media Studies
Resumo'Ghost in the Shell' was first produced as a Japanese animated film in 1995. The movie and its sequels established a cult status due to the philosophical depth in portraying the posthuman condition. It was remade as a live action Hollywood film in 2017; and this version failed at the box office. One reason had to be the “whitewashing” issue – that the female protagonist was played by a white actress in the Hollywood movie, rather than a Japanese character as in the original anime. This review essay critically discusses issues of whitewashing, racial ‘identity’, the shifting identity of the ‘cyborg’, and the constitutive tension between the human and the machine.
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