'Clones' has racial stereotypes

Post by **sbp** » Tue May 21, 2002 10:45 pm

George Lucas, sometimes accused of reinforcing racial stereotypes with his movies, has done it again, according to critics.

Latino critics in particular charge his latest Star Wars epic, Episode II: Attack of the Clones, toys with American paranoia about Mexican immigration with its cloned army of swarthy lookalikes who march in lockstep by the tens of thousands, and ultimately end up serving as Darth Vader's white-suited warriors.

Modeled on bounty hunter Jango Fett, the clones, we're told, are genetically modified for docility and obedience. The breeding project, conducted by long-necked aliens who look like refugees from Close Encounters of the Third Kind, takes place on the planet Kamino -- soundalike for the Spanish word "camino," which means "road" or "I walk."

Temuera Morrison, the actor who plays Jango, is a New Zealander of Maori descent. But that didn't get in the way of some members of an eight-person Detroit News panel assembled to review the film.

"He looked totally Latino," says Martina Guzman, a Detroiter who's managing a State House election campaign.

"And his kid," says Wayne State history professor Jose Cuello, referring to the young Boba Fett, "looked even more Latino."

It reminds Cuello a little bit of "those Reagan ads in the 1980 campaign, that suggested if Nicaragua went communist, you'd have wild-eyed Mexicans with guns running across the California border."

A flabbergasted Lucasfilm spokeswoman, Jeanne Cole, says "This is the first we've heard of this. Star Wars," she says, "is a fantasy movie filled with creatures and aliens from all different planets and universes and galaxies. There is no basis for this."

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If the planet name "Kamino" caught some Latinos' attention, three Arab-Americans on The News' panel seized on the fact that Jango's son calls him "Baba."

"I frankly think the bounty hunter is Arab," says college counselor Imad Nouri of Royal Oak.

"He's basically a terrorist," explains Nouri, "and 'baba' is Arabic for 'father.' "

Whole article here: http://detnews.com/2002/entertainment/0 ... 492788.htm

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Tue May 21, 2002 10:52 pm

yea...if only they had something worthwile to BITCH about once...IDIOTS!

Greg

Hipnotic_Tranz · Post by **Hipnotic_Tranz** » Tue May 21, 2002 11:04 pm

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POSSIBLY A SPOILER--DON'T READ
UNLESS YOU'VE SEEN AOTC!!!!!!
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go away if you haven't seen the movie yet!!!

gone yet?

Ok, so they are bitching because Jango Fett is "latino" Well as my friend pointed out this "latino" man was cloned thus making hte clone army. And what do they do? They kick ass at the end! Has this person even seen this movie?

TheSovereign · Post by **TheSovereign** » Tue May 21, 2002 11:05 pm

HAHAHAHAAH! morons who over analyze crap

in the first movie didnt blacks take offence to jar jar ?
according to freud
all people have bias'es and in order to justify them find the same fault in others
translation: (squeeky wheel gets the grease) if you keep crying about racial issues
your the one with racial issues not george lucas

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Wed May 22, 2002 1:23 am

in the first movie didnt blacks take offence to jar jar

Well, to be fair, I'm not black and I took offense to Jar Jar....

Matter of fact, the 1 minute 25 seconds he appears in this film is 1 minute 25 seconds too long.

Well, officially, as someone who IS Latino, I think whoever came up with that is a moron.

The inverse of what they're saying is that if Jango Fett was ANYTHING but an average looking white male, it would be racially offensive to SOMEONE.

Friggin' curmudgeons...

marscheese · Post by **marscheese** » Wed May 22, 2002 7:55 am

I love that, he's from New Zealand and because he "looks latino" that makes his role discriminatory to the Latino race...jesus, what the hell is the world comming to? Yeah, I saw this guy trying to make this argument on The O'Riley factor (probably spelled that wrong), and just got completley shot down....I heard about this a couple days ago, and it still makes my jaw drop.

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Wed May 22, 2002 8:36 am

I'm offended that they're offended. Is everybody sufficiently offended now?

TheSovereign · Post by **TheSovereign** » Wed May 22, 2002 11:53 am

well im offended that u are offended becuase they are offended

yes i think we are all offended now

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Wed May 22, 2002 5:42 pm

If he was white, blond and blue eyed there would have been accusations of Nazi racial purity references.

If he was asian, there would be accusations of stoking western fears of communist china and their breeding programs of the cold war.

If he looked french the french would be pissed because the french are always pissed.

b-man1 · Post by **b-man1** » Wed May 22, 2002 6:39 pm

and don't forget that the storm troopers' uniforms are WHITE....and they eventually become EVIL...so i'm offended since i'm a white male.

ilike2bbarefoot · Post by **ilike2bbarefoot** » Wed May 22, 2002 6:40 pm

It is amazing how vehement people can become, arguing such points based on such silly "facts". There is no reason for them to be upset about what someone "looks" like. If the guy is Maori, then shaddup about calling him Latino!!! I hope that these accusers get on to more than just the O'Riley Factor, because they deserve to get shredded for their stupidity on all the news channels.

blade · Post by **blade** » Wed May 22, 2002 7:16 pm

If anything they should be proud. But no, more attention is received when one cries over petty crap like this. They know they might get some "fincancial considerations".

I am deeply offended that blong haired guy got Natalie and not me!

They are saying you can only get her or girls like her only if you are blond. I'm gonna peggy sue em I tell ya. naacp here me comes.

ilike2bbarefoot · Post by **ilike2bbarefoot** » Wed May 22, 2002 10:19 pm

Well, blade, not to be rude or anything, but you're an ape, for pity's sake. I mean, apes are great and all, but you're gonna have a rough time getting any girl who isn't as hairy as you, whether you have blond hair or not

j/k