Peter Pan, the story of adventure and fantasy, has been remade several times and made into multiple spin-offs in the past century of the film industry. The fictional story features a magical boy with flying abilities taking three children of London to Neverland. There, they encounter mythical creatures and the evil Captain Hook while also learning that growing up is a necessity. Also in their journey, they meet Tiger Lily. The daughter of a Chief Native, she works alongside Peter Pan to defeat the pirates who have invaded their land. In 2015, the movie Pan was made to focus on the story’s very beginning. It concentrated on young Peter becoming the magical boy that he is and it showed the early relationships of those in Neverland. However,
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Continuing to whitewash could cause more racism as time goes on, and underestimate the talents of all cultures.
Several forms of whitewashing are present in the media. First of all, there is the version when a white actor portrays a character that is supposed to be another race. In the movie The Lone Ranger, Johnny Depp played a Native American character. This variation of whitewashing means any of the characters portrayed as white people no longer have the ethnic variety that the story was written for. The story is now about the struggle of white characters overcoming conflicts, and it abandons all racial diversity that was once in the story. Another type of whitewashing is making a story shown from a white person’s point of view. For example, the movie Dances with Wolves was once about Westward Expansion and the hardships of Native Americans dealing with violent settlers. Instead, the story was changed to be seen from the white man’s perspective and disregarded the true story of the traumatized natives experiencing torture and physical abuse. The third form of whitewashing is when white people play all main roles, and ignore any other race as being the one focussed on. Some examples of whitewashed movies are Aloha or Meet the Fockers. This type of …show more content…
These cases are incredibly important to the representation of race because it shows the undesired fact that white privilege and discrimination is still alive in our society. Only eliminating the bias would be the only way to avoid it. Having racially diverse casting directors, holding open auditions for all races, and considering the least experienced actors as major roles are just baby steps to end the racism in television. Another way to stop all of this is to stay true to what the story is truly about. Our cultural varieties are what makes us a country, and can further tell the stories of the past through movies. Being completely honest in casting and sticking to the historical facts can eliminate the bias of hiring the typical white actor. Using accurate roles mainly important for historically accurate movies like The Help, and The Color Purple. The fact is, these minorities are out there and dreaming, and they have the same firing passion as your typical Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio. They thrive to make the movie making industry their dream, and the only thing standing in their way is the same discrimination that we faced in the 20th century with getting jobs and the right to vote. Whitewashing should not be seen as a film-by-film process. We need to step back and view the movies over a period of time. Due to the fact that it is our only
Continuing to whitewash could cause more racism as time goes on, and underestimate the talents of all cultures.
Several forms of whitewashing are present in the media. First of all, there is the version when a white actor portrays a character that is supposed to be another race. In the movie The Lone Ranger, Johnny Depp played a Native American character. This variation of whitewashing means any of the characters portrayed as white people no longer have the ethnic variety that the story was written for. The story is now about the struggle of white characters overcoming conflicts, and it abandons all racial diversity that was once in the story. Another type of whitewashing is making a story shown from a white person’s point of view. For example, the movie Dances with Wolves was once about Westward Expansion and the hardships of Native Americans dealing with violent settlers. Instead, the story was changed to be seen from the white man’s perspective and disregarded the true story of the traumatized natives experiencing torture and physical abuse. The third form of whitewashing is when white people play all main roles, and ignore any other race as being the one focussed on. Some examples of whitewashed movies are Aloha or Meet the Fockers. This type of …show more content…
These cases are incredibly important to the representation of race because it shows the undesired fact that white privilege and discrimination is still alive in our society. Only eliminating the bias would be the only way to avoid it. Having racially diverse casting directors, holding open auditions for all races, and considering the least experienced actors as major roles are just baby steps to end the racism in television. Another way to stop all of this is to stay true to what the story is truly about. Our cultural varieties are what makes us a country, and can further tell the stories of the past through movies. Being completely honest in casting and sticking to the historical facts can eliminate the bias of hiring the typical white actor. Using accurate roles mainly important for historically accurate movies like The Help, and The Color Purple. The fact is, these minorities are out there and dreaming, and they have the same firing passion as your typical Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio. They thrive to make the movie making industry their dream, and the only thing standing in their way is the same discrimination that we faced in the 20th century with getting jobs and the right to vote. Whitewashing should not be seen as a film-by-film process. We need to step back and view the movies over a period of time. Due to the fact that it is our only