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Iron Fist comic creator downplays whitewashing controversy

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"Yeah, someone made me vaguely aware of that. I try not to think about it too much. I have so little patience for some of the feelings that some people have. I mean, I understand where it’s coming from. You know, cultural appropriation, my god. It’s just an adventure story. Don’t these people have something better to do than to worry about the fact that Iron Fist isn’t Oriental, or whatever word? I know Oriental isn’t the right word now, either.

He was a character for a comic book at a different time. It’s very easy to second-guess anything. You can argue about Tarzan, you can argue about almost any character who came up then is bound to be not quite PC by some later standard or other. Okay, so you can make some adjustments. If they wanted to kill off white Iron Fist and come up with one who wasn’t Caucasian, that wouldn’t have bothered me, but neither am I ashamed for having made up one who was. He wasn’t intended to stand for any race. He was just a man who was indoctrinated into a certain thing.

I just think some people have too much time on their hands, I guess. They have an infinite capacity for righteous indignation. By and large, that tends to be misplaced quite often because if you’re becoming all upset over things that are just stories, and if you don’t like it, instead of trying to change somebody else’s story, go out and make up your own character and do a good job of it. That’s just fine, but why waste time trying to run down other people’s characters simply because they weren’t created with your standards in mind?
Now if something is really racist or degrading to a sex or race, an ethnic group or something like that, that’s something else, but Iron Fist isn’t that and never has been. It’s all about a fictitious race, a fictitious place like a Shangri-La, and one person who happens to be its emissary. There’s no reason why he can’t be Caucasian."


"Because I did want to reach out to all races. Marvel has always pioneered — for years — in having people of other races in the comics, from Black Panther through Luke Cage and a few others. I made up the concept for another group a little later, I think it was in one of the kung fu magazines we had, “magazines” being the black and white comics, as we called them. I made up a concept — I forget if I made up the name — called the Sons of the Tiger. It was three people: one white, one black, one Asian. I turned that over to other people and let them handle it. I figured if that doesn’t hold, people are just too damn particular, they’re just too damn sensitive for their own good or anybody else’s. But then I really don’t have much sympathy at all to trigger warnings or any of that crap. I think it’s overdone and nobody but a baby needs it, an intellectual baby.

On the other hand, if they had decided to make Iron Fist an Asian, that would have been fine with me, too. I wouldn’t have cared. I didn’t consider myself the safeguard of some kind of Caucasian literary standard or anything like that. But I would have found it easier to write about a Caucasian, so that’s one reason I probably did it. If somebody had suggested, “You want to make it so he’s Asian?” Well, we could have done that too.

He could have a buddy who was Asian. It could have been a trio, like that group I just mentioned. You know, just make up a new character. Don’t worry about trashing another one. Just make up a new one. There’s always room for one, and it’s always better to be creative than to be a critic. I’ve been both. It’s better to be creative. There’s nothing wrong with being a critic, but after a while, you’re basically talking about other people’s work. That’s perfectly okay. There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s a perfectly respectable thing, but I think you should try to put yourself in their shoes instead of constantly complaining because they didn’t do exactly what you think they should have done. Rather than having that, you should go out and do it yourself."


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Jenny Slate discusses her relationship with Chris Evans

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- a lot going on in that profile

- is on good terms with her ex-husband

- hasn't really seen Chris since the breakup

- calls Chris "truly one of the "kindest people [she] ever met, to the point where sometimes I would look at him and it would kind of break my heart. He’s really vulnerable, and he’s really straightforward. He’s like primary colors. He has beautiful, big, strong emotions, and he’s really sure of them. It’s just wonderful to be around. His heart is probably golden-colored, if you could paint it.”

6 Funny Canadians Worth Following On Twitter

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For all the ONTD comedy fans out there, here is a list of Canadians whose twitter accounts consistently make make me smile:

1. Mark Little (@markmarklittle)

Mark Little is a stand-up comedian, actor, and founding member of the east coast comedy group picnicface.

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2. Bruce McCulloch (@BrucioMcCulloch)
Member of Kids In The Hall sketch group, author, and actor.

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3. Aisha Alfa (@aishaalfa)
Aisha is a rising stand-up comedian and current cast member on satirical news show "The Beaverton"

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4. Dave Shumka (@daveshumka)
Dave Shumka is a comedian, podcaster, and author.

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5. Ivan Decker (@ivandecker)

Decker is a stand-up comedian from Vancouver who has appeared on CBC's "The Debaters"

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6. Kate Beaton (@beatonna)
Beaton is the creator of the comic strip "Hark! A Vagrant", a children's book author, and an all around wonderful Canadian.

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Who makes you laugh on twitter, ONTD?

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Wyclef Jean was detained by police over mistaken identity

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Zayn reveals new collab with PartyNextDoor

Black Butterfly Trailer #1 (2017)

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Remake of French thriller, Papillon Noir by Herve Korian. Banderas will play Paul, a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter (Rhys Meyers) and offers him a place to stay. However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light.

Starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Piper Perabo, and Antonio Banderas!

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Jane The Virgin 3x15 Extended Promo "Chapter Fifty-Nine"


Concept trailer for Tomm Moore's "Wolfwalkers"

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From Tomm Moore, director of "The Secret of Kells" and "Song of the Sea", comes the third instalment in his Irish mythology trilogy!

Wolfwalkers tells the story of 11-year-old Robyn Goodfellow, a young apprentice hunter who comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack of wolves. Her life changes though after she saves a native girl, Mebh, which leads to her discovery of the Wolfwalkers and transforms her into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy.

The film is, again, brought to life by Kilkenny's Cartoon Saloon animation studio, using both digital and hand-drawn animation. The deer chase sequence from the trailer is insanely beautiful!

Read more over at Cartoon Brew.


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Supergirl 2x17 Extended Promo "Distant Sun"

The Cast of "Power Rangers" - Press Tour in NYC

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The Power Rangers cast make a stop in New York City to promote the new movie hitting theatres on Friday, March 24th 2017!





Becky G, RJ Cyler, Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, and Ludi Lin stopped by the AOL Build Series to discuss the film. The cast talk about the audition process, working in Vancouver (ayyyy!), their friendship, and more. Naomi Scott reveals that she played all the Power Rangers for her audition tape.



The cast also stopped at the Today show to talk about how the new Power Rangers is more of a coming-of age story compared to the original series.



Bryan Cranston stopped by Live with Kelly to talk about his involvement with the Power Rangers TV series. He voiced a lot of the monsters in the original series.



Elizabeth Banks talks about channeling her dark side as villainous Rita Repulsa in the new film "Saban’s Power Rangers." The makeup process took about 4.5 hours a day.

BUILD Series | Today | Live with Kelly | Today (March 14) | build.aol.com

73 Questions With Selena Gomez

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- Has a nice house OP personal opinion
- Her favorite place to visit in the world is Europe
- Hobby she would never give up: Dancing
- Describes herself in 3 words: Loyal, kind, giving
- Pet peeve: People who are rude
- Scares her the most: Losing someone I love
- Who makes her the angriest? People who act entitled
- Favorite Jingle: Stanley Steamer Carpet Cleaners

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Nebula & Hugo Award Winning Author Nnedi Okorafor Talks Whitewashing

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- nnedi okorafor is a nigerian-amercian sff writer
- she's won at the world fantasy awards, hugo awards, nebula awards
- she's talking about an earlier novel, the shadow speaker and hyperion/disney attempting to whitewash the cover in 2007
- they said it was because there weren't enough stock photos of black women














Speaking later with io9:

- “How did I feel? Shock, a sinking feeling in my belly, fury, and ‘O-M-G, it’s happening. To me!’” Okorafor told io9. “I started writing science fiction because I wanted to see Africa in the future... This cover erased a lot of that in one stroke. Plus, it was a lie.”

- “There’s a whole history of racist intent and assumption behind whitewashing. To deny this is just to avoid the discomfort of guilt. People don’t like to be uncomfortable, and seeing something in yourself that you know is problematic is uncomfortable, even painful. So giving the benefit of the doubt when it’s not earned is easier. Pretending you don’t see the obvious means you don’t have to look within. It’s easier to maintain than grow.”

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what books by woc are you reading, ontd.

Alec Baldwin on who should replace him as TRUMP on SNL!

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Alec Baldwin chatted with Z100's Garrett Vogel on the red carpet for the BOSS BABY premiere last night. Alec discussed who he would want to replace him as TRUMP on SNL .... And how much longer he plans to play the role!

He said, " I don't know. They've had people in the cast like, Taran [Killiam] , who just left and Darell [Hammond]. I think that it's a rare time that someone who has guested on the show, over and over again, playing a really important role.I said "Not that I don't think i'm going to do it anymore, as if i'm going to quit." I don't know how much more people want to see that. I'm going to do the rest of the season between now and end of may.I don't know if they want me to come back next year and who knows what's going to happen between now and next year.

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The View talks about NSA/FBI Directors fact checking 45's tweets

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Today's hosts: Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Jedediah Bila

Today's HOT topics:
The panel discusses how Admiral Rogers (NSA) and Director Comey (FBI) fact checked 45's live tweets during yesterday's Trussia hearing when the tweets were brought into record by Representative Jim Himes (D-CT). They also dive into Marco Rubio's (R-FL) comments right before the election of "Can this country afford to have a president under investigation by the FBI?"

45's trips to the Southern White House are once again a hot-topic for the panel. They discuss how that tax payer's money have been into play. Jed argues that he's not being fiscally conservative and does not agree that people should pay to visit the Southern White House. The subject of 45's live tweeting is decimated by the panel and are we losing our credibility because of it.

The panel talks about liquor and alcohol. We learn that Sara and Sunny recently had a deep conversation about liquor and mixologists. They try to answer do men really need alcohol to socialize?










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'Avengers for Fairytales' movie 'Princesses' being shopped around Hollywood

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  • Disney is rumored to be interested in buying it (This isn't THEIR product, it's just the DP image)

  • Movie spec script going around Hollywood, written by Nir Paniry

  • Expect this to have a bunch of public domain princesses, but no word on who exactly


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Which princesses would you like to see?

KPOP Post: Pristin, Monsta X, CN Blue, Highlight

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Pristin from Pledis Ent (Home to Seventeen & After School)


Beast Super Rookie's, Highlight


Comebacks
Monsta X


CN Blue


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Swet Shop Boys Releasing "Sufi LA" Vinyl EP

Mel Gibson Has Been Quietly Working To Help Holocaust Victims

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  • A charity org called Survivor Mitzvah Project approached Mel Gibson years ago to see if he would like to get involved and he has been a big supporter of them since then.

  • The founder of the organization says that Evil Santa doesn't just write checks, but personally tries to get other people involved.

  • The same founder says the actor's (who caused a stir in 2006 for going on a druken anti-semitic rant) actions have helped a lot of people in 8 countries.

  • ~Sources~ (lmao) say that he has shown remorse of his behavior and is trying to turn his life around so he can be remembered for his work and not his scandals.


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Have you ever been quietly helping holocaust victims while being loudly racist and anti-semite, ONTD? TYFYA!
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