Martian' Director Criticized
Martian' Director Criticized, The Martian administrator Ridley Scott has appear beneath blaze from campaigners for acid Asian-American characters from the sci-fi film.
Activists of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) affirmation the moviemaker afflicted the chase of a doctor featured in Andy Weir's 2014 novel.
Dr. Venkat Kapoor, who is of Southeast Asian coast in the book, has become Vincent in the blur and is apparent as a atramentous appearance played by British amateur Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Critics aswell advance a Korean-American appearance alleged Mindy Park was afflicted to be played by white extra Mackenzie Davis.
"So few projects are accounting accurately with Asian-American characters in them," says MANAA architect Guy Aoki in a statement. "And he's now afflicted them to a white woman and atramentous man...
"This was a abundant befalling to accord compact roles to accomplished Asian American actors - and addition their careers - which would've enabled our association to become a greater allotment of the accomplishment team. This feel-good movie, which has admiring Oscar buzz, shouldn't get any awards for casting."
The Martian, which stars Matt Damon as a abandoned astronaut angry for adaptation on Mars, has accepted a big hit back its absolution beforehand this month, topping the box appointment on both abandon of the Atlantic.
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