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A Difference in Perspective: Experiencing Avatar Exceeds the Marketing

By Ouyang Dan on 26 January, 2010

We recently took a family excursion to the theatre in Seoul to see Avatar (and we can discuss our decision to take The Kid to see it another time, as in, not at all). I thought I would suck it up and see it as a service to the rest of the team here at [...]

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Promoting James Cameron’s Avatar: Let’s Talk Jake Sully and Disability

By meloukhia on 31 December, 2009

Note: This post is about how James Cameron’s Avatar is being presented and promoted to the public, and about the attitudes cast and crew have to the characters and their presentation. It is not a review of Avatar.
A reader recently sent a tip to Anna about a video on Hulu, a short interview with Sam [...]

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James Cameron’s Avatar: Watch Some -isms This December!

By meloukhia on 21 November, 2009

I’m editing this post to ad, since a lot of people are arriving here with the search term “Avatar racist,” some links to thoughts on race in Avatar elsewhere on the Internet: Sek writes “Intentions be damned, Avatar is racist” and Annalee Newtiz (linked in Sek’s post), wrote: “When Will White People Stop Making Movies [...]

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