Stereotypes In Hollywood Movies

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Hollywood Stereotype I used to remember as a kid when me and my friends watch an American made movies was more that just an entertainment but a great past time and an escaped from reality even for a few hours. Hollywood is so famous and makes tons of money that US Bureau of Economic Analysis released the first ever estimates based on 2011 that Hollywood movie industries add $504 Billion to US Gross Domestic Product (GDP). With all these money on hand, How do they manage to create new movies that doesn’t cross the line to racial inequalities, women rights and religious issues that has been violated because of Hollywood stereotyping that creates negativity to some minorities. I strongly believe that Hollywood writers and directors have social responsibility to avoid stereotyping ethnic characters. First, Hollywood writers and directors need to avoid portraying Asian women as a sex symbol or slave. For example, “The World of Suzie Wong” in 1960, …show more content…

Whitewashing is a practice here in United States which white actors are the main cast of a non-white character role. Even though a lot of white man are favorable and highly skilled actors capable of portraying a non-white role character, it will loss the essence and originality of the story. One of the most controversial in 2010 when M. Knight Shyamalan recreated the famous Nickelodeon anime “Avatar- The last Airbender”. The fans protested and start writing a letter campaign to Paramount Productions because the main cast are white actors despite the origin of the series was based on Asian characters and cultures. (Yellow face documentary, part 1) These are the same practice as “Blackface” in the 19th century and used make-up predominantly by non-black performers to represent a caricature of a black person. Whitewashing is not about racist, but something more larger and more systemic. (yellowface documentary,

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