The casting of Scarlett Johansson as Japanese manga character Major Motoko Kusanagi has drawn criticism.The casting of Scarlett Johansson as Japanese manga character Major Motoko Kusanagi has drawn criticism.
The casting of Scarlett Johansson as Japanese manga character Major Motoko Kusanagi has drawn criticism.
Culture /  Film & TV

Margaret Cho, George Takei protest over Hollywood ‘whitewashing’ of Asian characters

Entertainers fear a return to the xenophobic Tinseltown of old, and are aghast at recent casting decisions that put Caucasian actors in Asian roles – a practice with a long and ignoble history

Travis M. Andrews

Updated: 6:00pm, 5 May, 2016

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The casting of Scarlett Johansson as Japanese manga character Major Motoko Kusanagi has drawn criticism.The casting of Scarlett Johansson as Japanese manga character Major Motoko Kusanagi has drawn criticism.
The casting of Scarlett Johansson as Japanese manga character Major Motoko Kusanagi has drawn criticism.
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