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