Analysis Of The Film 'Thief Of Bagdad'

Although, the writers and the directors are the main people who create the content of the film, they do not have a responsibility to avoid stereotyping ethnic characters in the movie because it is just the connection between the

There have been many roles that should have consisted an Asian to play the lead role, but they did not see an appearance. There have been many situations where white actors have won Oscar’s for playing Asian roles. Such as Aline MacMahon playing a yellowface role in Dragon Seed and Linda Hunt for playing as a Chinese Man in the Year of Living Dangerously (Vox, 2016). Although these two movies were in the 1940’s and 1982, this situation still hasn’t changed up to today’s date. In 2010 the Last Airbender casted white actors for their live-action movie for a famous Asian anime. In 2012 Ashton Kutcher played as an Indian for a Popchips commercial. The documentary Hollywood Chinese by Arthur Dong is about how white performers who play Asian roles (Vox, 2016). This documentary mentions how Asians have been treated unfairly in the industry.

Now it is possible that I may be getting ahead of myself when talking about racism in the film. While it

consisting of all black actors could still be a very popular movie. Even though it revolved around

The Last Airbender (2010): This is also an adaption of the TV-show Avatar: The Last Airbender, in which the main characters are Asian and the cultures the show was based off are also from Asian countries. Nevertheless, Hollywood failed us again by using all white actors for the good guys.

Consequently, racism in film industry could have some effect on the society. Racism is the reason why the writers and directors should have a social responsibility to avoid stereotyping ethnic

Movie have always been a huge part of American culture. Moreover, we should all know that the United States of America is a culturally diverse nation. So, you would think that writers should attempt to make movies that are ethnically correct. For example, filmmakers play off of archetypes, and tropes, because Hollywood believes that we are incapable of understanding, and we could not possibly fathom a Latina women being anything other than the spicy Latin lover. It is also shocking to see that not many films focus on other cultures, beyond the “majority” white culture in the United States.

Hence, there are a lot of movies giving bad images on Arabs and Muslim from the silver screen till status quo, this chapter is launched with analysis and we shed the lights on two movies contains that bad images for the other people released by Hollywood.

Hollywood has been poisoned by racism to a point where it is unacceptable. For years, the entertainment industry has treated colored actors in an unjustifiable way and consistently put them in discriminatory situations. The racial bias and unfairness present in Hollywood have been seen through factors such as Oscar nominations and casting, as well as the actions of filmmakers.

One Arab merchant even tries to cut off Jasmine’s hand when she doesn’t have money to pay for an apple she gave to a hungry boy. Not once in the movie does it show a wealthy man living outside the palace among civilization. This is not only unrealistic but it is also very insulting towards the Arabic culture.

But while the practice is familiar, it still hurts when a high-profile role originally viewed as Asian is simply handed to a non-Asian actor. In a situation like this, the industry usually responds that there are simply no Asian-American actors that are ready to promote a major release. Hollywood has no A-listers of Asian descent.

Another issue in the movie was attitudes. All races have attitudes towards people that are not like their own, whether they are good or bad. Attitudes I believe are connected with experiences. What one experiences with another race can affect the way their attitude is towards them.

In order to understand the roles of Asians in western media, sufficient data and information must be gathered to be able to comprehend why this minority group is discerned in the aforementioned manner. In addition, one of the major concerns in this paper is the term “Yellow Face”, or when a non-Asian person is pretending to be Asian. Yellow Face is usually prevalent in Hollywood movies, such as Madama Butterfly (1915), The Last Airbender (2010), and The Martian (2015).

Secondly, there is not enough main roles for different races in Hollywood and TV shows as they are usually portrayed as supporting or minor characters. Every lead role in films usually go to the straight white male instead of a person of colour. This can be seen in The Martian where the lead role goes to Matt Damon. The Martian is about an astronaut that is stranded on Mars after a dust storm hits. Astronauts are not restricted by colour, as anyone can become one. Furthermore, the production team did not want to audition Asian-Americans for the role because they thought they would not fit the role just because of their race. All the people of colour that contributed to the film were reduced to small roles and had the races of the characters

The misrepresentation of minorities is frequent in Hollywood films and Arabs are one of the many minority groups Hollywood misrepresent. Arabs are portrayed negatively in films for long time even before 9/11. The Arabs characters are portrayed with always having accent, wearing traditional attire, untrustworthy, aggressive and almost always associated with terrorism. The continuously falsification could lead to stereotypes, misjudgment, and damage to Arabic culture.