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Racist Hunger Games Фаны Are Very Disappointed

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Cinders said:
I always pictured Rue and Thresh as black, for the same reasons I pictured Gale with dark hair and Peeta with blond hair - that's how Collins describes the characters in her book.

I thought that Kravitz as Cinna was a piece of inspired casting - sincerely one of my favorite casting choices in the whole film. But I didn't picture him as black, though for some reason he was tan.

Nonetheless, the race of Thresh and Rue shouldn't be a surprise, but if it is, it shouldn't be a big deal to anyone, and certainly shouldn't "ruin the movie" like it did for one of those Tweeters. Honestly, where is all the rage over race coming from, and why aren't these disappointed fans asking themselves why this is bothering them so much?
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KitKatLex said:
That's sad. I personally think the casting is fine.
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What in the hell.....
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OMG this article made me so MAD! My friend saw the movie and she said that Lenny Kravitz AND Amandla Stenberg AND Dayo Okeniyi were AWESOME!!!! OMG, these people are so racist! What, just because they're black means that they're automatically not human and bad people? WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM? That is so RACIST!!!!! I CAN'T STRESS THAT ENOUGH!
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Cinders said:
Yes, it's frustrating, but calm down. The article - and I'm guessing the vast majority of fans here - agree with you. They were pointing out the ignorance of these fans on Twitter, who neglected to pay attention to detail if they thought Rue and Thresh were white, and are small-minded idiots if the fact that they aren't white upsets them, or makes them care for the characters any less than they had before.

EDIT: I, for the record, thought Amandla Stenberg was also superbly cast in her role - she looked almost identical to how I pictured Rue. Kravitz, Stenberg, and Woody Harrelson were probably my top three casting favorites in that film, although there was not a single character I did not think was well-cast. I was very happy with this cast.
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NCISLOVER said:
The nerve of some people... So sad!!! Loved the whole cast!
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fanfly said:
Wow....Just wow. That's just sad. And stupid. And kinda scary.
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Those people call themselves "fans"?! Some of those tweets were just incredibly offensive!

I mean, honestly, I hadn't pictured Rue and Thresh or Cinna as being black, but I loved the movie, and the people they cast were fantastic in the parts. Something as simple as race shouldn't ruin a movie for someone.

I always thought Katniss had brown/dark brown hair though....not black.
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I don’t understand this attitude at all. I mean, I guess I can understand why people who skimmed over the character descriptions might picture Rue to be white, since Katniss was always comparing her to Prim, but I’ll never understand why people are making such a big deal that she isn’t.

I remember the first time I saw a screenshot of Amandla Stenberg and I was stunned because she looked exactly how I’d always pictured Rue to look while reading the books. She had that perfect mix of innocence and inherent sweetness about her and I found her instantly endearing. I was thrilled that they seemed to have found someone that not only matched the physical description of the character, but who also managed to bring her to life so perfectly. When I came online after seeing the film to gush about my favorite parts, I was floored to see so many insulting, ignorant statements regarding Rue (and Thresh and Cinna, for that matter). It pains me to see that so much hatred and petty racism is still out there. So what if Rue isn’t white? Why should that have any effect on how people view the character? It’s absolutely horrible and honestly breaks my heart, because it’s showing the exact same attitude that these books are warning against - a lack of compassion and complete disregard for human life. The fact that it's over something as trivial as the color of someone's skin makes it even worse.

It’s just melanin, people. Honestly.
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zanhar1 said:
See I always kind of pictured her (Rue) as black female so I don't see the problem with the casting.
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