That’s a good point - sometimes it totally depends on their capabilities. ie: if you know they always flake, don’t get mad about it, realize oh x person always flakes, y person is never on time, etc.

Perspective.

Exactly. Real grown ups have to ‘fake it’ multiple times a day. Especially in the working world. You have to pretend to care about crap from you co-workers, board members, association groups, etc, etc. That you just don’t. Especially since we’re all living the movie of our lives in our own heads. My job is practically…

I still think that phoniness lies in inconsistency. A fake person will behave in a way that is inconsistent with what they are signalling to others as their values. Behaving differently for different people doesn’t necessarily mean a deviation from values (I can pretend to care when hearing about a person’s day…

Yep - this. The social lie is to protect people. I don’t always like my coworkers but it benefits all of us if I pretend to. I have begun to try to stop/suppress negative thoughts about others since my highly sensitive nature leads me to believe I have actually expressed them - THIS is much harder.

To me fake = being an obvious weasel, repeatedly with no remorse or acknowledgement.

Nobody lives up to their ideals. The “real” people will actually talk about it, acknowledge it etc. when obviously letting someone down, acting out of character etc.

Right? White lies and keeping our opinions to ourselves sometimes are the social grease keeping us moving along and not doing anything terrible to the people around us.

To me, being fake - as opposed to being a multifaceted person who acts differently in different situations - means being a liar and hypocrite. And very few of us tell the truth and live up to our ideals all the time, so we’re all at least a little fake.

I agree that as examples of white washing go, it’s a much smaller transgression than most. But I think it’s fairly illustrative of a problem in which it doesn’t even occur to these guys to ask because they just assume white unless the person has some super obvious name or is otherwise stated. TBH, I’m not really…

There’s only one Indian actor in Hollywood?

It doesn’t have to be the worst example to be singled out - it is still an example. The one Indian actor that was possibly offered the role and possibly backed out at the last minute (we don’t know for sure, right?) wouldn’t be the ONLY Indian actor available. In terms of the right coloured actor being available, I…

Movies and TV aren’t 90% white because all the casting directors have gotten together and said, collectively, “I hate actors of color and I will never, ever audition anyone who isn’t white.” Movies and TV are 90% white because white people have the luxury of only considering the world from their point of view. That’s…

It is a weak example, but they could have just asked the author instead of defaulting to white when presented with a name that’s commonly found in both communities. I’m sure they talked to him at some point when deciding to adapt the film. That said, Tiger Lily this isn’t. And really, this would probably be something…

Park is a very common Korean last name, so I disagree that there would be anything wrong with that assumption. I thought she was Korean, but it’s possibly because I’ve done some work with South Korean schools. Maybe the average American doesn’t have this knowledge.

Not the point.

The author and critics are saying the character is Korean American and not just Asian so you may have missed something.

Not only is Park a common Korean surname, but the author himself has said that she was intended to be Korean American: https://domesoph.wordpress.com/2015/05/02/and…

Because there aren’t 1.2 billion Indian people they could have cast, about 120 of them who bring more money than Chewie does, because hat’s what this is about. He’s a fantastic actor, but the reason they always give is that it’s about money and the ticket-buying audience.

I’m pretty sure Matt Damon knows when diversity is an issue.

Agreed. Is this “Derelicht” from “Zoolander?”

The craziest thing to me is that this aesthetic reminds me of extreme poverty. When I think of homeless people or some of the people who live in the Brazilian favelas, that’s the kind of stuff they wear (because they can’t afford clothing and take donations and whatnot). And then this dude comes in and launches this…