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It Won't Happen Again Again
My apolotweets might not have fit the scale of the crime for some, so I’m following them up with one of my patented...
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#1527
White privilege is…
Asserting that you shouldn’t have to risk your privilege and safety for something you’re...
Most of these people have obviously not read the books.
If they had, they would know there is no racial component to slavery as practiced on Essos. It is based on slavery as it existed in the ancient world. The Romans and Greek were just as willing to enslave other Greeks and Romans as they were Celts, Goths, Germans, and Africans. It’s on the page.
However, when you are filming scenes in Morocco, and you put out a call for extras, it’s Moroccans who show up. Most of them are darker skinned than our European actors (though there is actually a lot of different races and ethnic groups represented in the country, including Arabs, Berbers, Africans, French, etc). It is not so different from shooting a scene in Belfast and putting out a call for extras, whereupon a lot of Irish show up.
We fly our actors from country to country and continent to continent, at considerable expense, but that’s not a practical consideration when dealing with extras. So in any big crowd scene, the prevailing skin color is always going to echo that of whatever the location is that you’re shooting in.
But just for the record, yes, Dany is white, just as she has been from the beginning, and she may or may not be a savior (the last scene in “Mhysa” is not the end of her journey by any means), but she frees slaves of all colors, races, creeds, and nationalities.
-George RR Martin, on his livejournal.
After the finale of Game of Thrones Season 3, FatPink(pod)Cast put together a blog post compiling a bunch of critics’ reactions to the end scene, which many people (our podcast included) felt read like a “white savior” trope. Rather than argue it ourselves, why not pull together an aggregate demonstrating that there were widespread concerns about the depiction? The blog post went up and over the past week has garnered over 7,300 tumblr notes.
Over on George RR Martin’s official livejournal, Иван Троловский asked Martin what he thought about our post? (Helpfully adding that he thought it was “narrow-minded stereotipical[sic] thinking…irrelevant toe struggle against racism…and even harmful for it.” *indignant cough* ) They asked Martin how to “reduce the harm” of these “foolish associates.”
Here’s Martin’s reply. While he does not directly address the uh, purported harm we have caused by discussing the problematic imagery of the show, he does provide some insight on how the scene was cast and Dany’s race. (Though personally, I’d caution against the premises that the people reading the scene have not read the books, that the show can’t stand by itself without greater context from the book, and that the logistics of extras in the filming site somehow invalidate concerns about the show replicating a classic white savior trope.)
-M
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If you haven’t, I would strongly advise checking out these GoT videos on the history of Westeros and the houses. They explain a lot that show-watchers wouldn’t know and they’re pretty amazing besides.
Watching Sherlock and it’s not bad though out of the two dramas I’m streaming (it and Life) I’m more likely to keep up with the other. Still, it’s a nice enough show.
I am, however, wondering what people were talking about when they said it had amazing cinematography and direction. The cinematography and direction isn’t bad, it’s rather good… for a television show. But it’s not exceptional.
Also I feel bad for all the tasteless haters who can’t deal with her cunning and reptilian grace.
This is even better than the reactions to the Red Wedding.
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For an anon who wrote:
Hi, can you please take a moment to expand on your opinion of Dany both as a character in general and as the Queen she has become/will be in future seasons?Firstly, to whoever sent me this message, I really just want to thank you. This isn’t as solid…
- asha: NOW LOOK MOTHERFUCKER OHANA MEANS FAMILY AND FAMILY MEANS NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND
