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02-22-2016, 08:04 PM
John Oliver doesn't get how Hollywood whitewashing is still a thing in 2016
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News flash: There aren't a ton of roles for **n-white actors in big budget studio ******. That's partially because even when those roles do exist — in ****** based on true stories about people who aren't white, or characters from other media who were originally black or Asian or Latina — they're frequently still given to white actors.
See also: Lati**, Asian and Native American actors aren't at the Oscars, either (http://mashable.com/2016/01/20/oscars-diversity-2016/)
John Oliver (http://mashable.com/category/john-oliver/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) makes that point pretty damningly in this clip from Sunday's edition of Last Week Tonight, which turns a harsh spotlight on everything from classic examples of whitewashing in film (Scarface, West Side Story) to recent examples like Gods of Egypt (http://mashable.com/2015/11/13/gods-of-egypt-backlash/) and Aloha (http://mashable.com/2015/07/15/emma-stone-aloha/). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/22/john-oliver-hollywood-whitewashing/)
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News flash: There aren't a ton of roles for **n-white actors in big budget studio ******. That's partially because even when those roles do exist — in ****** based on true stories about people who aren't white, or characters from other media who were originally black or Asian or Latina — they're frequently still given to white actors.
See also: Lati**, Asian and Native American actors aren't at the Oscars, either (http://mashable.com/2016/01/20/oscars-diversity-2016/)
John Oliver (http://mashable.com/category/john-oliver/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) makes that point pretty damningly in this clip from Sunday's edition of Last Week Tonight, which turns a harsh spotlight on everything from classic examples of whitewashing in film (Scarface, West Side Story) to recent examples like Gods of Egypt (http://mashable.com/2015/11/13/gods-of-egypt-backlash/) and Aloha (http://mashable.com/2015/07/15/emma-stone-aloha/). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/22/john-oliver-hollywood-whitewashing/)
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