From what I see in the trailer the action scenes look cool so I might watch it
Update: I just watched it and it's really good!! I love that there's a lot of action scenes and they're pretty well executed tooo, this movie is not a waste of time
Yeah. I don't see the racist parts tho?? Only because Dal Sik is wearing dreads?? A lot of people wore them around…
Hi, I just wanted to give my opinion on this, and of course I mean no disrespect and I don't intend to force my opinion on you in any way. This is just what I think, maybe it could shed another light on this matter? Also I am not a native English speaker so please forgive me if I make mistakes.
About the shade of his foundation, I understand how you could see this as blackface. However, if the other "problematic" sides of his character (dreads for example) weren't portrayed, would you still have felt this way? Or would you have taken this as a common make up mistake as most people often do? We all have made the wrong choice in the shade of our foundation at one point in our lives, whatever our skin color. Also, in every ethnicity there are people with lighter or darker skin colors, and this is made visible because of the white-washing that celebrities often face... So please take this into consideration.
About the dreads, if I understood well what you said, it is a mark of the rastafarianism religion right? If you consider this as such, then shouldn't you also be offended by people who use pieces of fabric to cover their heads to protect themselves from the heat, while it is a mark of Islam? Or by the Christian cross being used a lot in the fashion industry? Besides, all of these people have suffered some kind of oppression at one point in history. Not because of the color of their skin but because of their religion. But oppresion is oppression, whatever the "reason". A non-black person wearing dreads is, in my opinion, on the same level of "problematic" as an atheist wearing a Christian cross for fashion. However is that considered as culture approriation? I have never heard of it. More personally, my sister, who is not black, has been wearing dreads for years. She has had a huge complex over her hair because she has "holes" where her hair doesn't grow, and adding to that she can't style her hair as she wants because it is really curly and dry. Dreads happened to make her feel prettier. She wears them because of personal preference. Maybe Dal-sik's character has the same kind of preference. Plus, though I admit dreads are often not seen in a good way in my country, she has never had issues working with this hairstyle. I have in fact never seen people being discriminated against in a professional setting because of this. But of course it does not mean it doesn't happen, especially for jobs with more responsibilities (we belong to the working class). And I admit that people have sometimes looked down on my sister for her hair, but some have seen it as any other hairstyle, without any prejudice about it. And the fact that Dalsik's dreads are portrayed as "dirty" does not mean they want to show that dreads are always dirty, he just happens to be poor and not very hygenic. It's his fault as a human being for not taking care of his dreads, like it is my fault for sometimes being too lazy to wash my hair and they get greasy.
Of course, all these problematic sides that "happened" to add to each other make it absolutely understandable for people to get offended. But sometimes we all need to look at things from a different perspective not to be "biased" if I may say.
Again I mean no disrespect, and i'm not trying to find excuses because I like this show and find it entertaining, this is just what comes to my mind when I read your comments. Have a good day
About the shade of his foundation, I understand how you could see this as blackface. However, if the other "problematic" sides of his character (dreads for example) weren't portrayed, would you still have felt this way? Or would you have taken this as a common make up mistake as most people often do? We all have made the wrong choice in the shade of our foundation at one point in our lives, whatever our skin color. Also, in every ethnicity there are people with lighter or darker skin colors, and this is made visible because of the white-washing that celebrities often face... So please take this into consideration.
About the dreads, if I understood well what you said, it is a mark of the rastafarianism religion right? If you consider this as such, then shouldn't you also be offended by people who use pieces of fabric to cover their heads to protect themselves from the heat, while it is a mark of Islam? Or by the Christian cross being used a lot in the fashion industry? Besides, all of these people have suffered some kind of oppression at one point in history. Not because of the color of their skin but because of their religion. But oppresion is oppression, whatever the "reason". A non-black person wearing dreads is, in my opinion, on the same level of "problematic" as an atheist wearing a Christian cross for fashion. However is that considered as culture approriation? I have never heard of it.
More personally, my sister, who is not black, has been wearing dreads for years. She has had a huge complex over her hair because she has "holes" where her hair doesn't grow, and adding to that she can't style her hair as she wants because it is really curly and dry. Dreads happened to make her feel prettier. She wears them because of personal preference. Maybe Dal-sik's character has the same kind of preference. Plus, though I admit dreads are often not seen in a good way in my country, she has never had issues working with this hairstyle. I have in fact never seen people being discriminated against in a professional setting because of this. But of course it does not mean it doesn't happen, especially for jobs with more responsibilities (we belong to the working class). And I admit that people have sometimes looked down on my sister for her hair, but some have seen it as any other hairstyle, without any prejudice about it.
And the fact that Dalsik's dreads are portrayed as "dirty" does not mean they want to show that dreads are always dirty, he just happens to be poor and not very hygenic. It's his fault as a human being for not taking care of his dreads, like it is my fault for sometimes being too lazy to wash my hair and they get greasy.
Of course, all these problematic sides that "happened" to add to each other make it absolutely understandable for people to get offended. But sometimes we all need to look at things from a different perspective not to be "biased" if I may say.
Again I mean no disrespect, and i'm not trying to find excuses because I like this show and find it entertaining, this is just what comes to my mind when I read your comments.
Have a good day