Is Shadow not a white guy? I don't remember any references to race, but I read it a while ago.
If the apocalypse comes, beep me.
Buffy ,'Selfless'
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Polter-Cow - Mar 28, 2011 1:05:18 pm PDT #13803 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Consuela - Mar 28, 2011 1:05:48 pm PDT #13804 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Shadow is black, but it's fairly subtextual, IIRC.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 28, 2011 2:15:34 pm PDT #13805 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I do recall being surprised when that part became clear in the text, but figured it was just white bias on my part for imagining him otherwise.
smonster - Mar 28, 2011 2:45:27 pm PDT #13806 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Clearly I need to go back and read it again, because that never became clear to me. Dur. White bias FTFail.
sj - Mar 28, 2011 2:51:39 pm PDT #13807 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Clearly I need to go back and read it again, because that never became clear to me. Dur. White bias FTFail.
I'm glad it's not just me because I completely missed that.
Consuela - Mar 28, 2011 2:54:48 pm PDT #13808 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I missed it too; it came up in later discussions on the book. It's more subtle than in Anansi Boys.
beekaytee - Mar 28, 2011 3:46:00 pm PDT #13809 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
It's more subtle than in Anansi Boys.
I had a whahuh? look on my face when I read this. Then I had to remind myself that I did not read Anansi Boys, but rather, listened to it read by Lenny Henry. I've checked that one out of the library three times so far and hear something new every time I listen to it. Absolutely wonderful. But, in no way subtle in the 'casting.'
§ ita § - Mar 28, 2011 4:19:16 pm PDT #13810 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But, in no way subtle in the 'casting.'
Did different people read different roles? Or did you assume the main character was black just because the reader of the whole book was black?
§ ita § - Mar 28, 2011 4:38:01 pm PDT #13811 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is your kid old enough for The Empire Strikes Back? TL/DR: Maybe, maybe not. Jesse would approve.
Someone asks the important question, though--when do you tell them about the prequels?
Amy - Mar 28, 2011 4:49:52 pm PDT #13812 of 30000
Because books.
Someone asks the important question, though--when do you tell them about the prequels?
Never would have been good for me.