Uhh, I wasn't necessarily talking about his brown skin and facial features as much as his mannerisms and accent, which is clearly supposed to be African American and NOT aboriginal or any other ethnicity. Have you ever heard an aboriginal say "some booties are 'bout to be shaked!" ? Yeah I don't think so. The character seems an annoying stereotype that was done much better by Eddie Murphy in Shrek. It seems George Lucas has fallen deep into the politically correct "defender of the black cause" trap if now even dwarf characters, which are traditionally Nordic, are black. Look, I have no problem with black characters, but not having a black character just for the sake of diversity. This "hidden agenda" tokenism is actually a veiled form of reversed racism. And yes I also am slightly annoyed by his goofy eccentric personality, which I stated in my post. The character's hideous character design is actually what bothers me the most, not his black-ness. He looks terribly uncanny valley and creepy.
And surely someone whose idea of deep poetry is Coldplay lyrics has no right to call me out on a lack of historic knowledge or sheltered view of the world. You seem like a politically correct git calling anyone who has even the slightest criticism basically a racist. Maybe it's YOU who should pick up a history book and travel more.
You're defending a turd of a movie here. Basically everyone who has seen the trailer can see it's pure cow dong.
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nsmitha
9 years ago
You're calling yourself a racist, not me. I said you weren't bright. I definitely don't know where you're getting my ideas of deep poetry. It's a quote from a song I have in my profile. If that is also your deductive reasoning that by THAT alone, you know my interests in poetry, then you're still not too bright. I have an undergrad degree in History and I'm very well-traveled. That is not the point. I saw the movie, and it wasn't very good to me. I took my niece and she loved it. I think all the kids in the theatre loved it. My point is that this little guy was a pointy eared elf, who could have been ANY color. And his phrases were cute and made it fun. I think Lucas was trying to be contemporary b/c they were singing Black-Eye Peas songs. So the shake it and other stuff he said was not really out into left field. You're bringing up race and getting way too deep when it's not needed.
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LiamNeesonTrollHunter
9 years ago
Insinuating I "am not too bright" because I thought it was an African American elf (which it clearly is based on its use of slang and personality) is incredibly pretentious. You seemed to be hung up over the race-thing, when it wasn't even the main point of my post, kind of implying that you think I'm some sort of racist/xenophobe. I don't give a crap if you have an undergrad in history, having a degree doesn't guarantee having real knowledge, wisdom or true understanding. I won't pretend to know you, but if this is how you react to opinions, you still have a long road to go.
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nsmitha
9 years ago
Sorry...I never implied that. It's obviously your thought process that makes you think that I did, not my words. And I actually don't think you know enough about race to even be a racist. We can agree to disagree. Good Day
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vish1-67-323996
7 years ago
It is obvious he is African-American. Yes, they try to squeeze in at least one of those characters nowadays as an attempt to be PC / racially diverse, but sometimes it fails. Similar to the Candlemaker in "The Book Of Life"
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