Book Club on Yik Yak | As someone who always saw Katniss, Gale, Haymitch, and everyone else from the Seam as indigenous, it is so healing to see fan art of Haymitch as dark skinned. The books have such thoughtful explorations of race and class that the movies don't touch on

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Book Club 17w

As someone who always saw Katniss, Gale, Haymitch, and everyone else from the Seam as indigenous, it is so healing to see fan art of Haymitch as dark skinned. The books have such thoughtful explorations of race and class that the movies don't touch on

Anonymous 17w

I wasn't sure if I would watch the new adaptation of sotr but after seeing Lou-Lou/Louella being casted as two white girls, I'm not

Anonymous 17w

I agree they fumbled the casting for Louella and LouLou but don’t throw out the whole movie just cause of that

Anonymous

#1 17w

It's the latest example of the casting directors and the studio completely ignoring the source material and casting white people in roles where the characters' experience of the world of Panem and how Panem treats them is inherent to their race and ethnicity

Anonymous

OP 17w

Yes I agree, but Suzanne also signs off on and approves the castings too

Anonymous

#1 17w

Yes, she is a part of the problem when she gets involved with the production process. I'm not sure how much influence an author carries within the juggernaut these films have become in Hollywood, but it's still an issue I've had even when the first film came out when Katniss, Gale, and Haymitch were all portrayed by white actors. So now film continuity for the sake of it takes on more importance than actually adhering to the books

Anonymous

#1 17w

Not only to the descriptions of the characters, but also to the roles racial disparities and racial violence play within the world of Panem