Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-34935885-20180308085918/@comment-1916997-20180309013905

EvilSkillet wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Eskaver wrote: I wouldn’t use the word “Arab”. I believe Deniz was Turkish and Jafar version 1, version 2, were Indian and Iranian. Peter Gadiot is Mexican/Dutch.

Being upset over one representation missing is impractical. Plus, they lean on more European and more female above most others. Well, sure, but the characters themselves come from an Arab-like region (Agrabah), so would be that in show, regardless of the actor's ethnicities. I mean technically Mulan isn't Asian, because she is from FTL, and Asia doesn't exist there, just some fictional Empire that (presumably because they never actually took the time to show us) has far east Asian stylings. Techincally if Mulan isn't Asian, specifically Chinese (even though they use a Korean ethnic actress) and comes from a make belive land, then that means that the other characters aren't white. So why should the main roles be casted by white people? Oh that's right, because we all know that if Prince Charming or Killian was an Asian guy, there would be a huge uproar. People will always say "as long as they're good at acting, there race doesn't matter," but that doesn't really hold any meaning because people already know that at the end of the day the part will undoubtedly go to a white person. I don't think there would have been that big of an uproar. They had black Lancelot, black Merlin, latina Gwen, black Rapunzel, etc. It was the writers that chose to have so many of the characters be white. Also, the writers could have done stories from Asian countries, African countries, etc. and then cast Asian actors, African actors, etc. to play those roles.

On a seperate note, I forgot to mention that Captain Nemo is also an asian male in Season 6.