The Impossible Trailer Features Pretty White People Surviving Indonesian Tsunami

By Edward | Tuesday, August 21, 2012 | 4 Comments

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Based on the true life events of the 2004 tsunami that devastated Indonesia and killed over 200,000 people, Hollywood has decided to make a film called The Impossible that stars Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts as wealthy European tourists caught in the disaster. If I can summarize this film in a nutshell, it would be: “A touching film starring white people who survive while seeing the poor dying brown people around them and realize how fragile life is.”

As usual, there is the trend that with white actors in leading roles about saving non-white people in disastrous situations, you have a guaranteed major distribution. However, if it’s from the perspective of the non-white folks that are afflicted, it is typically relegated to art house statuses and ethnic film festivals.

Don’t get me wrong, this film does look touching and most likely it will be Oscar bait since there’s nothing like a good ol’ heart tugging film about human resilience in the face of disaster, even if the major faces all just happen to be white.

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happyappa

Crap, Naomi Watts just got nominated for her role in this movie. Well Hollywood just loves the strong, powerful, white people saving us poor, helpless, pocs. Screw it
mingzi

uhhh so what? I don’t think making a movie about white people in non-white countries is racist

it was a movie about some white tourists, not about the Thai victims
It doesn’t diminish their suffering in any way
http://www.facebook.com/kimberlyFLsouthbelle Kimberly Aaron Richardson

A vacationing family, while not likely to have lost their home, they don’t know the language or the area well. If they become separated, it’s more difficult o find each other. They didn’t have it harder than anyone else, overall, but these additional variables add to the makings of a successful feature-length film. Are you aware how many from Australia and New Zealand perished in the 2004 Tsunami? Approximately half of the total death toll. Additionally, The Impossible is not a documentary. Hollywood knows they have to cast top-notch actors with fans to recoup their investment.

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