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Barmymoo:
idontunderstand

snalin:
"I'll dance with the winds and sing whale songs with the Lisbon girls"

Swedes...

Omega Entity:
Portugal is a fantastic place - I went there with my friend and sister about ten years ago. Lots to see and do, especially if you like old forts and the like. The people are also extremely friendly. I did get the impression in many of the small family-owned shops, it's pretty well expected of you to haggle over prices - one older gentleman in an second-hand shop seemed disappointed when I asked how much some small ceramics were and tried to pay him the price he stated.

If you get a chance, Porto is a fantastic hillside city, and I found the food is much better there than in Lisbon. And oh god, the food! We ate custard pastries every morning for breakfast while we were there, and amazingly nothing upset my stomach, which is an accomplishment in and of itself; my stomach is extremely finicky.

Lupercal:

--- Quote from: Zingoleb on 23 Oct 2012, 16:59 ---I think you can say it's a good show without denying the pretty blatant racism inherent in its casting/creation. Saying 'who gives a shit?' because it doesn't have bearing on your life is kind of dismissive of legitimate struggles that people face.

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Its got women and a black guy in it jeez

In all seriousness, please divulge. As a fan of the show, and of all this crap behind TV/Movies in general, I'd like to explore this viewpoint. I don't know if this is the right place to do it but you know.

Lines:
Mostly what I see from casting is the lack of diversity? I mean, Inara is Brazilian, Zoe is black, Book is black, and everybody else is white. Various other characters in the show are predominantly white and then sometimes black, but rarely do you see Asians, Hispanics, or other people groups. And really, if the universe is so blended (as seen through language) there would be FAR less white people.

But honestly I see more of a problem with the language than I do casting. Using bad Chinese to swear is racist. 1) They should have gotten the language right and 2) it shouldn't have been just to swear, it should have been incorporated more fully (which is understandable, English and Chinese [Mandarin?] are the two most widely used languages) or not at all. Sci-fi often involves the blending of languages, they could have done so much better with that.

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