+262 It shocks you how much racism there is about Rue, Thresh, and Cinna in the Hunger Game movie, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Lenny Kravitz is just too fucking awesome for them to handle.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Lenny Kravitz makes the perfect Cinna. He could be purple and still be perfect for the part.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Exactly! They couldn't have thought of a better guy for the part. He just... I don't know... completely OWNED it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Rue was said to be black in the books so thats the least understandable.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Thresh was too.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The book says both Rue and Thresh have dark skin and eyes. I don't know how that many people missed it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I didn't realize that Rue was going to be black. They probably did mention in the book that she was, but most readers, including myself, got married to the idea that she reminded Katniss of Prim, so we all pictured her as a little blonde haired girl. Thresh and Cinna were casted perfectly. And then there was Peeta. Played by Josh Fucking Hutcherson. Peeta was supposed to be this bulky, blocky guy, who isn't very attractive. And they use Josh Fucking Hutcherson. Okay, yeah, Peeta was supposed to be blond, but not 6'2'' with a freaking chiseled body. This wasn't supposed to be fucking Twilight.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Josh Hutcherson is only like 5'5"...he's barely taller than Amandla (Rue)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

And not to mention he's not very attractive anyway. He has a butt-chin and pouty-eyes...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

He should just change his middle name to "Fucking" lol

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I missed it for about half of the book until towards the end Katniss said something about her being just like Prim except for her skin. But yeah, at least I noticed it at one point.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It makes total sense. I mean, there's no way there could be any black people in the future, right?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The two dumbass boys next to me at the theater kept making jokes, especially when she was eating the bird (fried chicken, they kept saying). I hate high schoolers.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

There hasn't been any racism I've seen, except for a facebook article...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

jezebel.com/5896408/racist-hunger-games-fans-dont-care-how-much-money-the-movie-made

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Id pictured them all as having Indian-coloring. Not like Native American Indians, but Indians like Hindu and from India.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

For some reason, because of his name, I couldn't help but think of Peeta as Indian, even though the author repeatedly stated he was blonde.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's what made me picture them all as Indian too!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

lol yeah of course, let's analyze a freaking movie.

by Anonymous 12 years ago