{"id":394233,"date":"2022-12-29T18:33:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T13:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=394233"},"modified":"2022-12-29T18:33:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T13:33:40","slug":"avatar-the-way-of-water-facing-boycott-calls-for-racism-and-culture-appropriation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/avatar-the-way-of-water-facing-boycott-calls-for-racism-and-culture-appropriation\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Facing Boycott Calls for Racism and Culture Appropriation"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than a decade after the sci-fi blockbuster, Avatar<\/strong><\/em>, premiered in theatres, James Cameron has returned with a sequel that transports spectators to the lush world of Pandora. However, some Indigenous viewers are unwilling to return to it.<\/p>\n

Activists are decrying Avatar: The Way of Water<\/a> for appropriating Native American and indigenous culture, and are calling for the masses to boycott it.<\/p>\n\t\t

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In a tweet that has already gained over 47,000 likes, Navajo artist and activist, Yu\u00e8 Begay, called for a boycott of the film, while Autumn Asher Blackdeer, a scholar from the Southern Cheyenne Nation, produced a widely circulated list of Indigenous-led sci-fi films for fans to see instead.<\/p>\n

Countless others have also expressed their disapproval, with some, including Yu\u00e8 Begay, referenced comments made by Cameron in previous interviews.<\/p>\n

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James Cameron, the film’s director, has been accused of appropriating indigenous cultures’ customs and history in order to satisfy his, ‘white man’s savior complex’.<\/p>\n

Avatar: The Way of Water<\/strong><\/em> goes deeper than its predecessor. It introduces the Metkayina people of the reef as a homage to the M\u0101ori, in an effort to highlight the variety of Indigenous people worldwide.<\/p>\n

Cliff Curtis, who is\u00a0of\u00a0M\u0101ori\u00a0heritage, plays Metkayina chief Tonowari. However, many of the other characters continue to be voiced by White actors.<\/p>\n\t\t

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Avatar: The Way of Wate<\/strong><\/em>r is a sequel to James Cameron’s highest-grossing film of all time, Avatar<\/strong><\/em>, which was released in 2009. The sequel also made around $435 million in its first three days in theatres.<\/p>\n

Avatar 2<\/strong><\/em> stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, and Sigourney Weaver from the first film, with Kate Winslet joining them in the sequel. Avatar: The Way of Water<\/strong><\/em> is the most widely release film ever\u00a0in\u00a0history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than a decade after the sci-fi blockbuster, Avatar, premiered in theatres, James Cameron has returned with a sequel that transports spectators to the lush world of Pandora. However, some Indigenous viewers are unwilling to return to it. Activists are decrying Avatar: The Way of Water for appropriating Native American and indigenous culture, and are calling for the masses to […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":394235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2506,2368,2540,2515,1291,1297],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-394233","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-actors","8":"category-hollywood","9":"category-international","10":"category-movie-film","11":"category-social-media","12":"category-tv-movies-music"},"wps_subtitle":"\"Do NOT watch Avatar: The Way of Water\".","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Avatar-Way-Of-Water-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Avatar-Way-Of-Water-758x424.jpg",758,424,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Avatar-Way-Of-Water.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Syed Hassaan Ahmed","categories_name":["Actors","Hollywood","International","Movie\/Film","Social Media","TV & Film"],"title_text":"\u2018Avatar: The Way of Water\u2019 Facing Boycott Calls for Racism and Culture Appropriation","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2506,2368,2540,2515,1291,1297&exclude=394233","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394233"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=394233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}