Seeing taterpie’s retumblr (Is that a word? It should be a word) of a Pacific Rim pic made me wonder: Did anyone ever do a good write-up about the wacky gender/race politics of that movie? And by “wacky,” I mean “giving lip service to minorities but then ensuring that it’s the white male that…
I’d read it.
*Coughs* *Waves* I had huge problems with this movie: http://www.unleashthefangirl.com/news/fangirl-unleashed-how-the-wolverine-represented-women-and-race-better-than-pacific-rim/65542
Yes! Tracey, thanks for this – the comments about Mako’s lack of agency in particular fit with what I felt about her role in the movie.