Nostalgia Critic (TV Series)

Is White Washing Really Still a Thing? (2016)

Doug Walker: Nostalgia Critic

Quotes 

• Nostalgia Critic : Hello, I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it so you don't have to. Let's talk about white-washing.

  [suddenly, he notices a comment being typed in about this video: "YOU'RE WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!"] 

  Nostalgia Critic : STOP! Obviously, this is a subject everybody has a strong opinion on, especially given the news recently.

• Nostalgia Critic : Two big movies have just done previews: a trailer from Marvel's "Doctor Strange" and a still from Paramount's remake of "Ghost in the Shell". The Internet flipped, as both films were accused of white washing, which, for those who don't know, is when a person who is supposed to be of a certain ethnicity is suddenly played by a white person.

• Nostalgia Critic : [about white washing]  This is a touchy subject that's making many people feel enraged. White washing is an art that... let's face it, white people have mastered bullshitting for years. White washing is an art that, let's face it, white people have mastered bullshitting for years, which is all the more reason to get upset. People can't believe that it's still going on. Is America, home to so many different cultures and races, still resorting to the same offensive tricks? Have things really gotten better, or have we just disguised our hypocrisy even more?

• Nostalgia Critic : [about the depiction of the Ancient One in "Doctor Strange" as a Celtic woman instead of a Tibetan man]  Is there really a bias against Tibetan actors? Well, yes, but not in the way that you'd think. You see, 18% of Marvel's motion picture income stems from China. And guess who China is not exactly the biggest fan of?

  [the map of Tibet is shown] 

  Nostalgia Critic : Correct. So the choice was made to change the character so much, from a male Tibetan to a Celtic female, that hopefully it would be so different that nobody would notice.

  [he then laughs] 

  Nostalgia Critic : You have totally underestimated your geeky fanbase! We get upset when a good-looking white man plays a good-looking white man!