| binary solo said: The Polynesian voice actor for Maui The animated image of Maui
Why couldn't that have simply mo-capped The Rock?
If Polynesian characters of all shapes and sizes were present a lot on movie and TV screens this would be a non-issue. But the fact that Polynesian characters are so rarely represented and even more rarely the central heroes of movies and TV puts it in a different context. Also, pre-colonial polynesians were not fat, obesity only became significant in polynesians after western diets were introduced. So any traditional image of Maui in polynesian culture would not be of a big fat dude. So it's not historically or mythologically accurate. Obesity in the Polynesian community is a major problem. The Polynesian community doesn't need a fat archetype of it created in popular culture. Outside of Australia, New Zealand and Polynesia itself, how many people have actually met or know any Polynesians? How many people even know Khaal Drogo and the Rock are Polynesian? If anyone has a right to be offended at the fictional portyrayal of a culture in popular entertainment it's the people of that culture. They are the ones who are most interested and concerned about the health and development of their people. It might be minor to you, but to some Polynesian people this stuff matters. |
Totally agree and it was my initial thought when I first saw the trailer. I thought cool new cultural themed Disney movie, but why is he fat? Nothing in the cultural mythology suggests he should be fat. It really should have been an image closer to The Rock as the voice actor.
