Its
not at all about racial whitewashing. Stupid ignorant leftists are
always trying to make everything a racial case. Its the reality of films
as a business. I am a director and a filmmaker, and I think about what
sells first. In this case, the issue is that Ghost in the Shell is a
JAPANESE story of the highest caliber. I've been dreaming of making this
since I first saw the anime. It must remain Japanese to transcend time
and have its desired effect. i.e to alter conciseness and usher the era
of cybernetics. And its here that the film-business regarding Johansson
misses the point. Representation/identifying quality does not slave to
the story of origin. A tale that transcends is racially blind, and Ghost
in the Shell is that type of film. It would be smarter film-business to
consider the savings of not using an super star (Ashkenazi jew /not
representative of cybernetics), and make the story in the real back yard
of where this is taking place (Japan). Otherwise this story has to be
done in NY or San Francisco, and the type of runaway silicon valley of
cybernetics would have to be created from scratch, chances are it will
not be believable to anybody, killing one of the greatest stories of all
time.
