AtLA’s Friky Diky Cast Media Coverage Roundup! (Under Work)

Since I seem to be getting pretty good at roundups, I decided to start making a few more selective ones. This one is dedicated to collecting all the links that show Media coverage of our issue, and I will try to put it in chronological order. If you find one link missing, please tell me so I can update this!

• Avatar Casting – Kirsten Anderson @ Snakerati [Dec. 10, 2008]
• M. Night Shyamalan Paints “The Last Airbender” White – Adam Sweeney of Film School Rejects [Dec. 11, 2008]
• Casting Decisions for Shyamalan’s ‘The Last Airbender’ – Carissa Smith @ Christ and Pop Culture [Dec. 13, 2008]
• Avatar Casting Rumours Cause Fandom Tremors – Mara Greengrass @ Firefox News [Dec. 14, 2008]
• Live Action ‘Avatar’ NOT Asian – Hyphen Blog [Dec. 15, 2008]
• Avatar Casting Makes Fans See… White – Graeme McMillan (@ io9. Strung out on science fiction) [Dec. 17, 2008]
• The Avatar Movie Is Racist (And Doomed) – Patrick @ Geek-tastic.com [Dec. 17, 2008]
• White-Washing Avatar: The Last Airbender? – Moye @ 8Asians [Dec. 18, 2008]
• Actor Casting In M. Night Shyamalan’s Upcoming New Film Raises Racist Concerns – Anne Lu @ All Headline News (AHN) [Dec. 22, 2008]
• Actor Casting In M. Night Shyamalan’s Upcoming New Film Raises Racist Concerns – iCelebz (Posted via AHN above) [Dec. 22, 2008]
• M. Night Shyamalan’s Non-Asian Casting For ‘Airbender’ Pisses Off Fans – Seth Valentine @ The Playlist [Jan. 7, 2009]
• ‘Twilight’ Star Jackson Rathbone Hopes To ‘Show His Range’ In ‘Last Airbender’ – Larry Carrol @ MTV Movie News [Jan. 15, 2009]
• Shyamalan’s Live-Action “Avatar” Abortion Gets a Cast – Phillip Stephens @ Pajiba [Jan. 20, 2009]
• Kim condemns Hollywood racism – The Beat [Jan. 22, 2009]
• Avatar: The Last Airbender Controversy Continues – AWN (Animation World Network) [Jan. 23, 2009]
• Avatar Anger Mounts: Asians Ain’t Having White Aang – Jerry Portwood @ The New York Press [Jan. 25, 2009]
• Bent Out of Shape – Jeff Yang @ San Francisco Chronicle [Jan. 28, 2009]
• A ‘last’ straw for ignorance (The culturally ignorant casting call for “The Last Airbender” is more than just patronizing – Lisa Zhu @ The Daily Pennsylvanian [Jan. 29, 2009]
• Hollywood Whitewash in the Era of Change – Karah Broodt @ The Kosmopolitan [Feb. 1, 2009]
• For Asian Faces, M. Night Shyamalan comes to Virginia – The Washington Post [Mar. 2, 2009]
• Airbending Casting Update: Shyamalan looking for his Earth Kingdom in Virginia – IGN [Mar. 5, 2009]

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