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Wikipedia Evaluation
The article Kidzania Tokyo, one of the Kidzania franchise has several points to be editied. The first paragraph seems to be okay because it offers general information about this amusement park. However, it says “children from the age of three to fourteen” are allowed to enter. From my working experience at the Kidzania, there are exception that allow junior-high school students who are over fourteen to enter. Therefore, it should be edited. Also, it mentions that Kidzania Tokyo allows to take pets inside the park, but I have never met those who with pets, and heard any detail policy that those who take their pets are excluded from the park in the case the pets are harmful, so that this information should have accurate references. Finally, the link of the website in references cannot be opened, so alternative resources should be added.

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Promotion (marketing)

Now, in Japan it is said that the concept of promotion is changed from what means just physical things to what without physical concept. There is an example of amazon Japan that they create the idea to promote the stuff. In this article, there is no explanation about this, so I can add this new concept of promotion.

Black Mirror

Black Mirror is popular not only in Uk or USA but also internationally. I am interested in the difference of reception between countries because the development of technology and the reaction to it would be different from countries, so I would like to search from this perspectives. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lupa0529 (talk • contribs) 03:41, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Whitewashing in film

Whitewashing is still very controversial things. Because it is impossible to represent completely in the same way as the character supposed to be, making the ethic line is difficult. In the article page, there is no mention about this point thought the critiques toward the whitewashing is written in the section "Anti-whitewashing campaigns", so that I can contribute to this article by creating new section, "difficulties to make ethic line." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lupa0529 (talk • contribs) 00:54, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

lists of sources

https://search.proquest.com/docview/1881064062?pq-origsite=summon&accountid=8285 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/647478 https://search.proquest.com/docview/1887281117?pq-origsite=summon&accountid=8285 https://search.proquest.com/docview/1814061576?pq-origsite=summon&accountid=8285 https://search.proquest.com/docview/1882698376?pq-origsite=summon&accountid=8285 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lupa0529 (talk • contribs) 01:14, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

The difficulty of drawing an ethical line
Whitewashing in film is still a problem, but the issues concerning whitewashing are complicated; whitewashing may not always be considered negative.

In 2017, “Ghost in the Shell,” provoked a lot of disputes of whitewashing because the director cast Scarlet Johansson, a white actress in a role originally written for a Japanese character. It was criticized for whitewashing, and thus taking a job from an Asian-American actor. It is not possible, however, to represent characters in exactly the same way that the character was originally written. For example, in the “Ghost in the Shell”, the name of the main character, Motoko Kusanagi was changed to “Major” to make it easy to pronounce for English speakers. When the original was made into a film, it was already different from the original story. Whitewashing can be considered one of these changes. Of course, the problem here could be the exploitation of the roles for Asian-American by whites, but there are many non-white cultures that tell stories based on the Western-canon. The reason that whitewashing is problematized is due to the history of blackface, brown face, yellow face, and red face in film.

Therefore, although the term whitewashing has a negative connotation, it is not easy to make a clear ethical line. There are various elements in it, so it should be discussed carefully.

I added copy edits Erickaakcire (talk) 18:31, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

Peer review: I like how you added an example to this article which seeks to round out the issue more. However, I do not think you need the last sentence that says to discuss the topic carefully. I think if you are discussing a racy topic it is implied and not the purpose of a wiki article. I also added in some grammar and different wordings in the parenthesis throughout the rough draft. Feel free to use them!

Cmac0520 (talk) 21:56, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Whitewashing and Culture Appropriation
Whitewashing in film is problematized because of the overlooked of Asian American representation in Hollywood. “Asian-Americans make up 5.4 percent of the population”. However, “only one out of 20 speaking roles go to Asian-Americans, and they are given only one percent of lead roles in film. Unsurprisingly, white actors account for 76.2 percent of lead roles, including the ones they do not deserve”. This is frustration both for Asian Americans who cannot see themselves in the films and for Asian American actors who robbed their jobs by white actors who are not deserve to Asian heritage role.

In 2017, Ghost in the Shell, which is based on the Japanese comics of the same name by Masamune Shirow, provoked a lot of disputes of whitewashing because Scarlet Johansson, a white actress took a role of Japanese character. “Johansson called her character “identity-less,” and the spokesperson for Kodansha and the publisher of “Ghost in the Shell” Sam Yoshiba told The Hollywood Reporter, “She has the cyberpunk feel. And we never imagined it would be a Japanese actress in the first place.” However, the screenwriter Max Landis saids, “[t]here are no A-list female Asian celebrities right now on an international level,” he said, admonishing viewers for “not understanding how the industry works.” It was blamed as cultural appropriation by fun of the original book who expect the role should be taken by Asian American actors, but it is considered that casting Asian American actors is risky so those who critiques about whitewashing doesn’t understand who the film industry work. The film ends up being failed and the factor is for this casting.

It is not possible, however, to represent characters in exactly the same way that the character was originally written. For example, the name of the main character, Motoko Kusanagi was changed to “Major” to make it easy to pronounce for English speakers. [2]When the original was made into a film, it was already different from the original story. Whitewashing can be considered one of these changes. Of course, the problem here could be the exploitation of the roles for Asian-American by whites, but there are many non-white cultures that tell stories based on the Western-canon. “Japan's “Ghost in the Shell” owes a debt to America's 1980s cyberpunk classic Blade Runner” Then it became difficult make the clear “line between homage and cultural grand larceny”.