Favorite characters, and beyond....

[Angrboda]

I am told she speaks mandarin with a noticeable cantonese accent, and her parents are ethnic chinese of cantonese extraction.

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@Kichi: I just wish she could have been portrayed by a Japanese woman instead of a Chinese..

Why is it that no one quibbles when a German is played by an Englishmen, nor a Frenchmen by an American, nor Russian by a Egyptian, a Jew by an Indian, nor even a very distinguished Arab by none other than a real young Obiwan Kanobe?

The naturalness of Hugh Laurie and Simon Baker's American accents absolutely floors me.

I've got a Nat Geo poster of the different Chinese ethnicities, and there's a lot of variation. On the one hand, you have "all look same" where westerners can't tell Korean, Chinese and Japanese apart, and yet complaints about Chinese actors playing Japanese. Suspension of disbelief is an ill-behaved beast. Still, I'd have trouble watching a black actor play Margaret Thatcher, especially a black man. Raises a whole host of questions about the nature of art and theatrical representation. Like why do we find songs with nonsensical lyrics as meaningful as others. I'm rambling. I'll stop.