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this is why I quit watching Sleuth. no shame to those who love it, including lots of other Chinese diaspora folks I know, but the treatment of non-Han ethnicities in the current political climate makes it... a lot. https://twitter.com/crownsnbirds/status/1289689924485038080
there’s an undertone of this in cql — notice how the oirat in sleuth have braids?
which sect in cql has braids? which one uses less-refined, more brutal “dao” and not swords, with a cult style that leads to qi deviation and death? which sect is led by an actor who gets teased by
which sect in cql has braids? which one uses less-refined, more brutal “dao” and not swords, with a cult style that leads to qi deviation and death? which sect is led by an actor who gets teased by
the mc’s at fanmeets for having dark skin? which sect’s aesthetics are modeled after a much, much earlier and “”primitive”” period in Chinese history — the Jin are a mix of Tang (612-907BCE)with some Ming (1368-1744BCE), the Lan are mostly Tang and some Song (960-1279BCE), the
Jiang are kind of a rural ye olde fantasy for a certain area. Think of Middle-Earth for hobbits, set in an idealized version of a couple hundred years back.
In contrast, the Nie wre (roughly) modeled on (a fantasy of) the Shang, running from roughly 1600 to 1000 BCE, with bits
In contrast, the Nie wre (roughly) modeled on (a fantasy of) the Shang, running from roughly 1600 to 1000 BCE, with bits
from the Zhou (1046-256 BCE).
There’s nothing inherently wrong with picking an earlier period to draw the aesthetic for the Nie from, but when you take it context of the other choices to “other” the Nie, along with a tendency to regard times that far back as being “primitive”
There’s nothing inherently wrong with picking an earlier period to draw the aesthetic for the Nie from, but when you take it context of the other choices to “other” the Nie, along with a tendency to regard times that far back as being “primitive”
it’s. a lot.
So the Nie stuff in CQL pinged, but Sleuth was too much, especially with the whole arc where Wang Zhi goes out and brings order to the barbarians with horses. When they started portraying the Oirat dialogue in a way that reminded me in a visceral way of how
So the Nie stuff in CQL pinged, but Sleuth was too much, especially with the whole arc where Wang Zhi goes out and brings order to the barbarians with horses. When they started portraying the Oirat dialogue in a way that reminded me in a visceral way of how
Hollywood movies portrayed spoken Chinese in the last with non-Chinese actors. It made me really uncomfortable, and when the Oirat looked like they were going to be a big part of the show going forward, I quit, even though I love Wang Zhi’s capes.
So that’s my personal story
So that’s my personal story
with Sleuth, it is not your personal story, it is not the story of others from the Chinese diaspora, feel no shame for enjoying it, God knows I’m horny for NMJ and Fatal Journey like everyone else in this corner,
but just be aware of the... coding, I guess?
but just be aware of the... coding, I guess?
Reading over this while awake and realizing that there is a silly typo upthread -- the Tang, Song, and Ming are CE and not BCE. The Shang and Zhou are, indeed, BCE. This is what I get for trying to tweet about Chinese history while still in bed.
