The Avatar star has revealed that Sokka won't be sexist in the new Netflix series "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
Kiawentiio Tarbell, who plays Katara in Netflix's "Avatar: The Last Airbender", revealed an important difference between the upcoming project and the original animated series: the new show will not feature Sokka as a sexist.
"I feel like we also took out the element of how sexist [Sokka] was. I feel like there were a lot of moments in the original show that were iffy", — the actress shared in an interview.
Ian Ousley, who plays the role of Sokka, also said that the changes in the project were due to realism and the inability to transfer some elements of the animated show into the game form of the new series.
In the original Nickelodeon project, the character of Sokka from the Southern Water Tribe was indeed sexist. For example, he said that "girls mend pants better than guys, and guys are better at hunting and fighting". However, over the course of the show, Sokka realizes he was wrong and changes his views.
The creators' decision to change the character has already been criticized online. Users noted that the sexism of Sokka was perceived by the authors of the animated series not as a joke, but as an element of growth and development of his character. In the end, Sokka revised his views and realized his ignorance, and his journey became an important and instructive part of the project.
To see how the authors managed to tell Sokka's story in a new way, it will be possible already on February 22: on this day all eight episodes of the first season of the project will be released.
Discuss this news
It remains to be hoped that the rethink will be successful
In the same article, they also said that, in general, Sokka's plot was cut down, and Azula was added on the contrary.
I don't like it when they focus on this and use it to promote the project
. Look, our main character is gay
. Look, our main character is Mexican
. Look, we won't have sexism in the project."
Just do it efficiently and promote it through actors, plot, graphics
I did not understand what kind of excuse "it is impossible to transfer normally from the cartoon to live", from the cartoon it is impossible only to transfer drawn hyperemotions-movements, and the rest is very possible, what nonsense
Of course, those very geniuses could have started drinking, as it was with some actors who played vile Persians, but here it's just an idiot, not a vile one, on the contrary, it would show that people can get smarter, on the other hand, the main thing is not to remove the comments and jokes of Sokka along with really excellent solutions in which its essence, then you can It will be possible to survive this too