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Marvel announced that they will be "transcreating" Spider Man into a a local Indian variety, Pavitr Prabhakar, so that Indian kids can enjoy it more.
The original post here was all about the "local" v "global". It got accidently deleted this morning as I was rubbing sleep from my eyes.
What did I have to say? uh...something about how appalled I was that Indian kids couldn't associate with a white boy from Queens and that if everyone needed a cultural imagination to suit their own then, heck, we are all doomed because what happened to the shared human imagination?
I think I asked Moacir if I was wrong to insist that Marvel should have either promoted Spider Man as a brand as-is in India or gone out and hired talented artists to create a new comic book. My suggestion was Ashoka set in India of the future (c. 3000).
I think I had a good sentence about what is the locality of the local that made me all go homi-bhabha inside. I am glad that sentence was lost. I also commented on the "timeless" nature of Indian past in the press release and the misbegotten idea that Indian teenagers in the c.21st will find a "dhoti" attractive.
>Was my imagination stunted? Yes. Well, possibly. Asoka already made into a kickass comic book, though I prefer Humayun qua comic. And surely an Indian child (ahem!) would be just as much stretching into the universality of human experience by reading about Pavithr (!) Prabhakar or Dawud Chaudhury? I rather like the idea of Spiderman in a veshti.
Um, is this only possible because it took India's becoming a nuclear power so they could irradiate spiders so as to bite our new protagonist? As to the actual question posed, well, I dunno. I can tell you that Zˆ Carioca is my favorite of the Three Caballeros because he's from Rio. Has it ever bothered me that he was created by a studio in Buena Vista? No. I'm still all wound up by the funny idea that Bloomsday was invented as a holiday by Joyce himself--that he was the one backforming a tradition. There never was a "first" Bloomsday--so celebrating the 100th is kind of silly, but I did it anyway. More later, I guess.
drapeto: my grandfather never wore anything besides a dhoti his whole life and my father slipped into one at most convenient times. As wardrobe garments, they are uniquely unsuitable for a superhero. I mean, if Pavtir swings over your head in that thing, you better not look up. Can you tell more about the Ashoka comic? is it a graphic novel?
drapeto: As wardrobe garments, they are uniquely unsuitable for a superhero. I mean, if Pavtir swings over your head in that thing, you better not look up. oh, i think i'd better look. as long as it not solely to titillate, i think. anyway, having seen about a million action movies in which lungi-clad antisocial elements face off, i can assure you that you tuck the middle up before you rumble. preferably with one elegant flick of the foot, though i can't say i have managed it. re: asoka, graphic novel?!?! do the words "amar chitra katha" mean nothing to you?
spiderman in a dhoti is a great idea.but dhoti should be the one sepoy's grand father used to wear (punjabi dhoti).we have hundreds of action heros in dhotis in punjabi movies ,especially "Maula Jut".and even now in punjab you wear a certain kind of dhoti kurta and and people would be scared of you.But ofcourse spiderman in the picture looks more of a village grocery wala with that wrap arround kinda dhoti than a hero of any kind.
"She's not supposed to exist." When I first laid eyes on the Force-sensitive Ahsoka Tano, this blocky CGI-rendered 14-year-old red humanoid girl from "Clone Wars," my eighth-grader self groaned. "She's not in the Star Wars movies and Anakin Skywalker doesn't have an apprentice, so she's not supposed to exist."
Even if you only follow the Star Wars movie trilogies, you might have noticed the name Ahsoka Tano pop up in headlines. She exists within the extended Star Wars canon albeit exclusively on the small screen, starting with George Lucas's 2008 CGI "Clone Wars" cartoon spin-off series, which takes place between "Episode II: Attack of the Clones" and "Episode III: Revenge of the Sith." Like Baby Yoda, who stole scenes from the titular "Mandalorian," the Force is strong with Ahsoka as the breakout from "Clone Wars."
Of the Togruta people, Ahsoka is a head-tailed humanoid-alien teenager who serves as the padawan apprentice of Anakin Skywalker, the man who would become Darth Vader. But over the course of the series' seven seasons (hopping from Cartoon Network to Netflix and ultimately its swan song revival on Disney+), Ahsoka had become much more than just a student and follower. She is arguably one of the most important characters to train as a Jedi, and yet simultaneously question their ways. Now that "Clone Wars" has concluded on Star Wars Day, aka May the 4th (Be With You), I wanted to dig into her history and examine her impact on both canon and the fandom.
When I first saw the trailer for the series' theatrically released pilot in 2008, I pegged Ahsoka as an annoying sidekick, perhaps an attempt to appeal to kids, a la Scrappy-Doo, a pipsqueak who hindered rather than helped. The initial crudeness of her first CGI design, the clumsily executed banter, and the ill-though-out theatrical release of an under-rendered pilot (a putrid 18% Rotten Tomatoes score based on 169 reviews) were beside the point, although they didn't help. I was one of those skeptics who held dear to my known movie canon. To provide an iconic Skywalker character a Jedi apprentice who did not appear in the live-action movies was an unwelcome and intrusive game-changer.
The moment I stopped despising the padawan occurred early in Season 2 when her disregard for Skywalker's orders places her into a hostage situation. Once she's rescued, however, Anakin himself dashes off to recklessly pursue a bounty hunter rather than evacuate a breaking ship, contradicting his own lectures. Here, Ahsoka lets loose her multitudes, her childishness and her burgeoning sagacity, and howls, "Patience, master!" throwing his own lesson back in his face. Anakin is chastened. For those who found the prequel trilogy explanation about Anakin Skywalker's fall from grace rather flimsy under Lucas's direction, this moment exemplifies how "Clone Wars" was able to develop those hitherto unseen dimensions of his character through his bond with Ahsoka.
Of course, Ahsoka's appeal goes beyond just playing a foil to a man, and despite presenting a problematic, hyper-sexualized image early on. When conceiving Ahsoka Tano, Lucas stated his intent to have young girls look up to the character, and yet, it seemed that she was initially designed more for the male gaze. One thing is constant: I still hate Ahsoka's initial skin-tight tube top ensemble, which wasn't just inappropriate; it was impractical. According to 2009's "The Art of Star Wars: The Clone Wars" book, one of the show's developers Dave Filoni (who since Lucas's departure from the franchise was in charge of Ahsoka's characterization) sketched her in age-appropriate outfits but it was Lucas who had greenlit the 14-year-old in the tube top. Even worse, in a Season 4 storyline, in which Ahsoka goes undercover as a slave, the animators give a close-up shot of her bare thigh sticking out of her revealing slave outfit while she's resting in a cage. I wanted to punch the teeth of the storyboarder who positioned her in that pose. It was an overdue evolution for Ahsoka to receive a more appropriate outfit, as pictured above, later in "Clone Wars."
As for the idea of Ahsoka transitioning to live-action Star Wars mediums, I have mixed feelings. On one hand, seeing her materialize as yet another flesh-and-blood woman wielding a lightsaber would be a cause to rejoice. On the other hand, Ahsoka's celebrated agility and performance appear the most attuned to the animation medium. I am also disquieted with the prospective casting of Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka in "The Mandalorian." First reported by SlashFilm, but not yet confirmed by Lucasfilm, the possible casting sparked concern among fans, particularly transgender fans, due to transgender handyman Dedrek Finley's pending civil lawsuit in which he accuses the actress of transphobic assault. As a result, a #RecastAhsoka hashtag has also emerged to protest Dawson's casting. Although it remains to be seen whether or not "The Mandalorian" will follow through with her casting, such apprehensions speak to the sacredness of Ahsoka's characterization among fans.
Most of all, Ahsoka embraces the greyness that has been been increasingly important to the Star Wars universe. Beyond the lightsaber-brandishing, butt-kicking, and hyper-competency, she's also a questioner. She has become more open about her frailties, challenges the institution, and dodges the hubris that lead to Anakin's tragedy. Long before "Episode VIII: The Last Jedi" was criticized for depicting a sullen Luke Skywalker who had turned his back on the Jedi, Ahsoka became a mouthpiece calling out their flaws. In Season 5 of "Clone Wars," she is beleaguered by her own Jedi Order subjecting her to false murder accusations. Even when they retract their accusation, her crisis of faith leads her to reject the Order and leave her bereaved master. As she lives among underworld civilians she learns that they've been neglected by the Jedi who are more caught up in being the "peacekeepers" of a grueling war.
This final season of "Clone Wars" has culminated in compounding Ahsoka's doubts. In the penultimate episode, Ahsoka once again wields lightsabers, but still rejects the Jedi mantle. She declares herself a "citizen" rather than a Jedi and remains vague on whether she wants to renew her Jedi duties. Her own doubts about her Jedihood will haunt her adulthood in "Star Wars Rebels" to the point where she doesn't feel worthy enough to unlock a hidden Jedi temple. But by the time she's staring down Darth Vader in the Season 2 finale of "Rebels," she makes her kickass Eowyn declaration, "I am no Jedi," to her fallen master, finalizing her pariah status as she instills justice.
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