Originally posted by cdtm
That's relatively recent, was talking more historically.There's a reason Robot Chicken had a blatantly racist stereotype in their skit. Because Mandarin has historically been a blatant racist stereotype.
As an aside/tangent, Max Von Sydow did a fabulous job channeling his Inner Fu Manchu as Ming in 1980’s Flash Gordon.
As an aside/tangent x2, Nic Cage as Fu Manchu? Yes pls!
Originally posted by riv6672
I never saw Mandarin or Fu Manchu as racist.
I just really liked them because they were unapologetically evil.As an aside/tangent, Max Von Sydow did a fabulous job channeling his Inner Fu Manchu as Ming in 1980’s Flash Gordon.
As an aside/tangent x2, Nic Cage as Fu Manchu? Yes pls!
What about this guy?
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Originally posted by cdtm
That's relatively recent, was talking more historically.There's a reason Robot Chicken had a blatantly racist stereotype in their skit. Because Mandarin has historically been a blatant racist stereotype.
That might be the case, Doesn't mean you have to keep making the character racist too because of history.
Is Mandarin a decent or captivating villain? I’ve never read much into him. All I know is that he wields ten alien power rings.
Taken from a post on DeviantArt:
"He was the descendent of British and Mongolian nobility. While it does make sense given British presence in China, it's also very symbolic.
The British Empire was once the most massive in reach inthe world, stretching from sea to sea. And before them, the Mongolian Empire once claimed to be the largest in land mass, stetching from China across vast stretches of land and to the Middle East, claiming many of the routes of the Silk Road.
From a small island nation and a supposed clan of barbarians, they changed and defined world history like few others. And he is descended from that nobility.
What does this mean?
He represents that mythologized past, that need of a strong monarch leader and would see it as his duty to combine the acheivements of his past to usher in a tomorrow under his rule, venerating that past. It's why he wants to conquer the world. He sees it as birthright, as destiny and fate. He represents the ruler of the past.
No surprise his enemy would be Tony Stark; the liberal futurist who comes from the young (in relative to many nations) United States of America. They stand on total opposites from each other.
Stark build his accomplishments from his mind.
The Mandarin claimed his through lost alien technology, much like how the Mongols gained many achivements through their conquests and similarly with Britain with their colonization and trade control.
The displaced emperor of yesteryear versus the futurist freedomite of tomorrow."
Originally posted by VanMaeBritain is much more liberal than the United States in many ways and always has been.
Taken from a post on DeviantArt:"He was the descendent of British and Mongolian nobility. While it does make sense given British presence in China, it's also very symbolic.
The British Empire was once the most massive in reach inthe world, stretching from sea to sea. And before them, the Mongolian Empire once claimed to be the largest in land mass, stetching from China across vast stretches of land and to the Middle East, claiming many of the routes of the Silk Road.
From a small island nation and a supposed clan of barbarians, they changed and defined world history like few others. And he is descended from that nobility.
What does this mean?
He represents that mythologized past, that need of a strong monarch leader and would see it as his duty to combine the acheivements of his past to usher in a tomorrow under his rule, venerating that past. It's why he wants to conquer the world. He sees it as birthright, as destiny and fate. He represents the ruler of the past.
No surprise his enemy would be Tony Stark; the liberal futurist who comes from the young (in relative to many nations) United States of America. They stand on total opposites from each other.
Stark build his accomplishments from his mind.
The Mandarin claimed his through lost alien technology, much like how the Mongols gained many achivements through their conquests and similarly with Britain with their colonization and trade control.
The displaced emperor of yesteryear versus the futurist freedomite of tomorrow."
Originally posted by -Pr-
That's not funny.