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| Airbolt |
Posted - 12/23/2013 : 13:18:38
Who knows if this tentpole franchise will continue after the demise of Paul Walker, tho the Back Office will undoubtedly press on regardless. I'm pretty sure that one character was killed ( in the movie ) then turns up in a later movie. This gives you some idea how continuity is fast and loose in this franchise.
However, in many ways Walker was not the lynchpin of the franchise. His function was as a reassuring Hero for the mainstream white audience. As important as that audience is,Universal knows that the Latino audience provided nearly 50% of the opening Box Office for Fast and Furious.
This article takes this on and examines the latinisation of a franchise and the opportunities it provides for non-stereotype roles.It looks wordy at first but it is very readable.
http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/cinema_journal/v053/53.1.beltran.pdf
Funnily enough, the Asian market doesnt really figure in any of this. This is kind of strange as thats where the franchise was aiming at up until the lacklustre "Tokyo Drift". After all, the coolest cars were the Imports from Japan and Korea. "Tokyo Drift" managed to take two subjects - Import Cars and Tokyo - and make them uninteresting. So, the next route ( after dropping off the wooden star of "Tokyo Drift" ) was over the Rio Grande.
Anyway, on next weeks post I will explore the intrinsic subtextual Metacricism inherent in "The Expendables" :) |
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| benj clews |
Posted - 12/24/2013 : 00:05:22
Just a quick aside that's largely irrelevant to your post (but thought I'd toss it in anyway)... the character that was killed in F&F3: Tokyo Drift but returns in the later films? This is because F&F 1,2,4,5 and 6 all take place *before* 3. I don't believe this was officially stated in the films until 6 however, so the confusion is understandable  |
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