Fri 25 Apr 2008
Does the Iron Man Movie Stereotype Muslims?
Posted by themanoffewwords under Pop Culture
I have seen the recent trailer for the upcoming Iron Man Movie and while admittedly my guilty pleasures include superhero movies, I am hesitant to watch this one.
For anyone who was paying attention, a few prominent and familiar Hollywood bad guys appear in the trailer. Apparently, the generic, one dimensional Middle Eastern terrorist returns in this movie. Furthermore, as I discovered after some cursory research, the main antagonist in this movie is not a Muslim, though there is another ominous looking character who sports a Palestinian style keffiyeh, speaks with an accent and is bent on world domination.
What I can gather from all this is that Iron Man’s rival intends to sell really dangerous technology to really dangerous Middle Eastern terrorists, presumably including said really dangerous Middle Eastern megalomaniac. This sort of cheap pot shot at demonizing Muslims, a la True Lies, is disappointing to say the least. The opportunity to watch a cool superhero blow things up is spoiled by a nefarious political agenda that affirms Bush administration propaganda. To be honest, Hollywood as a propaganda arm of the US is not new but must they sully the good name of Iron Man?
Ok, I have to be honest. Iron Man’s alter ego, Tony Stark got rich off of developing weapons to massacre Vietnamese peasants for the US government. So in essence he is providing weapons to evil terrorists while his antagonist happens to be doing the same albeit to a different breed of terrorists. Unfortunately, this movie doesn’t seem to be taking that sort of interpretive direction and so America of course represents all that is good while beards and turbans represent the kind of evil that cannot be allowed to play with expensive toys.
Avi Arad, the head of Marvel Studios, was born and raised in Israel and so perhaps the sophisticated characterization (caricatures) of Muslims has roots in his own origins.
In all fairness, without more information I can’t encourage Muslims to start a ruckus and boycott this film while complaining loudly. I would have to wait for critical reviews in order to make a sound judgment but I would like to let people know that this is an issue and warn them not to be seduced by two heavily armed automatons tossing exploding vehicles at one another. Racism, bigotry and stereotypical movie making should not be supported no matter how potentially cool the special effects are.
I’ll update you the more I learn.
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April 25th, 2008 at 3:04 amMuslim Considers Boycotting Iron Man Movie…
Muslim feels the trailer for the Iron Man movie bodes ill as a stereotypical depiction of Muslims….
April 25th, 2008 at 4:38 am
Thanks for the insight. I sure hope that Iron Man doesn’t demonize Muslims. He’s always been one of my favorite superheroes, and if Marvel Studios does just that it’ll suck badly.
April 25th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
I think its interesting how people are so quick to judge something without actually seeing it. You admit yourself that you have not actually seen the movie so wouldn’t it make more sense to see the movie first before passing judgment? Maybe the movie does have a racist slant toward Muslims or more likely Arabs, but you should get all the facts first before passing judgment. To otherwise, is irresponsible. Also, you yourself make a racist and stereotypical statement by suggesting that since Avi Arad is an Israeli, that somehow he is influencing the characters of Marvel movies by portraying Muslims and Arabs in a bad light. Just because you are a muslim or an arab doesnt make you a terrorist and just because you are an Israeli doesn’t mean you hate all arabs and Muslims. THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK!!!!
April 25th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Iron Man, if that is really your name ;), as you can see this is not a judgment, rather it is a red flag.
Also, at the end of the post I clearly discussed the need not to rush to any judgment and that I couldn’t come to a conclusion without more evidence.
As for Avi Arad’s Israeli background, I do think that it is relevant though I used the word ‘perhaps’ to make it clear that it was not a definitive assertion. Considering the many fashion choices that a “terrorist” can have this particular one has on a Palestinian-like keffiyeh, so it is safe to say that the choice of garb comes from somewhere. Interestingly enough the “terrorists” from the movie are Afghans yet the movie villain pictured in this post is wearing the keffiyeh despite the fact that it is uncommon in Afghanistan.
Also one of the screen play writers worked on the awesome film Children of Men so I don’t think the biases start with him and perhaps are directed from above, i.e. Avi Arad, though I can’t say for sure.
I do a lot of thinking before I speak, but in this case it’s before I wrote. Thanks for the comment though, I like it when people try and keep me honest, though I prefer they read the post more carefully before they do. Cheerio…
April 25th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
I have seen the movie, advance screening, you really should not make a big deal out of nothing, take the movie for what it is, a cool superhero movie.
As your statement that Hollywood is a arm of the Bush white house is pure fantasy, if any thing Hollywood has proven the very opposite, most of Hollywood today hates President Bush, if anyone dares to come out and support him they are alienated, so please tone down you very plane leftist leanings and just learn to enjoy a movie for once.
April 25th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Iron Man Fan,
To be clear I didn’t say that Hollywood is an arm of the Bush White House, rather I said that it is a propaganda tool for the US government.
What I did suggest is that this particular movie may affirm Bush’s agenda that the number one evil threatening global peace is Middle Eastern or Muslim terrorists.
I don’t think that I am making a big deal out of nothing. Misconceptions and stereotypes of Muslims in the media are not trivial but in fact can lead to discrimination and violence. The ultimate violence culminating in support for foreign wars.
The themes in Iron Man, including Tony Stark’s billion dollar fortune made by designing and selling weapons to the US is also relevant. I am skeptical that the movie will deal with these themes in any deep way, rather perhaps they will subliminally reinforce or even glamorize such things.
It’s also quite funny that you called me, a practicing Muslim who believes in sharia law, a leftist. Far from it, but certainly a first for me. I do enjoy being labeled, even inaccurately.
You said that you had an advance screening. Perhaps you can comment more on the content relating to the movie stereotyping Muslims. It would be much appreciated.
April 25th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
I found a review that had this to say about the Muslims in the Iron Man movie:
April 26th, 2008 at 10:01 am
AA- MOFW,
Seems like this Iron Man movie is simply par for the ‘fuel-Islamic-stereotypes’ course. Nothing new here folks…keep it moving.
I found Iron Man fan’s comment very amusing:
“you really should not make a big deal out of nothing, take the movie for what it is, a cool superhero movie.”
Clearly written by someone who has suffered decades of demonization in the news and entertainment media. Good lord folks, show a little bit of sensitivity.
In the hyper-politicized times we live in, with the war on terror taking place in the backdrop, any and every negative depiction of Muslims is a big deal. For one, the teenagers watching these movies will grow up to become voters, maybe even policy makers, affected by the seeds of xenophobia planted by the not-so-subtle tactics employed in these movies.
I also found the quoted text from the movie review very funny:
“The Afghan villains here are however depoliticised.”
Of course there’s no need to politicize the *Afghan* villains in the movie, as it’s done in the news media every single day! By simply placing a man with a turban or keffiya, talking with a middle-eastern accent is enough to stoke the flames of Islamophobia – oh wait, that’s just an imaginary concept concocted by paranoid, leftist Muslims in the west. My bad.
“Just a lot of vague grousing about becoming the next Genghis Khan stuff”
Are these people so out of touch with reality that an on-screen Muslim character spewing ‘Genghis Khan stuff’ about world domination and killing off infidels is laughed off as no big deal? This is fear-mongering at its best and its sad that these folks (like the Iron Man fan and the movie reviewer) are clueless to what’s taking place.
“nothing to overtly alienate potential Muslim audiences.”
What a laughably insensitive and racist remark! Clearly this writer has no clue what could possible alienate Muslim audiences. Thanks but no thanks to your condescension buddy!
April 26th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Well said Naeem, these days I have little time to express all the words that i have bubbling up, I am glad you filled in for me. Jazakaallahu Khair.
People sure can be insensitive. I am really upset that the producers made the decision to include Muslims as villains.
Furthermore, their characterization as power hungry does much to conform to another stereotype, that they are irrationally evil and power hungry rather than to touch on the real theme of liberation and resistance that motivate Muslim militants.
It’s unfortunate that the producer went with the stereotypical Muslim villains, this could have been made a great movie without that.
April 30th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
The comic books “Iron Man Invencible” will also demonize Free Software. They gonna put the villain using all sort of Open Source technology and the Iron Man using only proprietary technology… O.o
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:26 pm
The comments of Amanoffewords and Naeem are very insightful in terms of the impact of media representations and the very real threat to anyone who appears to be Muslim (as you all know the media only focuses on Muslims who are or appear to look Middle Eastern for obvious war propaganda purposes).
In particular, “covert” or subliminal messages are the most insidious because they infiltrate the unconscious mind and impact behavior and beliefs (for people who are not Muslim - prejudice/discrimination/violence, for people who are Muslim - an inaccurate sense of self/lower self esteem/possible internalized hatred, etc).
In addition what makes covert racist messages so dangerous (I say racist because being Muslim has become racialized to people of Middle Eastern decent) is that they are often too difficult for people without theoretical training to decipher or detect and therefore resist. Or, it’s just easier for people who want to maintain the status quo (subjugation of people of color) to ignore.
I don’t want to support a movie that spreads propaganda, however, I will watch it so I can deconstruct the potential racist messages in the movie. Thus, I encourage you all to watch the movie (perhaps on video?) at some point. I think this is the only way to promote change is by deciphering these messages and presenting the information, on blogs like this, to educate others.
What a disappointment (if what we believe is true), the storyline could have been used to quell Islamophobia, but it seems like its going to only fuel racism and war propaganda.
May 3rd, 2008 at 1:33 am
This movies is one of the movies puts the sterotypes of all i mean the entire population of muslims & arabs straightfarword to anyone who is watching this movie.
i watched it and it does, i thought marvel will not apporach to this awful and but it did and from now on i will never watch movies from their production.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Assalamu ‘Alaikum.
themanoffewwords: You could have used ‘fewer’ words to express your thoughts.
Thanks though.
It’s clear that this movie, based on all that I know about it and having spoken to my brother who saw it, stereotypes Arabs, in particular, and Muslim, by association. What do I mean? There’s no need to convince anyone that the fact that they chose an ‘Afghan’ (Arab) as the villain at a time when the US is at war in Afghanistan, among others, is clearly a political move that is aimed at promoting the agenda of this current administration. Right now, the US is at war directly (Iraq) and indirectly (Afghanistan, Palestine) with Arab nations. It makes sense to use a super-HERO as the protagonist good-guy, symbolic of the US, fighting against the bad-guy, symbolic of the Arab nations, in order to inspire the idea that ‘we are the good guy, this is what we look like; they are the bad guys, this is what they look like’. This is nothing new. During and after the Vietnam War, tons of war movies were released wherein the protagonist(s) was (were) (an) American(s) good guy(s) fighting against Vietnamese (the bad guys). One very interesting thing to notice is that the reverse is NEVER shown. Never do you see a movie, from Hollywood, wherein the protagonist good-guy is a Muslim or Arab and the bad guy is Christian/Jews or of European decent. Why is that? Should I formulate a mathematical equation to make this point clearer? That’s how the US ‘preps’ the public to accept its injustices. These movies make it easier for the masses to ’swallow’ the gov’s warmongering initiatives. Only the naive fool is blind enough not to see that the media (including Hollywood) is the arm of the US gov. The media is a magician pulling a magic trick in front of its consumers’ eyes; the only thing is that its tricks are so horrible that only the ‘child’ can’t tell that it’s a ‘trick’.
Although they may not have directly depicted a Muslim in the movie, most Muslims know that non-Muslims, unfortunately, tend to equate Muslim with Arab and vice versa. I remember telling a co-worker that I’m Muslim and she, later, asked me: “aren’t these the A-rab people?” She couldn’t even dissociate in her mind the concept of Muslim from that of Arab. I had to tell her that not all Muslims are Arabs and explain more from there. This misconception is the reason why most people who give da’wah (invitation to Islam) mention the difference between Muslim and Arab in their speech. They have to tell their non-Muslim audience that less than 18% of all Muslims are Arabs and that the most populated Muslim country is Indonesia, an Asian country. Therefore, in this movie, there is no need to explicitly mention or depict Muslims, for the depiction of Arabs in that movie does so implicitly in the minds of the naive non-Muslims, especially, of the youth among them.
By the way, it’s bad enough that ‘the good guy’ Tony Stark is a guy who got rich off of developing weapons to massacre Vietnamese peasants for the US government. To me, that makes him the ‘bad guy.’ Khalas! Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Injustice towards Vietnamese is as bad as injustice towards Arabs/Muslims. That’s enough for a true Muslim not to watch this movie. The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, prophesied on this, when he said, in meaning, that a sign of the Hour would be that the people would take evil doers to be the cool, good guys and those who seek nearness to God, the Exalted, would be deemed bad. Indeed, nowadays, for the unbelievers, bad is good, and good is bad. That’s a sign that they are truly misguided.
This is HIGHLY irresponsible on the part of the movie makers (all of them, including the actors), from top to bottom, to put out a stereotypical movie at a sensitive time when the US is at war with the likes of which were depicted therein. This kind of abuse of free press only fuel anti-Arab and islamophobic sentiments that, in turn, put real people in danger. I’ll stick to the comic book. I’m not watching this one. Allah is sufficient for me.
The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said (in meaning): ‘Part of the perfection of a person’s Islam (i.e. submission to Allah) is that he leaves that which does not benefit him.’ What benefit is there, O Muslims, towards YOUR Akhira, in watching a movie that degrades our deen indirectly?
May Allah, subhanallah wa bihamdi, guide us all to the Straight Path and bestow Mercy on us. Truly, He is the Forgiver, the Most Merciful.
May 4th, 2008 at 12:46 am
Assalamu alaikum
I saw Iron Man and it was quite an awesome movie. There were some lesser villains that were Muslim, but their is a character that saves Tony Stark’s life and alters his entire world view and that person happens to be Muslim as well.
I honestly don’t care if it stereotypes Muslims, IRON MAN WAS AWESOME!
masalama
May 4th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Yusuf, you just wrote a massive comment and accuse me of writing many words … hypocrisy! But anyway, thanks for sharing your opinion. However, I must disagree when you say that there are NO movies that show the European or American as the bad guys. There are indeed, though they certainly are not the majority.
In general I don’t like movies that show one side or the other as evil but show the complexity of mankind in their movies rather than depictions of a Manichean world of Good vs Evil. I don’t believe in that.
Jinnzaman’s comment seems to indicate that the movie is a little more complex than the trailer depicted it to be. So maybe it has some redeeming qualities. I also read a review where they described the movie as having an anti-war message … so perhaps I won’t boycott it … but I am still thinking about it.
May 5th, 2008 at 4:07 am
I saw the film on Friday and the whole time I was watching it, i was thinking wow…this is pure porpaganda for the US government in portraying that their current situation in Iraq/Afghan is doing well and is in control. And to start the movie with a bio on Tony Stark, aka. possibly the coolest person alive ( gets all the girls, drives amazing cars, amazing house, trillionaire, knows everyone important, etc.). This is to portray a positive image of military weapons used in the war.
And then there’s the massive amount of marketing involve in the film. Product placement has been increasing in the past years, and has dramatically increased with the release of Transformers. In Iron Man, Stark returns to America from being a hostage in the Middle East and before answering any reporters about his experience, he says ‘I need an American cheeseburger’. The next scene, you see him eating a Burger King burger with the logo on the bag facing the camera. Also, there’s the scene with the family driving the new Audi SUV right towards an incoming Iron Man, then hitting the breaks ever so softly to come to a safe stop right before contact. Other product placement/marketing tools I noticed in the film were LG cell phones (phone + video calling), and the US Army (a whole other story). Films are turning into 2 hr commercials for products. Now, I understand that with the money the producers receive, they can put it towards more production thus increasing entertainment value, but when do we draw the line? Add on top of that the increasing length of before-film trailers and commercials.
May 6th, 2008 at 7:57 am
Wow! After reading Alvand’s post I am so relieved to know there is someone else who shares my views towards this movie.
I was simply amazed, astonished, and let down, by the amount of government propaganda leading towards a one world government.
Don’t forget to take in the whole fact of implanting stark with something that is hooked to that main frame. Just like the micro chips being suggested by companies now and have actually been injected into people. It could get to the level that at any point, they can just turn you off.
Also don’t forget that half of those “muslim, afghan, fighters” were white actors with their face painted and prosthetic beards to look muslim!
The degree of propaganda in this film is astounding!
May 6th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
I think you may be reading more into it than what is there. As a non-muslim I dont share the muslim point of view, however, I still think my thoughts may be relevant on this blog.
The main villain was an American.
The main hero was an American.
The minor villains were Afghans.
The minor hero was an Afghan.
The movie depicted the American arms industry (and war) as evil. It also depicted unchecked capitalist greed as evil. Tony Stark started out as a self-absorbed accessory to villains. His story is about the transformation from personal darkness to light.
There is stereotyping by making the minor villains arabs. However, I think they tried to balance it out by making the purest most noble character (it was not Tony) an arab as well. They also portrayed the Afghan villagers as regular people who just wanted to live in peace.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:47 am
all super hero and action movies involve villians/fears of the time–the evil russians were a big theme, especially in james bond flicks, during and after the cold war, up until recently, really. even godzilla, for example, was a direct reaction to the atomic bomb. if you didn’t care about those, i don’t know why this would be such a big deal.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:51 am
ASLK,
Just happened upon this site randomly. I find it interesting that we are debating how we should react to these portrayals of Muslims in movies like Iron Man. Moreover, I find it very heartening and positive to see a rational debate by you guys. Nice one
Our reaction can go the whole gamut from the one who says “No Way” to the one who says “Big Deal”. I think we can all agree that Hollywood should never be expected to portray Muslims in a good light (i.e. the heroic pious muslim as an action hero?) because that is simply not their demographic. They make movies which are made to appeal primarily to white anglo-saxons. The rest of us can either put up with it or boycott it.
For me, the interesting question here is how to respond to it in a reasonable manner. I am considering turning up to the cinema and when the muslim scene shows up, maybe coughing loudly and saying “oh look, ANOTHER Muslim stereotype” or something to that effect.
The other response is of course, to continue stereotyping the average white person as a retaliatory response to this, and putting it into effect whenever the opportunity arises. Which is never a kind thing to do, but not to say there is no temptation….
May 9th, 2008 at 8:33 am
Government propaganda? Media bias? This is getting a little absurd. The movie is not sending any explicit endorsements for or against “Islam” or “Muslims.” Stop being so ultra paranoid! Not everyone is out to get Muslims. Maybe one of the reasons why they shot it in Afghanistan was to make it more pertinent to today’s audience, just like V for Vendetta has clips of Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib in it, or how “Children of Men” referenced both as well as the Palestinian Intifada.
Iron Man is not an anti-Muslim movie and to get worked up about it without even seeing it is just as bigoted as stereotyping Muslims in the media.
May 9th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Random Guy, I am glad you approve of how the conversation is going. But I don’t think that your suggestions of what to do about it will be effective. Perhaps we should support Muslim film makers.
Jinnzaman, I did see the Iron Man movie and I wrote a review about it. Please read it and tell me what you think of the points I have made. I am sure that if you are reasonable you will understand.
The Dodger and La, please read the review and then tell me what you think. Perhaps it will change your minds.
May 12th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
I just saw Iron Man this weekend. My roommates raved and I–I was well, less than excited about the sterotypes of muslims that came through loud and clear.
My fellow theater-goers said “oh, it’s just hollywood, and it’s a story–” but beyond that–I left the movie wishing that it wasn’t so easy for people to brush aside major sterotypes as “hollywood,” etc.
I wasn’t too into the comic series, and I did appreciate the acting and other asthetics of the movie–but the overall imprint that was left in my mind was “just one more perpetuating sterotype in mainstream media.”
Maybe it’s because I dated a muslim for 3 years and my eyes and ears are more tuned in to noticing this stuff–even so, I’m thankful I can see through the sterotypes. Many unfortuantely, cannot and will not.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
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Letting you know I quoted you and we are discussing the movie’s portrayal of Arabs over at my place!
May 13th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Hi,
I am 26 year old and a very very big fan of marvel comics since my childhood, i used to watch spiderman, x-men,captain america, iron man etc. But unfortunately things are getting rapidly change.
The original Iron Man was an anti-Communist super hero patterned after Howard Hughes (hence “Howard Stark,” his father) fighting various Vietnamese bad guys (something Stan Lee later said he regretted doing). Same for Captain America who is a hero to fight with communist kind of villan Red skull…
Story was focused on communists that in (between 80s to 90s) time when this iron man comic came out because that time USA had problems with the communist especially indirectly with X-Enemy Russia. Now things are completely changed and all the west have islamophobia (fear about Muslim existence).
The question is simply is Why the hell they need to change the story from communist villans to muslim villans its just because they want to show what they are doing in Afghanistan or Iraq is justice for freedom. Also it is revealed that Comics can change the mind sets of children time to time according to their government plans.
Thanks God I am Muslim but thats bad how Children comics are getting fill with Racism and hate about Muslims. Very disappointment by this stupid movie…
May 13th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Saw the movie, and sadly, you were right- very racist and Islamophobic. I posted as much in my review on Amazon- and from the comments, very few agree with me.
May 15th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Hi guys,
I’m sixteen and I live in England, I am Iranian/Russian/Greek. I’m a practicing Muslim (but my grandfather was part Jewish on my mom’s side).
I am an india film maker and I love all kinds of films. My love for films started with Batman (Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson). At that point (when I was six) I knew I wanted to make films. I went on devouring the classics until my head was bursting with movies.
Last year I saw 300. I wanted to enjoy it but I couldn’t. It left me with an empty feeling and at times I wished I wasn’t Iranian, so I could think, man that was coo. Bu the fact is, I am Iranian and I can’t change that. Xerxes looked like a Brazilian rent boy and the Persian army (despite their masses) seemed to attack in twos or threes, as though there was a cue to the hot gates.
Then I watched all the Vietnam war movies (Thin Red Line, Windtalkers). I thought, ahhh, that was made years ago, Hollywood will be more mature about stereotyping now. And then I saw flags of our fathers…..need I say more?
Now I’ve seen Iron Man, and I admit, it was less in my face than 300, but I can’t believe the way that the US Military looked so goody two shoes!
“I saw young Americans dying” says Tony Stark…Mate, I’ve been to Afghanistan and I can tell you this, They’re partying, sleeping with imported Philipino prostitutes and getting drunk…that’s what the glorious American Army is doing.
As Muslims/Middle Easterners we shouldn’t alienate ourselves. Instead we should promote our media…
Persepolis was a fantastic film in my opinion because it showed us what humans are like: not Muslims or Americans: Humans
and it put everyone in their place…In my opinion it was robbed of its Oscar by Ratatouille.
I’m tired of seeing muslims and middle easterners as the generic bad guys
but instead of sitting here and crying we should get out there and show people that we have something to offer Cinema,
We have, legends and stories that we can show the rest of the world. We can use these assets to re-label ourselves and create our own image of the muslim or the middle easterner.
just my two cents…
May 17th, 2008 at 3:20 am
Arabs were depicted as if they are ONLY terrorists or victims of terrorism. This film is a dangerous way to introduce a culture to a child.
Arabs were portrayed as dirty, and living in caves. As if they had never built temples, woven carpets, played music, or contributed to the worlds society.
They have one of the most beautiful cultures in the world.
The other aspects of the film were fantastic! Cool iron suit. Nice technology. Good relationship building for an action film.
May 20th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Hey All,
I was really glad to read that other people had a problem with this film. I nearly walked out of it last night when i went to see it, but decided to stay so i could know just how messed up the whole things was. i recommend to you manoffewwords to find some free passes or sneak in and watch it (don’t give them money though) so you can give your review of the film. it will make you livid. Here is my review that i posted on my friend joz’s website. it touches upon some of the same things you guys are all addressing. keep up the critical thinking (like we have a choice).
Sincerely,
-professoreric
http://www.jozjozjoz.com/2008/05/20/film-review-iron-man-a-white-hetero-male-wet-dream/
May 20th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Ironman that facts of Avi Arad being in Israel is True not false
If you claim racist why is it that you havent said anything or at least wright about the racism in the film ?
Anyhoo
the film is average but would have loved to see more serious action
i would have love to see a Muslim Iron Man
working together with Iron man getting rid of Terrorism of all kinds.
May 21st, 2008 at 1:05 pm
I was speaking with my friend yesterday as we watched the movie
i was like, This still stereotypes Arabs as terrorists, he was like, if you need a Kungfu guy you dont cast a black man and so on. . .
i believe the real terrorists are those staring us in the face evryday