The fervor over the soon-to-be-filmed movie “Albino Farm” continues to grow. I noticed today that the guestbook on the Web site had been shut down. I thought maybe it was just me, but several others have reported the same problem.
That’s okay. The point was to be noticed. Someone must have noticed.
In the past few days I’ve been able to take a deep breath about the movie. I’m still pissed as hell, to put it very bluntly, spitting mad and not about to let the issue drop – but once you’ve lit the fire you’ve got to give it just a little while to burn.
Given all the press generated about the Da Vinci Code last year, I find it hard to imagine the project’s principles were completely unaware that what they were doing might be offensive – but I guess it is possible.
I know the leadership of NOAH is now aware of the issue and so before posting some more links and ways that we can express our displeasure – I think we should give it a few days. Let’s see if NOAH has any luck opening a dialog with the film’s creators. Let’s see what they say. Simply removing “albinism” from the title and storyline would be enough to make me happy. If you look at the film’s concept art, the characters don’t even look like they’ve got albinism so maybe “albinism” isn’t really important to the storyline.
One of the people working on the film (not the director or producer) did e-mail someone from the Albinism International yahoo group back. He essentially said we were jumping to conclusions and if we’d read the script we wouldn’t feel this way.
I don’t think he gets it.
I find the film’s existing Web site incredibly offensive.
I would very much hope that after all the feedback left on the film’s guestbook, that its creators might issue a response on their Web site – but let’s see what happens. Let’s see if they do anything in the next few days. Let’s also see what NOAH decides to do.
I’ll keep my eye on the story.
That’s okay. The point was to be noticed. Someone must have noticed.
In the past few days I’ve been able to take a deep breath about the movie. I’m still pissed as hell, to put it very bluntly, spitting mad and not about to let the issue drop – but once you’ve lit the fire you’ve got to give it just a little while to burn.
Given all the press generated about the Da Vinci Code last year, I find it hard to imagine the project’s principles were completely unaware that what they were doing might be offensive – but I guess it is possible.
I know the leadership of NOAH is now aware of the issue and so before posting some more links and ways that we can express our displeasure – I think we should give it a few days. Let’s see if NOAH has any luck opening a dialog with the film’s creators. Let’s see what they say. Simply removing “albinism” from the title and storyline would be enough to make me happy. If you look at the film’s concept art, the characters don’t even look like they’ve got albinism so maybe “albinism” isn’t really important to the storyline.
One of the people working on the film (not the director or producer) did e-mail someone from the Albinism International yahoo group back. He essentially said we were jumping to conclusions and if we’d read the script we wouldn’t feel this way.
I don’t think he gets it.
I find the film’s existing Web site incredibly offensive.
I would very much hope that after all the feedback left on the film’s guestbook, that its creators might issue a response on their Web site – but let’s see what happens. Let’s see if they do anything in the next few days. Let’s also see what NOAH decides to do.
I’ll keep my eye on the story.
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