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Cameron Crowe Apologizes for Racist Casting

By Joseph Randazzo | Jun 03, 2015 11:06 AM EDT

When Aloha, a movie starring Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone, was announced it angered a few people. Native Hawaiins felt the film was both racist and disrespectful to their culture. With all the criticism director Cameron Crowe has avoided interviews but on his blog, TheUncool, he opened up about his Asian casting of Stone as the one-quarter Hawaiin Allison Ng. Read More »

'Aloha' Movie Deemed Offensive by Native Hawaiians

By Joseph Randazzo | May 26, 2015 10:58 AM EDT

Aloha was supposed to be one of those Rom-Com type of movies meant to come and go. Some Native Hawaiians though have taken umbrage with the movie. According to them it's a misappropriation of their culture and it simplifies a word that they hold near and dear to them. The controversy started when it was announced that the Cameron Crow film starring Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams and Emma Stone would be screening in Honolulu for three days. Many Hawaiians feel the plot is too military based and has nothing to do with Hawaii itself. Read More »

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