‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Chinese Poster Shrinks John Boyega, Completely Cuts Out Lupita Nyong’o
What the hell is it about a Black man playing a stormtrooper that has Star Wars fanatics’ panties in such a twisted up bunch?
On top of having to deal with unnecessary backlash and death threats, actor John Boyega also has to deal with his role being diminished over in China.
The biggest discrepancy between the American and Chinese poster is the shrinking of Boyega’s Finn and the positioning of his body. Boyega, who plays a lead role, is lowered down from the original poster — where he’s the third largest character after Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren and Daisy Ridley’s Rey — and tucked under Harrison Ford’s gun-toting Han Solo and Carrie Fisher’s Leia, and behind a much larger BB-8.
Meanwhile, other non-white characters, including Oscar Isaac, who plays rebel pilot Poe Dameron and Lupita Nyong’o, who plays alien pirate Maz Kanata, as well as Chewbacca have been cut out altogether. They’re replaced by X-wings, TIE fighters and rows of Stormtroopers.
SMFH is really that serious?
