I am shocked in this day and age where cultural sensitivity is a prominent topic that this movie was ever allowed to be made. I see comments here defending it and saying they don't see the problem and in the same breath that they are not Irish. Listen to us; we see the problem, it's big.
If you make a story about people and they tell you they find it insulting and your response is only 'it's not for you' (the director) or 'it's just a fairytale' somethings wrong.
The cultural appropriation we're talking about is using parts of our culture (the music ect) and play into the stereotypes, have a laugh and then say - I know you're not going to like this movie. It's not for you. We like your culture but we are going to represent it in the way we want.
You don't get to tell us how to feel about how our culture is handled in media.
We have a sense of humour and love romance - look at our literature and songs. They had great actors to work with. This could have been beautiful. I showed this movie to 90 year old grandmother who live through the Troubles. Her response? - "Americans love making eejits (idiots) out of us." I guarantee you; we're not easily offended.
On the bright side, there are calls for more money to go into our film industry so people who have respect for our us and our culture can make movies about it.
We have a sense of humour and love romance - look at our literature and songs. They had great actors to work with. This could have been beautiful. I showed this movie to 90 year old grandmother who live through the Troubles. Her response? - "Americans love making eejits (idiots) out of us." I guarantee you; we're not easily offended.
On the bright side, there are calls for more money to go into our film industry so people who have respect for our us and our culture can make movies about it.