‘AVATAR’ COMES UNDER FIRE: James Cameron’s new movie ‘Avatar: Way of Water’ has been pulling in decent number at the box office and has been intriguing audiences with this eye-popping graphics and action. However, some Indigenous people have criticised the portrayal of the fictional Na’vi tribe and what they say is the movie’s glamorization of colonialism. Filmmaker Cameron, on his part, has defended his movie and its direction. In the past, movies have sometimes been discriminatory and encouraged stereotypes about minority groups. It’s important that film houses make the effort to get representation right at a time when information is so easily available. (By Jennifer Barretto, Assistant Editor – Entertainment)
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