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New Netflix hit Avatar: The Last Airbender is caught up in 'woke' row as filmmakers admit toning down 'iffy' sexism in live action remake of much-loved animated series
All eight episodes of the show, which reportedly cost more than £94million to make, dropped on the streaming giant today, sending fans of the original 2005 animated series into a frenzy.
However, Avatar's latest reimagining – the second since the critically-panned 2010 flop by Sixth Sense director M Night Shyamalan - has stirred up controversy among die-hard fans after it was suggested the traits of one of the cult classic's most beloved characters had been ditched for Gen Z audiences. Praising the young cast for their take on the characters, Seale wrote: 'Ousley and Kiawentiio strike up a nicely spiky sibling relationship as Sokka and Katara, while Cormier gives Aang the right mix of boyish cheek and inherent authority,' adding the Airbender franchise had 'confidently revived itself'. The ethnicity of the characters was not mentioned in the original show but the creators have said that the Water Tribe was inspired by the Inuit people, the Earth Kingdom by monarchical China, the Fire Nation by Imperial Japan, and the Air Nomads by Tibetan Buddhist monks.
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