The Smurfette Principle - your dose of feminism for the day
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opM3T2__lZA
I see no problem with changing gender/race of characters if it doesn't effect the storyline
um i think she forgot nanny smurf and sassette smurf, janice was female on the muppets, and big bang theory has added bernadette and amy but i get her point
she makes a great point that because the majority of current properties being made are remakes of shows, movies, etc from an earlier time, creators are staying too close sexist/racist/etc. source material (because, y'know, fuck it if it isn't exactly like the original) as opposed to updating to fit current ideas. BSG did it right by changing the genders of two of its main characters from the original