Comments on: The Impossible, Reviewed http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/film/2012/12/21/the-impossible-reviewed/ News and Criticism on D.C. and Beyond Fri, 24 May 2013 23:08:17 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Tricia http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/film/2012/12/21/the-impossible-reviewed/comment-page-1/#comment-151334 Tricia Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:37:38 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/?p=85082#comment-151334 That's true -- the original family was from Spain. My problem was that so many minor characters were white as well. That's true -- the original family was from Spain. My problem was that so many minor characters were white as well.

]]> By: Lenny http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/film/2012/12/21/the-impossible-reviewed/comment-page-1/#comment-151329 Lenny Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:12:47 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/?p=85082#comment-151329 Not that it would change the whiteness of the main subjects any, but the actual events that this film is based on, as I understand it, is from the experiences of a family from Spain, not the UK. I suspect that nationality switch was made in order to make the film making "easier" and more palatable for the English-speaking world. Not that it would change the whiteness of the main subjects any, but the actual events that this film is based on, as I understand it, is from the experiences of a family from Spain, not the UK.

I suspect that nationality switch was made in order to make the film making "easier" and more palatable for the English-speaking world.

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