I didn't think this would ever make it to film, I have a feeling it's going to be politically sensitive. John Marsden has always been somewhat coy about who the invaders were because he didn't want to encourage racism and xenophobic sentiment, he's said that a few times.
Although it's pretty obvious to me that it could only be one of two countries. In this film they will need to say who the invaders are, or at least show the ethnic make-up of the invading force and I think it's going be Chinese.
And yeah, it is politically sensitive, scouting around I found this recent interview of Marsden where he gets put on the spot with that question, and discussion about how it's perpetuating the yellow peril phobia in our culture.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2010-04-26 06:16 am (UTC)Although it's pretty obvious to me that it could only be one of two countries. In this film they will need to say who the invaders are, or at least show the ethnic make-up of the invading force and I think it's going be Chinese.
no subject
Date: 2010-04-26 06:20 am (UTC)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrHFuKT2OMY