While the Doctor Strange filmmakers have maintained that they wanted to do an original spin on The Ancient One that doesn’t reduce the character to a stereotype, not everyone is convinced.
Most of this controversy revolves around the casting of Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One, a character who was originally an Asian man in the comics.
Doctor Strange has been in theaters for a few days and is already raking in serious money at the box office.
Both Hollywood and the public have been especially cognizant of whitewashing and proper visibility, especially following last year’s #OscarsSoWhite controversy.