Maybe the script was bad, or maybe she skimmed it lazily before auditioning for her initial role, or maybe she just didn’t think it mattered until the internet told her she should. Idk, whatever, at least she didn’t dig her heels in like a lot of these Hollywood dorks.
In those leaked emails a few years ago some executive wanted Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman. It is bad enough when it is fictional character, but even back then how could you think you could possibly get away with that?
"Its okay to use blackface if theyre half-black" - at least several people involved during the production
Yikes, the blackface is wild. While both shitty, there's a clear difference between making a fictional Asian character white and... that.