TSN TV Schedule For The 2010 Australian Open For Canadian Tennis Fans.

DATE	TSN	TIME
Jan 17th	2010 Australian Open Tennis: First Round	8:00 PM
Jan 18th	2010 Australian Open Tennis: First Round	12:30 PM
Jan 18th	2010 Australian Open Tennis: First Round	10:00 PM
Jan 19th	2010 Australian Open Tennis: First Round	12:30 PM
Jan 20th	2010 Australian Open Tennis: Second Round	12:30 PM
Jan 20th	2010 Australian Open Tennis: Second Round	11:00 PM
Jan 21st	2010 Australian Open Tennis: Second Round	12:30 PM
Jan 22nd	2010 Australian Open Tennis: Third Round	12:30 PM
Jan 22nd	2010 Australian Open Tennis: Third Round	9:30 PM
Jan 23rd	2010 Australian Open Tennis: Third Round	1:00 PM
Jan 23rd	2010 Australian Open Tennis: Round of 16	10:00 PM

DATE	TSN2	TIME
Jan 17th	2010 Australian Open Tennis: First Round	11:00 PM
Jan 18th	2010 Australian Open Tennis: First Round	3:30 PM
Jan 19th	2010 Australian Open Tennis: First Round	1:00 AM
Jan 19th	2010 Australian Open Tennis: First Round	3:30 PM
Jan 19th	2010 Australian Open Tennis: Second Round	9:30 PM
Jan 20th	2010 Australian Open Tennis: Second Round	3:30 PM
Jan 21st	2010 Australian Open Tennis: Second Round	2:00 AM
Jan 21st	2010 Australian Open Tennis: Second Round	3:30 PM
Jan 21st	2010 Australian Open Tennis: Third Round	10:30 PM
Jan 22nd	2010 Australian Open Tennis: Third Round	3:30 PM
Jan 23rd	2010 Australian Open Tennis: Third Round	12:30 AM
Jan 24th	2010 Australian Open Tennis: Round of 16	1:00 AM
Jan 24th	2010 Australian Open Tennis: Round of 16	3:00 PM
Jan 24th	2010 Australian Open Tennis: Round of 16	7:00 PM

Is Avatar Racist & Sexist ?

According to http://www.boxofficemojo.com, Avatar has grossed over $1 billion dollars and has the potential to break James Cameron’s 1997  hit film Titanic. However, I have read articles in the UK newspaper the Telegraph and the Associated Press criticizing Avatar.

The consensus is, Avatar is racist because it is another white male saviour film. Will Heaven’s argument is, since the five lead blue alien characters in Avatar are all actors of colour the film is racist.  Heaven believes Cameron chose the actors of colour specifically because he views people of colour as inferior to white folks.

Heaven says the Na’vi tribe’s clothing incorporates African and Native American cultural symbols.

Also, some people on the internet are arguing the film is racist because the protagonist Jake Sully sleeps with the Na’vi princess Neytiri .

The critics argue the white man isn’t just conquering the aliens he’s conquering  women as well.  Does Avatar promote misogyny the idea that a woman needs a man? We are in a feminist era, do women really need men anymore?

Some folks compare Avatar to Disney’s cartoon Pocahontas  since the film skewed the facts about the native American genocide. The real Pocahontas, her life was more tragic than the Disney cartoon version. Pocahontas  married a white man John Rolfe and moved to England.

After Pocahontas was baptized,  she was given the English name Rebecca. In 1617, Pocahontas died  at the tender age of twenty-one of  small pox and pneumonia.

Another point to consider is, Avatar is just a silly popcorn science fiction movie  and  is frivolous entertainment.

According to Heaven, he argues that Avatar is similar to  Kevin Costner’s “Dances With Wolves” and Tom Cruise’s “The Last Samurai.” In both Costner and Cruise’s movies, the white male  learns that white culture is racist and he  save them from themselves.

I must confess, I am not a science fiction fan. My  predilection is towards watching  depressing romantic dramas, period pieces, documentaries, and romantic comedies.