Cameron Crowe recently apologized for the way he depicted a certain character in his feature 'Aloha' - to me, it's not so much an apology for casting Emma Stone, who ultimately played this particular character, but one for the way he edited, illustrated, and portrayed this character to the zeitgeist, the way it made Emma appear to the masses, and his poor attempt for infusing a diverse background into a character that, well, just didn't have the "look".
Though his apology is certainly genuine, the current backlash to it claiming that he's saying sorry for casting Ms. Stone seems rather reductive. And, if he is really apologizing to the public for casting Ms. Stone, then that's actually quite cowardly. Emma is the one who has to take the heat for it, she's the one who has to feel the pity of her peers, and she's the one who's gonna get buried alive when Crowe says he regrets casting her. Using her as a cover up for his poor character backstory just comes across as rather juvenile.
Come on, Cameron, just say you're sorry to her, too.
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