Case in point -- all the brown people and their white liberator. In the books? Martin repeatedly pointed out that slaves are ANY and ALL races. :(

Yeah, I gathered as much from commentary. Too bad but not surprising. All that certainly doesn't help, particularly the constant violence against women. I find myself only caring about one or two characters and mostly hoping everyone just dies already since they're all sort of reprehensible. At this point, I'm not sure I care if anyone is left standing at the end.