Who else is excited for "Crazy Rich Asians" ?!?

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Anonymous wrote:Loved the movie, but I really did not like the opening scene where it showed the Asian family in 1995 London being refused a hotel room by several clerks. That was pretty damn unrealistic. Yes white people have done some shitty things, but we don't suck THAT bad!

Not unrealistic for a hoity hoity place.

Yes it is. It’s not like they were in overalls chewing on straw. On what planet would there be a stereotype that Asians couldn’t possibly be rich?

You need to get out more. There are many places like that even now. And there were more in 1995.

Asian from a "poor" rich Asian family (not on their scale, but still rich).

I get out plenty. This scene was completely unrealistic. It was just another attempt to make a dig at evil whitey.

I actually enjoyed the movie outside of that scene.

Europe is a continent, idiot. It has many different cultures, it's hardly homogenous. The Danes have a totally different view of minorities than the Bulgarians.

Europe is really racist and classist. Far more than in the US.

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Anonymous wrote:Saw this with my DH last night. Really fun and romantic!

However I am annoyed at the liberals think-piecing this to death. It’s just a movie. Chill!

Just because it's just a movie to YOU doesn't mean it doesn't have significant cultural and other significance.

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Anonymous wrote:This movie is just not relatable to 89% of America. Not sure what all the fuss is about.

Does that mean that the majority of shows/movie on tv/theatre aren't relatable to me, an Asian American since they are 89% white cast?

I loved the Cosby show growing up, as I did Friends and Seinfeld. I also happen to love Jane Austen. How was I ever able to relate to some of those stories from over a hundred years ago, from a different culture/race?

Some people definitely have a closed mind.

The most unrelatable part is the extreme wealth. It could have been crazy rich Bolivians, crazy rich Nigerians or crazy rich Russians. A romantic comedy about a small circle of billionaires, how they spend and how they live isn't groundbreaking cinema.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a female Euasian (i.e. half Asian/Caucasian). I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I already wish that the Americanized female role of Rachel would have been played by an Eurasian, instead of Nick’s role who was played by an Eurasian.

But Rachel isn't Eurasian. She was full Chinese.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a female Euasian (i.e. half Asian/Caucasian). I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I already wish that the Americanized female role of Rachel would have been played by an Eurasian, instead of Nick’s role who was played by an Eurasian.

But Rachel isn't Eurasian. She was full Chinese.

Plus, Rachel's being ABC, but born in China is important to why Nick's mother and Ahma object to her. It becomes crucial to the plot in China Rich Girlfriend , as well.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a female Euasian (i.e. half Asian/Caucasian). I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I already wish that the Americanized female role of Rachel would have been played by an Eurasian, instead of Nick’s role who was played by an Eurasian.

But Rachel isn't Eurasian. She was full Chinese.

Plus, Rachel's being ABC, but born in China is important to why Nick's mother and Ahma object to her. It becomes crucial to the plot in China Rich Girlfriend , as well.

The character Nick isn’t half-white either, but the actor is.

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Anonymous wrote:This movie is just not relatable to 89% of America. Not sure what all the fuss is about.

Does that mean that the majority of shows/movie on tv/theatre aren't relatable to me, an Asian American since they are 89% white cast?

I loved the Cosby show growing up, as I did Friends and Seinfeld. I also happen to love Jane Austen. How was I ever able to relate to some of those stories from over a hundred years ago, from a different culture/race?

Some people definitely have a closed mind.

The most unrelatable part is the extreme wealth. It could have been crazy rich Bolivians, crazy rich Nigerians or crazy rich Russians. A romantic comedy about a small circle of billionaires, how they spend and how they live isn't groundbreaking cinema.

I think this is a point that escapes most white people (I am a white woman), but the fact that a completely normal movie is featuring a cast of all asian people IS actually groundbreaking. It isn't a story about China really, it isn't Memoirs of a Geisha or some think piece on a part of asian culture or a historial moment. It is a story that is completely known and funny and relateable and not that special, but it's asian poeple instead of white people.

We take for granted that all the mundane stories, all the rom coms and super hero movies are white people. They HAVE diversity, but they are usually majority white, the maine characters white etc. Sure this is changing but slowly. And realistically they are white males.

The most understandable way to put it for me is like, will anyone stop giving Adam Sandler or Michael Bay money to make more movies? They both make terrible movies that frequently bomb. Bay is more profitable but he's terrible. But bomb after bomb after bomb people will give them money because they aren't seen as 'risky'. Comparitively, Ocean's 8 was seen as a very risky movie for studios to invest in because it starred women. That is a direct result of the 'normal' caper movie being men, mostly white men. The more totally normal and mundane movies there are out there with diverse casts (gender and race) the better. There will be a day (I hope) when a movie like Crazy Rich Asians is non remarkable. But it isn't today, because tell me the last Rom Com you saw other than this where the lead character isn't white. And after you google and find one from last year, do me a favor and count up the number of rom coms from last year and figure out what percentage featured a non white woman as the main love interest. Then try to find how many had a non white woman AND a non white man as the main characters.

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Anonymous wrote:This movie is just not relatable to 89% of America. Not sure what all the fuss is about.

Does that mean that the majority of shows/movie on tv/theatre aren't relatable to me, an Asian American since they are 89% white cast?

I loved the Cosby show growing up, as I did Friends and Seinfeld. I also happen to love Jane Austen. How was I ever able to relate to some of those stories from over a hundred years ago, from a different culture/race?

Some people definitely have a closed mind.

The most unrelatable part is the extreme wealth. It could have been crazy rich Bolivians, crazy rich Nigerians or crazy rich Russians. A romantic comedy about a small circle of billionaires, how they spend and how they live isn't groundbreaking cinema.

I haven’t seen the movie yet but the book clearly gives the impression that it’s a satire rather than a RomCom

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This movie is just not relatable to 89% of America. Not sure what all the fuss is about.

Does that mean that the majority of shows/movie on tv/theatre aren't relatable to me, an Asian American since they are 89% white cast?

I loved the Cosby show growing up, as I did Friends and Seinfeld. I also happen to love Jane Austen. How was I ever able to relate to some of those stories from over a hundred years ago, from a different culture/race?

Some people definitely have a closed mind.

The most unrelatable part is the extreme wealth. It could have been crazy rich Bolivians, crazy rich Nigerians or crazy rich Russians. A romantic comedy about a small circle of billionaires, how they spend and how they live isn't groundbreaking cinema.

I think this is a point that escapes most white people (I am a white woman), but the fact that a completely normal movie is featuring a cast of all asian people IS actually groundbreaking. It isn't a story about China really, it isn't Memoirs of a Geisha or some think piece on a part of asian culture or a historial moment. It is a story that is completely known and funny and relateable and not that special, but it's asian poeple instead of white people.

We take for granted that all the mundane stories, all the rom coms and super hero movies are white people. They HAVE diversity, but they are usually majority white, the maine characters white etc. Sure this is changing but slowly. And realistically they are white males.

The most understandable way to put it for me is like, will anyone stop giving Adam Sandler or Michael Bay money to make more movies? They both make terrible movies that frequently bomb. Bay is more profitable but he's terrible. But bomb after bomb after bomb people will give them money because they aren't seen as 'risky'. Comparitively, Ocean's 8 was seen as a very risky movie for studios to invest in because it starred women. That is a direct result of the 'normal' caper movie being men, mostly white men. The more totally normal and mundane movies there are out there with diverse casts (gender and race) the better. There will be a day (I hope) when a movie like Crazy Rich Asians is non remarkable. But it isn't today, because tell me the last Rom Com you saw other than this where the lead character isn't white. And after you google and find one from last year, do me a favor and count up the number of rom coms from last year and figure out what percentage featured a non white woman as the main love interest. Then try to find how many had a non white woman AND a non white man as the main characters.

That is why the Hallmark movie channel is pretty much unwatchable. Same overall storyline, same looking actors. Maybe a best friend or co-worker with 3 lines isn't white and thin with a cute apartment.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a female Euasian (i.e. half Asian/Caucasian). I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I already wish that the Americanized female role of Rachel would have been played by an Eurasian, instead of Nick’s role who was played by an Eurasian.

But Rachel isn't Eurasian. She was full Chinese.

Plus, Rachel's being ABC, but born in China is important to why Nick's mother and Ahma object to her. It becomes crucial to the plot in China Rich Girlfriend , as well.

I have watched the movie and I actually don't understand what Nick's mom and Ah Ma had against Rachel. I mean, Nick could have brought home a white girl but he didn't. Rachel is still ethnically Chinese, with a PhD and an economist. It isn't as if she was a busker who couldn't hold her sh*t together. Obvious manifestations of American-ness can be changed, like learning that you don't hug on the first meeting (actually no hugging ever) and not approaching someone so openly (Princess Intan scene).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This movie is just not relatable to 89% of America. Not sure what all the fuss is about.

Does that mean that the majority of shows/movie on tv/theatre aren't relatable to me, an Asian American since they are 89% white cast?

I loved the Cosby show growing up, as I did Friends and Seinfeld. I also happen to love Jane Austen. How was I ever able to relate to some of those stories from over a hundred years ago, from a different culture/race?

Some people definitely have a closed mind.

The most unrelatable part is the extreme wealth. It could have been crazy rich Bolivians, crazy rich Nigerians or crazy rich Russians. A romantic comedy about a small circle of billionaires, how they spend and how they live isn't groundbreaking cinema.

I think this is a point that escapes most white people (I am a white woman), but the fact that a completely normal movie is featuring a cast of all asian people IS actually groundbreaking. It isn't a story about China really, it isn't Memoirs of a Geisha or some think piece on a part of asian culture or a historial moment. It is a story that is completely known and funny and relateable and not that special, but it's asian poeple instead of white people.

We take for granted that all the mundane stories, all the rom coms and super hero movies are white people. They HAVE diversity, but they are usually majority white, the maine characters white etc. Sure this is changing but slowly. And realistically they are white males.

The most understandable way to put it for me is like, will anyone stop giving Adam Sandler or Michael Bay money to make more movies? They both make terrible movies that frequently bomb. Bay is more profitable but he's terrible. But bomb after bomb after bomb people will give them money because they aren't seen as 'risky'. Comparitively, Ocean's 8 was seen as a very risky movie for studios to invest in because it starred women. That is a direct result of the 'normal' caper movie being men, mostly white men. The more totally normal and mundane movies there are out there with diverse casts (gender and race) the better. There will be a day (I hope) when a movie like Crazy Rich Asians is non remarkable. But it isn't today, because tell me the last Rom Com you saw other than this where the lead character isn't white. And after you google and find one from last year, do me a favor and count up the number of rom coms from last year and figure out what percentage featured a non white woman as the main love interest. Then try to find how many had a non white woman AND a non white man as the main characters.

THIS! Well said. I'm African American and I couldn't wait to see this movie. It was as I expected and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I love seeing my brothers & sisters from different cultures on the screen; I also look at Bollywood and Nollywood films. Everyone wants/likes to see people that look like them on the screens (big and small).

[Anonymous]

Not usually a fan of comedies, but this one was hilarious

There were some serious scenes too

Best new movie I've seen I a couple years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Loved the movie, but I really did not like the opening scene where it showed the Asian family in 1995 London being refused a hotel room by several clerks. That was pretty damn unrealistic. Yes white people have done some shitty things, but we don't suck THAT bad!

Not unrealistic for a hoity hoity place.

Yes it is. It’s not like they were in overalls chewing on straw. On what planet would there be a stereotype that Asians couldn’t possibly be rich?

You need to get out more. There are many places like that even now. And there were more in 1995.

Asian from a "poor" rich Asian family (not on their scale, but still rich).

I get out plenty. This scene was completely unrealistic. It was just another attempt to make a dig at evil whitey.

I actually enjoyed the movie outside of that scene.

We had our house egged with "chink" written on it in the late 80s.

My dad was white and my mom Japanese.

I have almond shaped eyes and used to be called chink all the time, from ages 8-14 in the mid 80s Tons of rude questions. Totally white.

I guess it had an effect on me bc I later studied japanese.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a female Euasian (i.e. half Asian/Caucasian). I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I already wish that the Americanized female role of Rachel would have been played by an Eurasian, instead of Nick’s role who was played by an Eurasian.

But Rachel isn't Eurasian. She was full Chinese.

Plus, Rachel's being ABC, but born in China is important to why Nick's mother and Ahma object to her. It becomes crucial to the plot in China Rich Girlfriend , as well.

I have watched the movie and I actually don't understand what Nick's mom and Ah Ma had against Rachel. I mean, Nick could have brought home a white girl but he didn't. Rachel is still ethnically Chinese, with a PhD and an economist. It isn't as if she was a busker who couldn't hold her sh*t together. Obvious manifestations of American-ness can be changed, like learning that you don't hug on the first meeting (actually no hugging ever) and not approaching someone so openly (Princess Intan scene).

I’ll explain it to you. Singaporean Chinese people view people from China as more low class and vulgar. They also resent them for recent immigration to Singapore as the government tries to bolster the flagging Chinese population. So Chinese from China are resented, discriminates and considered more low class.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a female Euasian (i.e. half Asian/Caucasian). I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I already wish that the Americanized female role of Rachel would have been played by an Eurasian, instead of Nick’s role who was played by an Eurasian.

But Rachel isn't Eurasian. She was full Chinese.

Plus, Rachel's being ABC, but born in China is important to why Nick's mother and Ahma object to her. It becomes crucial to the plot in China Rich Girlfriend , as well.

I have watched the movie and I actually don't understand what Nick's mom and Ah Ma had against Rachel. I mean, Nick could have brought home a white girl but he didn't. Rachel is still ethnically Chinese, with a PhD and an economist. It isn't as if she was a busker who couldn't hold her sh*t together. Obvious manifestations of American-ness can be changed, like learning that you don't hug on the first meeting (actually no hugging ever) and not approaching someone so openly (Princess Intan scene).

That is because you think only white people are racist and classist.

Guess what??

Everyone else is too, including asians against the wrong kind of asians.

Rachel is the wrong kind of asian...an american child of a single mom from the wrong kind of chinese family class.