Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why would they make a movie about just one minority? I’m not going to go see it.
Really? Are you a troll?
It is called Crazy Rich Asians. It is about an extremely wealthy Asian family set in Hong Kong. What minoritiescwould fit in?
Anonymous wrote:https://variety.com/2018/film/box-office/crazy-rich-asians-box-office-opening-weekend-constance-wu-1202909669/
$34M opening. Pretty good!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just going by the trailer, as a white person, looking at somebody else’s ethnic comedy leaves me feeling complicit in racial prejudice.
You really don't get it. The point is that ALL the rolrs, the good guys, the bad guys, the smart people, the stupid people, the nice people, the mean people, the rich people, the slightly - less -rich people, the greedy people, the generous people, etc., etc., are Asian. It's Asians in all the complexity of humanity, not a token Asian character who embodies one single stereotype, or seems to be the only Asian in the world, or something.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why does everyone forget about Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)? It was a FANTASTIC movie, won a Golden Globe, won three Oscars and was nominated for a further three. It also outperformed the Joy Luck Club by a factor of 3.
Michelle Yeoh was in it too!
It didn’t have Asian Americans in lead roles.
Wtf?
The cast was almost exclusively asian...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why does everyone forget about Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)? It was a FANTASTIC movie, won a Golden Globe, won three Oscars and was nominated for a further three. It also outperformed the Joy Luck Club by a factor of 3.
Michelle Yeoh was in it too!
It didn’t have Asian Americans in lead roles.
Anonymous wrote:Just going by the trailer, as a white person, looking at somebody else’s ethnic comedy leaves me feeling complicit in racial prejudice.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just going by the trailer, as a white person, looking at somebody else’s ethnic comedy leaves me feeling complicit in racial prejudice.
This comment is all kinds of stupid.
Anonymous wrote:Why does everyone forget about Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)? It was a FANTASTIC movie, won a Golden Globe, won three Oscars and was nominated for a further three. It also outperformed the Joy Luck Club by a factor of 3.
Michelle Yeoh was in it too!
Anonymous wrote:Just going by the trailer, as a white person, looking at somebody else’s ethnic comedy leaves me feeling complicit in racial prejudice.
Anonymous wrote:Not sure if I will enjoy it. They should have made it less ethnic and more relatable to American audiences