Posted on 08/17/2018 9:36:49 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
You've probably already read about how "Crazy Rich Asians" is the first major studio release to feature an all-Asian cast in 25 years -- since The Joy Luck Club accomplished that feat in 1993.
And yes, this movie is a singularly special and important event for those in the Asian-American community, who are finally beginning to sense a change in an industry that has, over the past quarter century, seemed afraid of putting more than one of us onscreen at once for fear of somehow freaking out or turning off non-Asian viewers.
(Don't look now, but "Crazy Rich Asians" serves up whole screens of Asians at a time, and none of them die, all of them speak English and -- wonder of wonders -- every character looks and acts extremely different, so you won't have an issue telling them apart.)
But as much of an event as this is for us, the truth is that anyone -- Asian or not -- should see the movie. It achieves what few films in recent memory have accomplished. It reminds us that the ultra-wealthy generally don't live up to the sales pitch that they, Hollywood and the Republican Party have collectively tried to sell us.
This narrative consistently presents the staggeringly rich as different from -- and better than -- the huddled masses.
They're "makers" who pull the rest of us "takers" up by our bootstraps, while creating jobs, disrupting industries and changing the world.
[SNIP]
Consider "Crazy Rich Asians" something of a second opinion. Most of the rich folk in the movie are indeed "crazy," if you redefine crazy as "petty, tawdry, narcissistic and devious."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
If you’re into that rom-com thing it’s supposed to be pretty good. I’m not, but good for them.
Reads to me like the story sucks. I don’t care who’s in it. I want a great story.
It doesn’t have Jackie Chan in it so I’m not interested.
I just don’t see why anyone would go see a movie so narrowly focused to one ethnic group like this. Even people in that ethnic group. It just seems stupid and not something that a wide audience would go see.
“We’ve already managed to blur the line between Hollywood “reality” and real reality, with just enough voters buying into Donald Trump’s mogul facade to put the television tycoon into office.
The catastrophic results have been more ridiculous than even Hollywood ever could have imagined. But with millions of marginalized people at risk, what began as black comedy has become a horror show. “
From the CNN “movie review”.
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I came for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. I stayed for Michelle Yeoh.
Do they act white?
That’s CNN’s review. They’re douchebags, you knew that already. Doesn’t actually say anything about the movie.
Actually every parent considering sending their children to College should watch it.
This is what your children will be competing with in the workforce.
They are rich, very well educated and understand business.
NONE of them are SJW, Psy majors or any Social Science major.
Some themes are universal. Good stories with universal themes, the different cultures and countries can make things more interesting to watch.
But you need great stories.
My wife is from the Philippines, so I’m sure she won’t be shocked to see a movie or TV show with an all-Asian cast.
Now that makes me want to see this movie!
Yeah, cuz we all know the Joy Luck Club would have worked with an all Caucasian cast. What a frickin' moron.
Caught some foreign stuff lately: a Scandinavian disaster flick, an Icelandic police procedural series, an Eastern European vamp movie, and an Indian police procedural series. All were excellent. And way better than the vast majority of the cr@p the US is cranking out.
The folks in the real world, maybe, but from what I can tell, the cast of this movie is full-on SJW/SSM.
I pretty much just watch KDramas now, the actresses are much more talented and beautiful than their US counterparts.
If I don’t, I suppose I’m racist, right?
And all genius is madness of a sort. That’s how rich happens.
Even beauty is genius, and a sort that everyone can benefit from vicariously.
I'm going to adjust my statement on this. I know for a fact Awkwafina is a SJW, and Ken Jeong seems to be heading that way in rapid fashion, he didn't seem to be so earlier in his career. The rest I don't know about.
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