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Star Michelle Yeoh: ‘Let’s Not Nominate’ Movies for Awards Based on ‘Gender or Diversity’(TR)
Breitbart ^ | 24 Feb 2019 | John Binder

Posted on 02/24/2019 5:47:09 PM PST by KC_Lion

YouTube: Michelle Yeoh Addresses Gender Diversity at 2019 Oscars | E! Red Carpet & Award Shows

One of the many stars of the box office hit movie “Crazy Rich Asians” said movies and actors should not be nominated for awards solely because of their race, gender, or just to diversify the list of nominees.One of the many stars of the box office hit movie “Crazy Rich Asians” said movies and actors should not be nominated for awards solely because of their race, gender, or just to diversify the list of nominees.

While actors and actresses are routinely voicing their support for racial and gender quotas in Hollywood,Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh told E!’s Giuliana Rancic that she does not want to see movies and actors nominated for awards just because of their race or gender.

“I think this year there were a few women roles that were really outstanding. And we really need more and more of them,” Yeoh said. “I was just disappointed that there were no women directors nominated. But it’s hard. Because it is so competitive. I think a lot of the time, let’s not nominate because we need to make up the numbers for the gender or the diversity, we have to do it because the movie and all the characters speak for what it..

..“I think this year there were a few women roles that were really outstanding. And we really need more and more of them,” Yeoh said. “I was just disappointed that there were no women directors nominated. But it’s hard. Because it is so competitive. I think a lot of the time, let’s not nominate because we need to make up the numbers for the gender or the diversity, we have to do it because the movie and all the characters speak for what it is.

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Full Title: ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Star Michelle Yeoh: ‘Let’s Not Nominate’ Movies for Awards Based on ‘Gender or Diversity’

Oh oh, will Dems break out old offensive stereotypes of the "model minority"?

I'll yet you decide. But the answer is "yes".

1 posted on 02/24/2019 5:47:09 PM PST by KC_Lion
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To: KC_Lion

Somebody’s not getting invited to any after Oscar parties.


2 posted on 02/24/2019 5:50:43 PM PST by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man.)
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To: KC_Lion

She’ll never work in Hollywood again.


3 posted on 02/24/2019 5:51:17 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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“Star Michelle Yeoh: ‘Let’s Not Nominate’ Movies for Awards Based on ‘Gender or Diversity’(TR)”

Let’s not even use those terms again.


4 posted on 02/24/2019 5:53:46 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus" maneo)
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To: KC_Lion

Michelle Yeoh in Supercop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ej-iuKgmvQ


5 posted on 02/24/2019 5:53:56 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: KC_Lion

The only hope for this country is us Asians who came up the hard way. The whites have just given up...sad to say.


6 posted on 02/24/2019 5:53:56 PM PST by Republic_Venom (It's time for some Republic Venom!)
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To: Bonemaker

u meen 12 years a slave?


7 posted on 02/24/2019 5:54:29 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: KC_Lion
Michelle Yeoh,

absolutely, positively Not Guilty!

8 posted on 02/24/2019 5:54:33 PM PST by Navy Patriot (America NEEDS Mob Rule, another European and Mid East World War and a universal Draft)
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To: KC_Lion

She is clearly waciss.


9 posted on 02/24/2019 5:57:07 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: Republic_Venom

Whites are afraid of their own shadows - no pun intended.


10 posted on 02/24/2019 6:03:24 PM PST by atc23
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To: KC_Lion
...movies and actors should not be nominated for awards solely because of their race, gender, or just to diversify the list of nominees...what a refreshing idea - why did no one think of this before?....
11 posted on 02/24/2019 6:42:26 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: KC_Lion
...movies and actors should not be nominated for awards solely because of their race, gender, or just to diversify the list of nominees...what a refreshing idea - why did no one think of this before?....
12 posted on 02/24/2019 6:44:06 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: KC_Lion; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj
Ok, have one best (insert gender neutral term for actor) and see if a woman ever wins one. 😂😂😂
13 posted on 02/24/2019 6:54:04 PM PST by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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To: KC_Lion

Loved her in Memoirs of a Geisha


14 posted on 02/24/2019 6:55:55 PM PST by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: KC_Lion

She is also good in ST Discovery


15 posted on 02/24/2019 6:57:36 PM PST by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: Impy; BillyBoy; LS; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; SunkenCiv

They’ll have to destroy her now for “wrong thinking.”

(How did she ever get cast for STD with that attitude ?)


16 posted on 02/24/2019 6:59:15 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: KC_Lion

good cut the length of the show in half.


17 posted on 02/24/2019 7:00:12 PM PST by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: KC_Lion

How about let’s not reboot classic science fiction TV shows based on gender or diversity?


18 posted on 02/24/2019 7:00:30 PM PST by GSWarrior
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To: dfwgator

she doesn’t need hollywood. china makes a lot of movies and she is a star and a good actress. Her performance as the mother made Crazy Rich Asians a great movie.,


19 posted on 02/24/2019 7:01:42 PM PST by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: GSWarrior

I’m liking ST Discovery


20 posted on 02/24/2019 7:02:21 PM PST by marajade (Skywalker)
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