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Topic	Do you believe that hollywood "is still very racist?"
gloBal enemy 09/19/19 8:46:52 AM #13:	Veggeta_MAX posted... Very much so. Movies like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero and Slumdog Millionaire were all great movies and were hugely successful in America. I feel like those movies all played on Western perceptions/stereotypes of Asians though (kung fu, poor) and essentially turned what people expected into a movie. Crazy Rich Asians is playing on a 'new' stereotype of 'new money' but if you think about all the possible movie themes/plots/etc out there eg romantic comedies, space exploration, etc..., how many of those which are not based on a racial/cultural stereotype would actually have such diverse casting? --- If you can understand this, I'm 2/cosC for you. <cite>gloBal enemy posted [p:927651108] in Do you bel... [t:78025500]...</cite> <quote>Veggeta_MAX posted... </cite> <quote>Very much so. Movies like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero and Slumdog Millionaire were all great movies and were hugely successful in America.</quote> I feel like those movies all played on Western perceptions/stereotypes of Asians though (kung fu, poor) and essentially turned what people expected into a movie. Crazy Rich Asians is playing on a 'new' stereotype of 'new money' but if you think about all the possible movie themes/plots/etc out there eg romantic comedies, space exploration, etc..., how many of those which are not based on a racial/cultural stereotype would actually have such diverse casting? --- If you can understand this, I'm 2/cosC for you.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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