Current Events > Why are there like a million Chinese or Korean American stories in Hollywood

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But like.zilch for any other Asian Americans.

no Filipino cultures, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Indian.

like how come they dont get presence in Hollywood?

Is that even true? Where are these Korean Hollywood movies? I can think of more Indian stories. Makes sense given the population of India (and China).

Gran Torino is kind of like a Hmong American story.

ssjevot posted...

came itt to post this

Probably because there are more Chinese and Korean filmmakers in Hollywood than the others mentioned, and they're thus able to get their stories told on the big screen.

Solar_Crimson posted...

Probably because there are more Chinese and Korean filmmakers in Hollywood than the others, and they're thus able to get their stories told on the big screen.

This is definitely a big part. You can't really make a movie that's going to be "about" vietnamese Americans and then cast Koreans in the roles. You need to have more diversity among actors first and the movies will follow naturally.

Japan stuff stays in Japan.

Hmong had a damn good move, and Clint Eastwood had to do it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Torino

East Asians will always have more exposures over South East Asians in general. When most people think of Asians, the big 3 is always on everyones mind: China, Korea, and Japan. A lot of the stereotypes, like the model minority, get heavily reflected on this because East Asians tend to be richer and perform academically better, on average, than someone who is South East Asian. You'll be surprised that a lot of Americans can't point to Vietnam on a world map even though there was a major war that happened there.

Prestoff posted...

You'll be surprised that a lot of Americans can't point to Vietnam on a world map even though there was a major war that happened there.

It's America. Good luck finding someone can find Asia on a globe, at all.

Had a longer foot hold and the times have finally brought interest to not pew-pew cowboy

and Jackie Chan. The man is the man

Agonized_rufous posted...

and Jackie Chan. The man is the man

Too bad he's a CCP stooge now...

It's like finding out Liam Neeson was a IRA bomber. (don't look too close into that)

Tomb Raider is Cambodian.

Questionmarktarius posted...

It's America. Good luck finding someone can find Asia on a globe, at all.

What is this round earth nonsense

Questionmarktarius posted...

Too bad he's a CCP stooge now...

It's like finding out Liam Neeson was a IRA bomber. (don't look too close into that)

Yes...he is still but a man

Agonized_rufous posted...

Yes...he is still but a man

A man with a very particular set of skills

Japan knows to stay the hell out of Hollywood unless someone's greed takes hold. Because while they certainly are not above making trash, they lament the times when their good stuff is made into just as bad, if not worse trash from people who think that, say, apparently the way to adapt Dragon Ball/Z is to make it a highschool anime where the characters probably couldn't even take down a battalion of tanks.

Despite both DB stuff and random highschool anime often including characters who can destroy cities.

Sephiroth_C_Ryu posted...

Japan knows to stay the hell out of Hollywood unless someone's greed takes hold.

Yet, Lucas and Coppola resurrected Akira Kurosawa.

Kagemusha is a fucking great film.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagemusha