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Shang-Chi’s Director On Making A Marvel Movie With Asian Americans In Mind
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is a film made with Asian Americans in mind. Learning more about the creation of Marvel’s latest superhero film, it seems like everyone involved was dedicated to the same goal: authentic representation. Director Destin Daniel Cretton told Gizmodo, “That doesn’t mean we got everything right, but I…
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The Racial Politics Of A ‘White Guy’ Playing An Asian Bad Guy In Iron Man 3
Ah not a white guy, sighed a Kotaku reader after seeing Sir Ben Kingsley as the Mandarin in the Iron Man 3 trailer. Kingsley, however, isn’t simply “a white guy”, and this isn’t simply another example of Hollywood whitewashing an Asian character.