Sometimes it that those who get well paid for to find out what will turn an, don’t know what the people want. For many decades, Hollywood’s producers fearful refusal to make underholdningsfilmer with asian americans in lead roles. They have not believed it was possible to the wide audience to sokne ten films fronted by a small minority. But then, in the fall, came the romantic comedy « Crazy Rich Asians », shot up on the american kinotoppen and became the highest grossing romantic comedy in ten years. This has created new awareness about the representation of asians in american film.
This week the film has Norwegian theatrical release. Chinese-american Rachel (Constance Wu) living in New York city and is joined by Nick (Henry Golding) from Singapore. Nick has not told that he is from an old Onwin and styrtrik related, which is not delighted by the thought that a selfish american could come to knabbe family’s prince successor.
4.8% of roles in american movies are played by asian actors. These few roles have often been crude stereotypes – overseksualiserte young women and avseksualiserte men. After that « Crazy Rich Asians » was a success, several asian-american writers told about how degrading has been to see how other asian males consistently been portrayed as male-ness and ridiculous, as the innocuous ol or nerdy colleague; he that she will never come to covet.
« Crazy Rich Asians » is told largely from the women’s perspective, and several of the writers have pulled out how well it is experienced to see the british-malaysian, Henry Golding as a man women flock, an object that is worth attrå. Golding had almost not skuespillererfaring before « Crazy Rich Asians ». He was a presenter for a travel show on the BBC. Now he is suddenly a hot candidate to be the next James Bond.
that so many have wanted to let himself forgylle of « Crazy Rich Asians » is also a klaps on lanken to those who believed that there had to be a way on how asian film could be. One of the manufacturers would have the option on the novel that is the basis for the film, would have the freedom to make Rachel white. The same was the case when Jenny His novel « to All The Boys I’ve Loved Before » was filmatiseres — more manufacturers would put the project out in life, provided that they had caste a white actor in the lead role, as in His novel was a half-Korean. The film was eventually made with an asian actor and was a strømmesukess on Netflix.
The two films has also given new life to a traditional filmsjanger. The romantic comedy has been on sotteseng since the nineties. The replacement has been livstrøtt rølp fronted by Mila Kunis or Amy Schumer. But now, the romantic comedy has become romantic again. « Crazy Rich Asians » is enthusiastically and shamelessly sjangertro. It holds both a makeoverscene and a reunion at an airport.
But by moving the on the scenes, and let a well-known love story bury itself in the tension-filled relationship between the east asian and american-asian, something happens. There is something new on the game. And it occurs new, good reasons to run through the airport.
