Here is the link to the post: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMImXWFx9Ce/
From a strict media to representation POV, I get it, but I'm also a sucker for action/drama, and I like seeing someone like Sung Kang and the other POC cast in a good story a la Infernal Affairs and its remake The Departed. Does the story-line have some issues and do some of the characters lack depth? Sure, and I think they need to tighten up some of the timeline/back story issues too - but it's still a good watch.
From a tipping point of when it's okay to see actors of color in roles that aren't the hero or the savior, I think it's a personal choice. For all the casting and image issues you can talk about in relation to movies like The Godfather or Scarface - those are still American classics in that genre. What if Breaking Bad had a mainly Asian, Latino, Black or Native American cast?
What happens then?
I don't want to see actors of color in bad roles but sometimes it's a fine line between a stereotype and an archetype, and at least for now, I'm putting Gang Related in the latter.
Got word via the comments section about an interview with Sung Kang down at Ningin and it's pretty cool. Check out Part 1 and Part 2 down at Elena's blog at Ningin.
Also peep an interview with Sung Kang and Sara Sohn (linked up from the interviews above).
h/t Elena @ Ningin
Labels: Asian American, Sung Kang
I while back I posted up on some pics of Sung Kang that I found over at his MySpace page and it turns out they were actually part of an ad campaign he's doing with Jump footwear - and the campaign has officially launched.
Check out the blog here for more pics from the campaign (like the one above) and information on more of the ads and short films that will go along with it.
Labels: Asian American, Sung Kang
Caught some new pics of Sung Kang and decided to post one, because it's pretty slick.
Check out more down at MySpace.
Labels: Asian American, Pictures, Sung Kang
