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Where Did That Week Go?

One day I'll be able to figure out where those pieces of lost time went...

Hopefully I won't wake up and remember that I was working deep undercover for Hobby Lobby.

Fox's Gang Related + Stereotypes + The Godfather + Breaking Bad

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 Those Tickets: Snowpiercer + Bong Joon-ho + One Cut Only (And Harvey Weinstein Needs More Theaters)

The English debut of Bong Joon-ho, based on a French graphic novel with actors Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Go Ah-sung, Jamie Bell, Ewen Bremner, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Octavia Spencer, and Ed Harris - how can I not want to go see this? At least on the surface, it seems to have everything I hope for in movie trends - world literacy - and is the one and only cut of the film Bong intended for - because he didn't give in to Harvey Weinstein by cutting 20 minutes of film and putting in voice-overs at the beginning and end (and the eventual 8-10 theater release is now close to over 150 with a list on the film's website).

I'm hoping this becomes a mega-hit in the US if only to speak to the opposite of why Weinstein wanted it cut and voiced-over in the first place.

Random Stat For The Day: 1 million + 46 + Did You Know?

"In 2011 there were more than 1 million Asian American women living in poverty—an increase from less than 0.7 million in 1999. According to the American Community Survey, from 2002 to 2010 the number of Asian Americans living in poverty increased by 46 percent." - americanprogress.org

Graphic Novel: Gene Luen Yang + Sonny Liew + The Shadow Hero + Green Turtle + Chu Hing

From Amazon:

In the comics boom of the 1940s, a legend was born: the Green Turtle. He solved crimes and fought injustice just like the other comics characters. But this mysterious masked crusader was hiding something more than your run-of-the-mill secret identity... The Green Turtle was the first Asian American super hero.

The comic had a short run before lapsing into obscurity, but the acclaimed author of American Born Chinese, Gene Luen Yang, has finally revived this character in Shadow Hero, a new graphic novel that creates an origin story for the Green Turtle.

With artwork by Sonny Liew, this gorgeous, funny comics adventure for teens is a new spin on the long, rich tradition of American comics lore.

Here's a great article at PRI that also talks more about Chu Hing, who created The Green Turtle in 1944, and how Hing fought against the White Washing of his character by almost never showing his face.

Apply Now: Visual Communications Executive Director

If you're looking for a gig I think this one just might be good.

Really good.

POSITION: Executive Director LOCATION: Los Angeles, California

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Board of Directors is searching for an Executive Director to lead a nationally recognized, Asian Pacific American media arts organization located in Los Angeles. Visual Communications is the presenter of the annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and the C3: Conference for Creative Content, and is one of the leading media arts centers in the country serving the Asian American creative media professional. Visual Communications is looking to hire an energetic, visionary leader to head this 44-year old organization. This high-profile position will lead the organization and the field of Asian Pacific American independent media during an exciting time of growth and creative innovation.

Here's a link to the PDF.

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White On White: I Think I'm Going To Have To Boycott Avengers: Age of Ultron Simply Because Of Scarlett Johansson

In thinking about the fact that Scarlett Johansson is an advocate of Woody Allen, I really do think I'm going to have to never see the next Avengers movie or anything else she's in.

White woman takes up for abusive White Guy of the worst type.

White on White.

Really - it truly just isn't right.

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