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Hey fellow listeners, since moving to a new distributing platform, some earlier episodes are no longer avilable in Apple Podcast and Spotify. In the next few weeks, we will be retunring to the highlights and offer the new listeners a chance to listen to our 'baby episodes' when we first began our journey with Asian Bitches Down Under.
May 2020: Is it wrong that Jack Black voices a Panda? Is The Half of It any good? And why are the Asian mother’s always dead in these stories?
This week, we chat about Hollywood’s problem with whitewashing.
Discussed this week:
Kate & Leopold (2001)
The Half of It (2020)
To all the boys I’ve ever loved (2018)
To all the boys: P.S I still love you (2020)
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
The Evolution of Chinese and Asian Faces in Hollywood ( VOA News, 2019)
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: 9 Actors in Hollywood on the Books and Films That Inspired Them (Variety, 2019)
Crazy Rich Asians Kicked Down the Door. Now Asian Americans Are Fighting To Stay in the Room ( Time, 2018)
How Margot Robbie Changed Her Hollywood Destiny (Buzzfeed News, February 2020)
Hollywood Doesn't Fully Represent Asian Americans Yet (Vice, 2019)
'We're part of a greater movement': Hollywood finally gives Asian stories a spotlight (The Guardian, 2019)
Asian Representation In Hollywood: We’re Not There Yet (QG, 2019)
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(00:00) Intro, catching up
(12:02) a brief response about the US election
(13:25) the comfort of arts, Wicked
(15:30) a positive cultural appreciation (?) experience
(22:45) Belle Gibson and the Trend of female fraudsters on screen
(30:45) The Substances
(40:17) Two Trees Make a...
Published 11/21/24
(00:00) Intro, forgetful minds
(01:50) Simu Liu and Boba Tea Cultural Appropriation (correction; Helen should’ve said Boba not bubble, apologies!)
(09:01) Jodie Pocult 'By Any Of Her Name', Liane Moriarty 'Here One Moment' Joan Didion 'Blue Nights'
(14:40) Han Kang 2024 Nobel Literature Prize...
Published 10/24/24