Tag: Asian American culture in movies
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“Always Be My Maybe” An Asian-American Rom-Com
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I think we all know that I’m a huge advocate for diversity. I love #diversebooks, #diversemovies, #diversepodcasts etc. As a person who always grew up hungry for media content that reflected my life as a Black girl, I know how important it is to see yourself in the pages of books, in…
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“Bao” Film Nominated for 2019 Oscar
Hello, Meltingpot readers. Remember last summer, I wrote a long post about the short film, Bao, a Pixar short that premiered with The Incredibles II? The film is about a dumpling that comes to life and is reared by a lonely Chinese woman. The eight-minute masterpiece covers a lot of different issues (which I discuss…
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Digesting All the Issues in Pixar’s Animated Short, Bao
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Like probably many parents, I took my kids – son #1 and babygirl – to see the Incredibles 2 last week. FYI, babygirl thought the movie was scary, but son #1 and I loved it. But that’s not what I want to talk about today. I want to talk about the short…
