‘Crazy Rich Asians’: Why the historic Hollywood rom-com matters
6 years, 5 months ago

‘Crazy Rich Asians’: Why the historic Hollywood rom-com matters

LA Times  

This summer marks the return of the splashy, big-budget Hollywood romance — but with a crazy historic twist. Fans, too, have rallied around “Crazy Rich Asians,” cheered the watershed moment on social media and bought out theaters in hopes of boosting its crucial opening weekend box office returns — the barometer by which studios, financiers and gatekeepers will surely measure the value of greenlighting similar diverse stories. Now, Wu’s turn as the heroine of “Crazy Rich Asians” is one the Richmond, Va., native hopes will open doors for those who don’t yet see themselves reflected on screen. Kevin Kwan Author Two sequels follow his debut novel, which Kwan hopes may also make it onto the big screen if “Crazy Rich Asians” delivers at the box office. Sonoya Mizuno as Araminta Lee The former fashion model and professional ballerina’s résumé now includes “La La Land,” “Annihilation” and Netflix’s upcoming sci-fi series “Maniac.” Jimmy O. Yang as Bernard Tai Though it’s just one of three films he appears in this month, Yang puts the “crazy” in “Crazy Rich Asians” as billionaire playboy Bernard Tai.

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Crazy Rich Asians director shares update about sequel: ‘The bar is too high’
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Crazy Rich Asians director shares update about sequel: ‘The bar is too high’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jon M Chu has provided an update on the long awaited …

Broadway makes way for ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ with new musical directed by Jon M. Chu
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Broadway makes way for ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ with new musical directed by Jon M. Chu

LA Times  

“Crazy Rich Asians” will get the Broadway musical treatment soon under director Jon M. Chu, who helmed the hit movie starring, from left, Michelle Yeoh, Henry Golding and Constance Wu. Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures revealed on Wednesday that director Jon M. Chu will helm a stage musical based on Kwan’s “Crazy Rich Asians” trilogy. While the “Crazy Rich Asians” musical …

Why everyone's talking about Everything Everywhere All At Once
2 years, 8 months ago

Why everyone's talking about Everything Everywhere All At Once

ABC  

You might have seen people posting about it: the multiverse-hopping, sci-fi action film Everything Everywhere All At Once. A new kind of hero: Waymond Wang Waymond is played by Ke Huy Quan, the 80s movie icon known for his roles as the lovable tinkerer Data in The Goonies and Harrison Ford's sassy assistant in Indiana Jones and the Temple of …

'Crazy Rich Asians' Sequel Officially Underway After Pay Disparity Controversy
2 years, 9 months ago

'Crazy Rich Asians' Sequel Officially Underway After Pay Disparity Controversy

Huff Post  

The director explained that he fought for a better deal on Lim’s behalf, but that “a lot of time had passed and she declined the offer.” Lim has since served as the co-screenwriter for Disney’s recent animated feature “Raya and the Last Dragon.” Following the pay disparity dispute, the second installment remained in limbo. Many “Crazy Rich Asians” stars, including …

Debate triggered over Asian stereotypes at the movies
3 years, 1 month ago

Debate triggered over Asian stereotypes at the movies

China Daily  

The movie's director, Destin Daniel Cretton, speaks at the special screening of the production in Los Angeles. Compared with some 30 years ago, when The Joy Luck Club was being made, Yang said the 2018 film Crazy Rich Asians was "a true hallmark of change", and with the release of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, "we've just …

Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M Chu responds to criticism about South Asian characters in 2018 film
3 years, 7 months ago

Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M Chu responds to criticism about South Asian characters in 2018 film

Firstpost  

Jon M Chu said that he should have made these characters more human in Crazy Rich Asians and that he understands the criticism. Director of rom-com drama Crazy Rich Asians, Jon M Chu is currently promoting his upcoming film In the Heights. However, in Crazy Rich Asians, South Asians were given subservient roles, playing guards or domestic workers. Giving the …

Jon Chu talks Hollywood diversity and ’In the Heights’
3 years, 7 months ago

Jon Chu talks Hollywood diversity and ’In the Heights’

Live Mint  

Jon Chu’s path to Hollywood eminence began with his biggest failure. I told my agents and managers, ‘I’m not going to make money for you for the next five years, so buckle up.’” His time in purgatory didn’t last long. “But, you know, they paid for it in the end.” As the movie’s release date approaches, Chu is starting to …

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Slams Hollywood For Fueling 'Degrading Perception' Of Asians
3 years, 9 months ago

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Slams Hollywood For Fueling 'Degrading Perception' Of Asians

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote a stirring plea in The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday, calling for the American film industry to improve its portrayal of Asian characters. Asian women were generally beautiful, demure, sexy servants in need of protection from the gun-toting white males,” wrote Abdul-Jabbar, who sparred with Lee in the 1978 film “Game of Death.” Abdul-Jabbar, a …

A reading guide on the Asian American experience from Viet Thanh Nguyen, Charles Yu and more
3 years, 9 months ago

A reading guide on the Asian American experience from Viet Thanh Nguyen, Charles Yu and more

LA Times  

On the Shelf An Asian-American reading list If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Suggestions come from Times staff; novelists including Viet Thanh Nguyen, Charles Yu and Steph Cha; poet Victoria Chang; and a group of scholars from Asian American Studies departments in California and beyond. …

Beyond Crazy Rich Asians: Kevin Kwan on writing, remembering and being an observer, at Jaipur Literature Festival 2021
3 years, 10 months ago

Beyond Crazy Rich Asians: Kevin Kwan on writing, remembering and being an observer, at Jaipur Literature Festival 2021

Firstpost  

Listening to Kevin Kwan during his session at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2021 brings to mind what Holden Caulfield says about his favourite writers in The Catcher in the Rye: “What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you …

Kevin Kwan: ‘I don’t want ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ to be my enduring legacy’
4 years, 5 months ago

Kevin Kwan: ‘I don’t want ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ to be my enduring legacy’

Live Mint  

He shot to fame with the best-selling Crazy Rich Asians trilogy, which was translated into 40 languages and adapted into a blockbuster film. Featured in TheHollywood Reporter’s “most powerful authors” list and Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2018, he is back with a new novel, Sex And Vanity, which, he says, is the first in a trilogy. Inspired …

Crazy Rich Asians director hits out at ‘disgusting’ sequel scam: ‘It’s a direct attack of Asian American actors’
4 years, 8 months ago

Crazy Rich Asians director hits out at ‘disgusting’ sequel scam: ‘It’s a direct attack of Asian American actors’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M Chu has called a ”disgusting” …

Crazy Rich Asians director denies claims he told actor she wasn’t ‘Asian enough’ to audition
5 years, 1 month ago

Crazy Rich Asians director denies claims he told actor she wasn’t ‘Asian enough’ to audition

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M Chu …

Brenda Song is ‘not Asian enough’? ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ director denies her claim
5 years, 1 month ago

Brenda Song is ‘not Asian enough’? ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ director denies her claim

LA Times  

Not true, says Jon M. Chu. The director of 2018’s hit “Crazy Rich Asians” is disputing actress Brenda Song’s claim that she wasn’t considered for a role in the romantic comedy because people on the film thought she was “not Asian enough.” In Twitter posts Wednesday, Chu responded to a handful of stories that reported Song’s allegation. I didn’t need …

When Will South Asians Get Their ‘Crazy Rich Asians’?
5 years, 6 months ago

When Will South Asians Get Their ‘Crazy Rich Asians’?

The Quint  

The box office and critical success of 2018 romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians was a landmark moment for Asian representation in American cinema, especially since a Hollywood film with predominantly an Asian cast had not been made since 1993’s The Joy Luck Club. Hope is that the success of films like Crazy Rich Asians and Always Be My May Be …

Asian Creators Are Making Strides In Hollywood, But There's Still A Long Way To Go
5 years, 7 months ago

Asian Creators Are Making Strides In Hollywood, But There's Still A Long Way To Go

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING That month, “Crazy Rich Asians,” the first Hollywood studio movie in 25 years to feature a majority-Asian cast, smashed box office records, followed by the premiere of several other movies centering Asian Americans, including “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” and “Searching.” While they likely won’t see another juggernaut like “Crazy Rich Asians,” the coming months …

Success of films with Chinese elements in North America excites Hollywood insiders
6 years ago

Success of films with Chinese elements in North America excites Hollywood insiders

China Daily  

The Meg "Chinese co-productions have been among the most successful films of 2018. Titles like Crazy Rich Asians and The Meg reflected a true understanding of what global audiences are looking for when they go to the multiplex," said U.S. movie analyst Paul Dergarabedian at Comscore. Dergarabedian pointed out that Crazy Rich Asians became a comedy sensation in North America …

Success of films with Chinese elements in North America excites Hollywood insiders
6 years ago

Success of films with Chinese elements in North America excites Hollywood insiders

China Daily  

Crazy Rich Asians The success of Hollywood films with Chinese elements at North American box office in 2018 has attracted interest from critics and Hollywood insiders, triggering enthusiastic discussions about cooperation between Chinese and American film industries. The shark-themed thriller, The Meg, and the racial diversity triumph, Crazy Rich Asians, are among the most successful films incorporating China-related elements, gaining …

2018 Breakthrough: Henry Golding of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’
6 years, 1 month ago

2018 Breakthrough: Henry Golding of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Even though Henry Golding garnered instant fame from starring in the smash hit “Crazy Rich Asians,” the British-Malaysian actor isn’t sure if he’ll ever eclipse his meteoric success in the box-office hit. Even Golding knows that viewers are clamoring for more of the 31-year-old actor, who starred in his first-ever movie role as the suave, Oxford-educated heir …

Gambling with an Asian plot
6 years, 1 month ago

Gambling with an Asian plot

China Daily  

Romance comedy Crazy Rich Asians is a watershed hit that could change the way Asian faces are perceived in Hollywood. For most critics in the West, the romance comedy Crazy Rich Asians is a watershed hit that could change the way Asian faces are perceived in Hollywood. The movie-a modern Cinderella story-is the first major Hollywood studio film with an …

Gambling with an Asian plot
6 years, 1 month ago

Gambling with an Asian plot

China Daily  

Romance comedy Crazy Rich Asians is a watershed hit that could change the way Asian faces are perceived in Hollywood. For most critics in the West, the romance comedy Crazy Rich Asians is a watershed hit that could change the way Asian faces are perceived in Hollywood. The movie-a modern Cinderella story-is the first major Hollywood studio film with an …

Gambling with an Asian plot
6 years, 1 month ago

Gambling with an Asian plot

China Daily  

Romance comedy Crazy Rich Asians is a watershed hit that could change the way Asian faces are perceived in Hollywood. For most critics in the West, the romance comedy Crazy Rich Asians is a watershed hit that could change the way Asian faces are perceived in Hollywood. The movie-a modern Cinderella story-is the first major Hollywood studio film with an …

Hollywood Film Awards gives big nod to Asian stars, people of color
6 years, 2 months ago

Hollywood Film Awards gives big nod to Asian stars, people of color

China Daily  

A scene from the film Crazy Rich Asians The Hollywood Film Awards rolled out another star-studded red carpet event Sunday night at the chic Beverly Hilton Hotel, launching Hollywood's official awards season. This year saw a surprising shift in award recipients as a large number of Asians and people of color were honored, while the event featured heavy-weight stars like …

Crazy Rich Asians movie review: This smooth entertaining fare with a beating heart goes beyond escapist cliches
6 years, 3 months ago

Crazy Rich Asians movie review: This smooth entertaining fare with a beating heart goes beyond escapist cliches

Firstpost  

Diversity and representation is important in cinema but it is equally imperative to back up bold casting with strong writing and direction – Crazy Rich Asians fortunately ticks all the boxes, turning into smoothly entertaining fare, packed with pleasantly stress free material. So even when the film is gliding into clichés, it still feels fun because every moment is executed …

Crazy Rich Asians movie review: The best Karan Johar movie Karan Johar never made
6 years, 3 months ago

Crazy Rich Asians movie review: The best Karan Johar movie Karan Johar never made

Hindustan Times  

Crazy Rich Asians Director - Jon M Chu Cast - Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Ken Jeong Rating - 3/5 Crazy Rich Asians movie review: Henry Golding and Constance Wu star in a modern day fairytale. That’s never happened before in my life.” Of all the films that Crazy Rich Asians borrows from narratively - all …

Crazy Rich Asians' India release date pushed to 5 October; Jon M Chu film has raked in $200 million worldwide
6 years, 3 months ago

Crazy Rich Asians' India release date pushed to 5 October; Jon M Chu film has raked in $200 million worldwide

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Crazy Rich Asians, which was scheduled to release in India on 21 September, has been pushed. Billed as the first contemporary English language Hollywood movie with an almost all-Asian cast after a long time, Crazy Rich Asians is based on the book by Kevin Kwan with the same name. In August, the official Twitter handle of the studio …

Crazy Rich Asians to make much-awaited debut in Indian theatres on 21 September, confirms Warner Bros
6 years, 3 months ago

Crazy Rich Asians to make much-awaited debut in Indian theatres on 21 September, confirms Warner Bros

Firstpost  

After a claiming the top spot at the North American box office in its opening weekend, Crazy Rich Asians is all set to release in Indian theatres. The first Hollywood film with a primarily Asian cast in a generation, Crazy Rich Asians is a romantic comedy based on the book by Kevin Kwan with the same name. Much to the …

Why I'm only half-crazy about Crazy Rich Asians
6 years, 4 months ago

Why I'm only half-crazy about Crazy Rich Asians

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Of course, Constance Wu ultimately snagged the role of Rachel, and …

Commentary: ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ didn’t tell all of our stories, but Asian Americans found a way to relate
6 years, 4 months ago

Commentary: ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ didn’t tell all of our stories, but Asian Americans found a way to relate

LA Times  

The news that “Crazy Rich Asians” had become the most successful romantic comedy in nearly a decade inspired, I confess, not just happiness but relief. I wanted to hear from them because it is an inarguable fact that East Asians — namely those of Korean, Chinese and Japanese descent — unfairly dominate the Asian American narrative in the U.S. Jivan …

More crazy riches for ‘Crazy Rich Asians’: Breakout crosses $117 million and is still going strong
6 years, 4 months ago

More crazy riches for ‘Crazy Rich Asians’: Breakout crosses $117 million and is still going strong

LA Times  

For “Crazy Rich Asians,” third time’s a charm — just like the first and second. It’s just a fun time at the movies.” “Crazy Rich Asians” has helped give the Labor Day weekend — and the summer season overall — a major boost, Dergarabedian said. “A big part of that can be attributed to ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ and of course …

Crazy Rich Asians: Asian Australians celebrate real diversity in Hollywood
6 years, 4 months ago

Crazy Rich Asians: Asian Australians celebrate real diversity in Hollywood

ABC  

"Asian women can be bad ass", "I burst out crying" and "It's absolutely profound for young women today". This is how some prominent Asian Australians felt after watching Crazy Rich Asians, the first Hollywood film to feature a predominantly Asian cast in 25 years. I think one of the most exciting things is that in the wave after Crazy Rich …

Netflix's recent film featuring a non-white leading lady will do more for diversity in Hollywood than Crazy Rich Asians
6 years, 4 months ago

Netflix's recent film featuring a non-white leading lady will do more for diversity in Hollywood than Crazy Rich Asians

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. However, to a mixed race British girl who has grown up seeing …

'Crazy Rich Asians' tops N American box office for second weekend in a row
6 years, 4 months ago

'Crazy Rich Asians' tops N American box office for second weekend in a row

China Daily  

Poster of the film Crazy Rich Asians Warner Bros.' Asian-centric film Crazy Rich Asians continued to lead North American weekend box office with an estimated $25 million for a second weekend in a row. Crazy Rich Asians is the first Hollywood studio film in over 25 years to feature a nearly all Asian cast since 1993's Joy Luck Club. Poster …

Stephanie Foo on Crazy Rich Asians.
6 years, 4 months ago

Stephanie Foo on Crazy Rich Asians.

Slate  

Listen to Slate’s The Gist: Slate Plus members: Get your ad-free podcast feed. Listen to The Gist via Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play. On The Gist, guest host Stephanie Foo dives into Crazy Rich Asians, speaking with friend and NPR reporter Kat Chow about Asian representation in media, the inspiration to create, and a hope that this …

Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan wanted in Singapore for missing national service
6 years, 4 months ago

Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan wanted in Singapore for missing national service

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The author of best-selling novel Crazy Rich Asians – which was …

5 conversations to have with your kids after "Crazy Rich Asians"
6 years, 4 months ago

5 conversations to have with your kids after "Crazy Rich Asians"

Salon  

Based on the best-selling book by Kevin Kwan, "Crazy Rich Asians" is not only one of the best romantic comedies in a long time, it also marks a groundbreaking step for Asian and Asian American representation in Hollywood. This Common Sense Seal-honored film has interesting cultural and class comparisons, smart female characters, plus clear themes of love, self-control, and diversity. …

Crazy Rich: A new era for Asian actors in Hollywood films?
6 years, 4 months ago

Crazy Rich: A new era for Asian actors in Hollywood films?

China Daily  

A scene from Warner Bros’ surprise box office hit Crazy Rich Asians, the first mostly Asian cast in years. The film plays both the specialty of Asian idol drama and the spectacular display scale and imagination of Hollywood blockbusters," Zhu said, whose own works have been performed in New York. "I think the high visibility of Crazy Rich Asians as …

Crazy Rich: A new era for Asian actors in Hollywood films?
6 years, 4 months ago

Crazy Rich: A new era for Asian actors in Hollywood films?

China Daily  

A scene from Warner Bros’ surprise box office hit Crazy Rich Asians, the first mostly Asian cast in years. The film plays both the specialty of Asian idol drama and the spectacular display scale and imagination of Hollywood blockbusters," Zhu said, whose own works have been performed in New York. "I think the high visibility of Crazy Rich Asians as …

Asian-centric film 'Crazy Rich Asians' sequel in works after box office success
6 years, 4 months ago

Asian-centric film 'Crazy Rich Asians' sequel in works after box office success

China Daily  

Poster of the film Crazy Rich Asians "No deals are final, but planning on it," a Warner Bros. Pictures spokesperson was also quoted as saying by the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday. As a modest 30 million production, Crazy Rich Asians took the top spot of North American box office with $35 million five-day opening last weekend, breaking all expectations …

Asian-centric film 'Crazy Rich Asians' sequel in works after box office success
6 years, 4 months ago

Asian-centric film 'Crazy Rich Asians' sequel in works after box office success

China Daily  

Poster of the film Crazy Rich Asians The follow-up of Warner Bros.' Asian-centric film Crazy Rich Asians, based on Kevin Kwan's novel of the same name, is reportedly in the development stages after an impressive box office success in its opening weekend. "The creative team behind Warner Bros.' breakout romantic comedy is planning to reunite for the sequel, based on …

Asian-centric film 'Crazy Rich Asians' sequel in works after box office success
6 years, 4 months ago

Asian-centric film 'Crazy Rich Asians' sequel in works after box office success

China Daily  

Poster of the film Crazy Rich Asians The follow-up of Warner Bros.' Asian-centric film Crazy Rich Asians, based on Kevin Kwan's novel of the same name, is reportedly in the development stages after an impressive box office success in its opening weekend. "The creative team behind Warner Bros.' breakout romantic comedy is planning to reunite for the sequel, based on …

'Crazy Rich Asians' has been scrutinised so much more than any film about crazy rich white people – it's unfair, but it was inevitable
6 years, 4 months ago

'Crazy Rich Asians' has been scrutinised so much more than any film about crazy rich white people – it's unfair, but it was inevitable

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Crazy Rich Asians is hardly the next Citizen Kane, but it’s a …

Crazy Rich Asians won't release in India, Warner Bros confirms; Twitter expresses disappointment
6 years, 4 months ago

Crazy Rich Asians won't release in India, Warner Bros confirms; Twitter expresses disappointment

Firstpost  

“We are sad to announce that Crazy Rich Asians would not be releasing in India,” responded Warner Bros’ official handle to a follower’s query on Twitter. New Delhi: Crazy Rich Asians is making quite an impact globally with its storyline and box office business, but the film will not release in India. When a Twitter user questioned about the buzz …

Crazy Rich Asians criticised for failing to highlight Singapore's ethnic diversity, overlooking brown Asians
6 years, 4 months ago

Crazy Rich Asians criticised for failing to highlight Singapore's ethnic diversity, overlooking brown Asians

Firstpost  

A year after The Big Sick made Kumail Nanjiani Hollywood’s first Pakistani-born rom-com hero and months after Black Panther became the third highest-grossing motion picture of all time in North America, the release of Crazy Rich Asians has been touted as a watershed moment for Asian American representation in Hollywood. Crazy Rich Asians is also a love letter to Singapore …

Crazy Rich Asians Gets $34 Million Richer, Wins the Weekend Box Office
6 years, 4 months ago

Crazy Rich Asians Gets $34 Million Richer, Wins the Weekend Box Office

Slate  

Crazy Rich Asians, director John M. Chu’s adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s novel, won the box office race with a five-day total of $34 million, $25.3 million of which came from the weekend proper, Variety reports. That’s not just more than the film’s $30 million budget or more than studio trackers expected; it’s also more than the $32.9 million total domestic …

As ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ soars, director Jon M. Chu sets his sights on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical and the Thai cave rescue
6 years, 4 months ago

As ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ soars, director Jon M. Chu sets his sights on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical and the Thai cave rescue

LA Times  

Two weeks ago, before his watershed romantic comedy “Crazy Rich Asians” pushed beyond expectations to a $34-million, five-day opening, director Jon M. Chu was already feeling the electricity of what would become a historic moment in Hollywood. At a post-screening Q&A last week hosted by the L.A. chapter of the Asian American Journalists Assn., co-screenwriter Adele Lim relayed a recent …

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ proves Asian men can be leading men
6 years, 4 months ago

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ proves Asian men can be leading men

CNN  

CNN — We don’t want to spoil “Crazy Rich Asians” for you, but the male lead, Henry Golding, is pretty hot. “I was a little concerned that ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ would just be about making Asian men into sex symbols BUT it’s mostly about how badass Asian-American women are and I am down with that,” one person tweeted. The son …

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ dominates the box office, makes history for representation
6 years, 4 months ago

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ dominates the box office, makes history for representation

LA Times  

Warner Bros.’ highly-anticipated “Crazy Rich Asians” dominated the box office this weekend, making history for Asian American representation and becoming the highest-opening romantic comedy since 2015’s “Trainwreck.” The first contemporary English-language Hollywood film with an all-Asian cast since “The Joy Luck Club” 25 years ago, “Crazy Rich Asians” earned $25.2 million over the weekend and a cumulative $34 million since …

How the Crazy Rich Asians Movie Departs From the Book
6 years, 4 months ago

How the Crazy Rich Asians Movie Departs From the Book

Slate  

Crazy Rich Asians is a lot of things: one of the summer’s most buzzed-about films, the first major Hollywood studio release starring an all–Asian American cast since The Joy Luck Club in 1993, a “transportive delight” overflowing with charisma. The “Crazy Rich” of Crazy Rich Asians One of the book’s main voyeuristic appeals is the sheer number of words Kwan …

How Chinese Covers Of Madonna And Coldplay Made The 'Crazy Rich Asians' Soundtrack
6 years, 4 months ago

How Chinese Covers Of Madonna And Coldplay Made The 'Crazy Rich Asians' Soundtrack

Huff Post  

Michelle Yeoh, Henry Golding and Constance Wu in “Crazy Rich Asians.” Warner Bros. Living up to its title, “Crazy Rich Asians” takes place in a pop-chic material world defined by the breadth of one’s fortune. The roster included Kanye West’s “Gold Digger,” Hall & Oates’ “Rich Girl,” the Notorious B.I.G.’s “Mo Money Mo Problems,” Lady Gaga’s “Money Honey” and Barrett …

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