'Public awareness of the epidemic peaked in March after a shooter in Atlanta killed eight people -- six of them Asian American women. And even if attention on the problem has dissipated, the attacks haven't.'
An error occurred. Please check your email and try again, made more visible thanks to social media and smartphone cameras. Public awareness of the epidemic peaked in March after a shooter in Atlanta killed eight people -- six of them Asian American women. And even if attention on the problem has dissipated, the attacks haven't.That's why Asian representation in film and television is so important.
"With the rise in anti-Asian crime, it's more important than ever that people are making these stories, and you can tell there is a renewed urgency," Wong said in an interview for CNET'sAnd though a big Marvel film like Shang-Chi, starring Simu Liu, will get a lot of attention, Wong made a throwback reference to Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, starring John Cho and Kal Penn, as an example of a film that resonated with him.
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