Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Licorice Pizza' is being criticized by some on social media for including scenes where a white businessman speaks in a fake Asian accent with his on-screen wife, who is Japanese.
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Nancy Wang Yuen, a sociologist, said criticism of Higgins’ character appears to be warranted because there is no clear pushback against his character in the film.Though she hadn't seen the film yet at the time of the interview, she noted it’s apparent that the plot is"not even about Asians or race, and what it does is normalize this violence, this casual anti-Asian racism."
Culture writer Jourdain Searles said the Asian jokes in the film"don't work," adding that criticism of the racist scene and praise for the movie aren't mutually exclusive.."it does no good to pretend those moments work when they don’t. sometimes you love a movie and it has something f---ed up in it. that’s normal. be honest."
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