Why fan the flame even more and say, ‘We’re not even going to cast a Japanese person.
And we’re also going to make him have buck teeth and act in such a flamboyant way.’
Juxtaposing that with the overall narrative of the film was really unnecessary.
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[The filmmakers] were not thinking about how to make it right with this community.
They still felt a certain way about them."
Mike Moh in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
“Bruce Leeis such an iconic figure.
Mike Moh as Bruce Lee in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’.Andrew Cooper/Sony Pictures
He was a pioneer.
He inspired a lot of people.
He brought martial arts to America in a more mainstream way.
Everett
And he wasn’t even based on a real person.
So you’re telling this real person to step aside to make this fictionalized white person look good.
Shaobo Qin in Ocean’s Eleven
“All the other characters actually had really great storylines.
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All the other characters hadlinesexcept for this one, who could have been the most interesting.
No fault of George Clooney.”
Ken Jeong in The Hangover
“He was a strong, confident criminal.
Everett
I would’ve advised them to possibly realign the character at the end.
I’ve always wanted to see an all-Asian cast ofThe Hangover.”
And maybe that’s how it was in the seventies.
MGM
But I think maybe starting with the names, you don’t need to crack that joke.
It doesn’t uplift the overall narrative or the main characters.
The husband-wife relationship is completely unnecessary.
The Japanese character actually had some strong things to say, and they just dismissed it.
Why even have the character of the husband?
Can we just have the character of the Japanese business owner?
In a later scene, he has a different Japanese wife.
He’s essentially saying that [his wives] are easily replaceable.
I always tell studios when I think they’re going to get backlash from certain things.
And they did.”
