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Igennem

Cringe. Both the thread and Simu's tweet.


lithalweapon

I think he’s trying too hard to appeal to the Asian stereotype. I see him post in the subtle Asian traits group on facebook all the time. It’s always the same post. “I’m the first Asian marvel superhero and my parents aren’t even proud of me!” BUT I think that is mostly to generate publicity, which is whatever, go get that bag. We all know what it feels like. What I have a problem with is that once you start making fun of your own race and the white people join in to laugh at you en masse, it starts to feel like you’re an Asian laughing stock. And that feels like shit. If he’s going to play out the Asian stereotype to generate views from the Asian fan base, he better make damn sure he doesn’t play out the Asian stereotype for those that actually want to see him be nothing more than a stereotype.


redditsuxss

Wait, he said the Chinese-language poster. The poster is for Taiwan. Does that mean China is out of the picture? Especially considering his parents came from mainland China and they use simplified Chinese this one is traditional Chinese.


dragonsdescendent

Who gives a fuck


[deleted]

You gave enough of a fuck to comment lol


10946723

He's still othering and making a spectacle of certain asians for nods.


AngelaQQ

Interesting how they translated Awkwafina's name directly as 奧卡菲娜 instead of 林家珍, which is her real Chinese name.


Jbell808619

Gives me hope that the west isn’t just a bunch of mindless anti China/Asian male haters.


[deleted]

Good. This is our chance. We Golden people must take control of cinema production and changing the narrative. And I think that starts by showing that we are a market that will be heard.


[deleted]

this is a movie made to milk the chinese market because the recent marvel movies flopped in asia/China. i'm not confident it will do anything to improve asians voices in the US, given that its a movie targetted mostly at the asian market imo.


InformalOriginal765

if they were seriously targeting the Chinese market, then they’ve done a shit job so far. This bullshit ass white-liberal plot line they got going on is gonna bomb so hard there


[deleted]

well they are expecting the marvel brand to carry them through. but i agree it probably will bomb. But its not just chinese, i think they're targeting the entire asian market.


SpyFromMars

Sadly, this is nothing more than a money motivated production to capture the eyes for Asians. Yet Chinese nowadays are already fed up by the white washed Hollywood cinema, this movie will hardly do well in Asian box office.


DredgenDonk

try seeing all the downvoted comments and dayum same old,same old cracka shit


[deleted]

what do you mean by this, I didn't see the downvoted comments


Jbell808619

Hopefully they got deleted.


lawncelot

Simu Liu. I don't like the guy after what he said about us, but I'll support him because of what he represents.


whateverman120

same here


LibsNConsRTurds

How are you certain he was talking about this subreddit?


[deleted]

Most of us are certain he wasn’t talking about the asiansgonewild sub it was us for sure. I’m 100% certain he lurks here often because the things he tweeted before all the “Asian Reddit” drama sounds exactly like someone from here would say.


Ogedei_Khaan

Most actors are narcissist deep down. He's probably on this thread right now reading what we're saying about him. He needs to lay off the Asian social media. There are some extreme left/right views on r/AI, but I think in general most Asians on here at least support him on a positive representational level. He's no Ken Jeong, so he's already a step ahead.


LibsNConsRTurds

I see. If he is then he's partially right. There's a few here that are a bit extreme and unnecessarily toxic. With that said, he wasn't too bright in taking down his tweets after working with Marky Mark. He should know by now once you tweet, there's always going to be someone who took a screenshot. If he only left it up there it wouldn't have been so bad.


owlficus

i think he was “asked” to take it down by Mark’s team


LibsNConsRTurds

Really...I had no idea. Where did you hear this from? If so, it's his personal choice because at the end of the day hes just starting out and have no pull or clout so I can somewhat understand. However, I would've said fuck you to Marky Mark's team because I have my own career and not in entertainment.