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veen · 2317 days ago · link · · parent · post: “Interest died as soon as I made it clear that the lead had to be Asian-American.”
Good point, and I don't think it's any differrent for other continents - nobody gets excited because a movie features a European, although a Hollywood movie will probably do well here if it has a Dutch main character. I think it's telling that a bunch of newer TV series have a far more diverse cast than similarly new shows a decade ago. It's not unreasonable to assume the differences in the economics of those two types of media has sped up minority representation.Americans see "crazy rich asians" but "asians" see actual nationalities.