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Happy #CrazyRichAsians opening day! To celebrate this historic occasion, I want to uplift some of the brilliant pieces written by Asian American journalists about this gorgeous and important film.
PROLOGUE: @adatseng writing for the @washingtonpost about the history of Asian American cinema leading up to #CrazyRichAsians washingtonpost.com/entertainment/…
.@shirklesxp was the first one to give the world a glimpse of the movie we would all come to know and love ew.com/movies/2018/08…
I'll be very non-Asian here and self-promote @Beccamford's and my @THR cover story on #CrazyRichAsians' high-rolling journey from page to screen, and its high-stakes significance in the cultural canon hollywoodreporter.com/features/crazy…
.@jenyamato and the @latimes team made an eye-popping, eye-watering multimedia package profiling 14 (14!! Talk about an Asian work ethic!) #CrazyRichAsians cast members and creatives sharing their own paths to this moment. latimes.com/entertainment/…
.@DinoRay's in-depth emotional interview with @jonmchu that found new ways to make me cry over #CrazyRichAsians deadline.com/2018/08/jon-m-…
.@inkookang's culturally incisive #CrazyRichAsians film review that understands how this movie illuminates Asian American identity in a way that is seldom if ever explored by Hollywood slate.com/culture/2018/0…
Ready to 😭 over personal essays from professional Asian American journalists seeing themselves at work for the first time? Start with @imontheradio finding herself in both the SE Asian and American depictions in #CrazyRichAsians vox.com/first-person/2…
.@katchow acknowledging the anxiety (literally every Asian American's review of #CrazyRichAsians starts with "I walked in with dread") of #repsweats (tm @jennyyangtv npr.org/sections/codes…
@JiayangFan walks in to #CrazyRichAsians with anxiety, walks out a believer
newyorker.com/news/daily-com…
.@RachelChang, who once was told TO HER FACE that the only reason she was employed was because her manager got a "diversity hiring bonus." Anyway, she's a Chinese American Rachel who related to #CrazyRichAsians medium.com/@rachelschang/…
Like any Asian, I have a hard time accepting that @JustinCChang's #CrazyRichAsians review for the @latimes is not 💯, but it's still worth your read latimes.com/entertainment/…
But what about the CRAFT??? Here's @stephmchan writing for @latimes about #CrazyRichAsians' glorious, glorious fashion latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-…
And our godfather @originalspin on #CrazyRichAsians' masterful, thoughtful use of music (maybe read this after you see the movie, for maximum impact) qz.com/quartzy/135612…
What's next? If #CrazyRichAsians opened your round eyes to the wealth of talent out there, revisit the cast in some of their previous hits, rounded up by @karenyhan for the @nytimes nytimes.com/2018/08/13/wat…
Whew! Okay, there are a lot more of us out there than I thought, so please consider this only a partial list. But please remember to set down your reading occasionally and go to the movies!
YESSS delighted to add a contribution from one of my favorite young Asian American writers, @cashleelee, on CRAFT: Nelson Coates' creative, cost-effective production design on #CrazyRichAsians ! apartmenttherapy.com/crazy-rich-asi…
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I think I realized why I (and possibly others) am anxious about #CrazyRichAsians box office take. It's because, as an Asian American, I don't think the rest of America will sit up and notice unless the results are beyond phenomenal.
Many people have made comparisons to Black Panther, which definitely made Hollywood sit up. Marvel, at least, changed its marketing materials to heavily feature Black Panther.

CRA is doing "well for its category of movie," but it feels like it's not going to be enough.
It's the same problem Asians and POC face in the workplace - you have to be amazing to be seen at all.
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With #CrazyRichAsians opening this wknd, there’s been lots of conversations about #representation BUT it’s can’t just be about the big screen. It starts in our clsrms & the stories we share w/our Ss.

So fellow Ts, esp. MS/HS, a thread of titles to get in your clsrms yesterday.
These are in no particular order, except maybe as I am remembering when I first encountered them. And here was the first book that I felt any sense of a mirror in my reading...
2/ Maxine Hong Kingston’s ‘The Womman Warrior.’ slate.com/articles/news_…
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#CrazyRichAsians is headed for a monster opening, and it’s essential to look at why. A full 38% of viewers so far have been Asian—we’re COMING OUT for this film as we never have in cinematic history.

But another 24% of viewers are black or Hispanic: *viewers are 62% nonwhite*.
The book #CrazyRichAsians was based on was a NYT bestseller. When the target for the book is described by folks in publishing, they say “white female, summer read, book club, 35-54.” That audience isn’t who’s filling theaters—yet.

They’re the ones who might take this to $100M.
If you haven’t seen it yet, a small spoiler. After the first 15 minutes of #CrazyRichAsians, you will not see another nonwhite person on screen. Not even in background shots. And the only white people with speaking roles get played like dominoes. In the first five minutes.
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Warner Bros. says #CrazyRichAsians grossed $5M on its opening day. indiewire.com/2018/08/crazy-…
Update: #CrazyRichAsians won the Thursday box-office race with $3.8M for a two-day total of $8.8M, and is expected to post a five-day debut of $26M or more. hollywoodreporter.com/news/crazy-ric…
NEW: #CrazyRichAsians pulled in $7M on Friday and looks to take the top spot at the weekend box office. The film is expected to easily outstrip the entire domestic box office run of 1993’s The Joy Luck Club by the end of Monday. deadline.com/2018/08/crazy-…
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When @CrazyRichMovie opens Wednesday, it'll mark the 1st studio film in 25 years to tell a contemporary story centered on an all-Asian cast.

Here, the cast & creators discuss their own crazy, diverse journeys to Hollywood & the significance of this moment lat.ms/2MAARsN
Actors @KenJeong, @ConstanceWu, @Gemma_Chan & more on their roads to the big screen: "My dad said to me, it doesn't matter how good you are or how talented you are — how many faces do you see on the screen that look like ours?"

Watch more here: lat.ms/2MAARsN
Only 4.8% of the top 100 films of 2017 featured a character of Asian descent with a speaking role, according to an Annenberg study. @CrazyRichMovie hopes to change that
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Asian-Americans and Asians based in Asia are going to see #crazyrichasians differently. Some AA are happy to see representation in Hollywood; others, more versed in social justice see colonialism of East Asians in East Asia.

Asians (in SEAsia think: I don't recognize myself).
As someone who straddles all of these words (being Asian when sometimes in America, interested in social justice, but also fundamentally Asian based in Asia, in country where my ethnic group is dominant). Who grew up among real #CrazyRichAsians in Singapore, my take:
The world that #CrazyRichAsians portrays is real in Singapore. @kevinkwanbooks & myself probably ran in similar circles.

My friends at school ate $30 lunches daily at nice restaurants, age 13; vacationed in private islands with royalty, age 15. I was an outsider in this world.
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