Comedian Ronny Chieng performed on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and shared his views on the many different ways Asians can fix this country.
Watch Chieng as he depicts Asians as racial mediators to president of the united states. Comment your opinions.
John Cho has been cast as Spike Spiegel in the upcoming
live-action adaptation of the acclaimed anime “Cowboy Bepop,” Netflix
announced.
The announcement of Cho, who is Korean-American, shows
progress of proper representation in Hollywood. For a town that prides
themselves on their liberal morals, whitewashing remains a controversy to this
day. From Scarlett Johansson as the Japanese protagonist in “Ghost in the
Shell,” Justin Chatwin playing Goku in “Dragonball: Evolution” and Mike Myers playing
a guru in “The Love Guru” just to name few.
Controversies of white actors playing ethnic roles has
caused people to take action into their own hands. In 2016, the social media
campaign #StarringJohnCho showed what major films would look like if they cast
Asian and Asian-American actors like Cho in lead roles instead.
“Cowboy Bepop” has been described as one of the most
appealing anime to western audiences. Its popularity in America is greater than
in its home country of Japan, where it suffered low ratings. Netflix faces
pressure from dedicated fans, especially after their recent flops of other
popular anime adaptations. A release date for the Netflix series has yet to be
announced.
The 2018 film "Searching" broke new ground as the first mainstream Hollywood thriller headlined by an Asian-American actor.
John Cho shines as David Kim, a father desperate to find his missing teenage daughter. The premise feels like a movie I've seen a thousand times, but "Searching" is a refreshing take on modern thrillers. The lead easily could of been a white actor and the story would play out the same.
This movie helps push the movement of Asian-Americans gaining normal roles instead of roles that play off of stereotypes. Only Matthew McConaughey can play a beach bum, only Asians and Jews can play nerds. Who decided this was the way of the world?
Director Aneesh Chaganty innovated the medium by setting the entire film on computer screens and smartphones. He even used his own iPhone, which became the main camera.
"Searching" is a movie with Asian actors, writers and director. It goes to show that the key to progress is within our own hands. For the people, by the people.
Did you enjoy the film? What are your thoughts on the rise of Asians in mainstream media?
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The Higher Brothers are a Chinese hip-hop group from Chengdu consisting of members MaSiWei, DZknow, Psy.P, and Melo.
They are in a record label, 88rising. The group is known for their songs in Mandarin and Sichuanese that celebrate Chinese culture such as "Made in China," "Black Cab" and "WeChat."
The band is also notable as a high-profile Chinese rap group that has managed to avoid Chinese government censorship while still appealing to Western audiences. Another notable feature of the group is their use of the internet to appeal to multiple audiences.
Watch Higher Brothers talk life in Chengdu and hit the streets for a live performance of "Gong Xi Fa Cai".
Check out yet another prominent artist to emerge out of the label 88rising.
Nicole Zefanya, better known as Niki, gained popularity on YouTube by posting covers and original songs. Niki capitalized on this fame by independently releasing the songs "Polaroid Boy" and "Anaheim."
Niki joined the label 88rising due to the success from her independent singles.
Her music has been influenced by the music she listened to while growing up in Jakarta, Indonesia. Niki's mother mainly played 90's R&B such as Destiny's Child and Aaliyah.
Before the month is over, I thought we take a moment to honor Black History Month.
The following video explains how even though anime entertains and inspires all walks of life, its hard to ignore how they depict black people. Listen closely to Yedoye Travis as he takes us through the history of racism in anime. Support and subscribe to Get In The Robot.
Kris Wu is one of the largest stars in China, yet nonexistent in American pop culture.
Wu is a Chinese-Canadian actor, singer and model. He is a former member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO and its subgroup EXO-M under SM Entertainment.
As a solo artist and actor, Wu has starred in some of the highest-grossing Chinese films of all time in China. His Hollywood debut was made in "xXx: Return of Xander Cage." Wu has also made appearances at the 2016 and 2017 "NBA Celebrity All-Star Games."
In 2017 Wu represented China at the Grammys. Later that year Wu released "Deserve" featuring Travis Scott. The single landed number one on the US iTunes chart, Wu being the first Chinese artist to do so.
Wu is coming out of an impressive 2018. As of 2019, Wu hopes to maintain this energy to break through to the American mainstream.
