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Everything Everywhere All At Once: Asian actors make Oscars history, Asian stories change the industry

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Is Chaoyoung Fak a Minority Actor?

When they do an Asian, they put Jackie Tian here in the movie. Why they put Chaoyoung Fak? He's a very good looking guy for Asian market but when he speaks, I want to kill you and that the English was not up to par. The more you make this type of casting, the more the kids growing up, or watch the movie. They watch the TV. It's okay. We talk with an accent. So what? Why is Asian accent so offensive? Why is French accent so romantic, so beautiful? Because it's conditioning. You have to look at this. We are the mainstream. In Hong Kong, you know, the mainstream as well

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