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The filmmaker is looking for nuance.
Sixteen Candles’ Gedde Watanabe explains why he wasn’t offended by his stereotypical role as Long Duk Dong.
It sounds like Han being an Asian character that did not follow a stereotypical expectation was just as meaningful to Sung Kang as it’s been to fans of the character and the series.
Gabriel Iglesias shared some thoughts on his approach to the classic Looney Tunes character.
The re-release of the celebrated cult-classic film Flash Gordon from 1980 has added a warning about "discriminatory stereotypes" due to the portrayal of Ming the Merciless.
We originally reported on Disney+'s decision to include a warning label about cultural stereotypes before certain titles in November 2019. Now, nearly one year later, Disney has upped the ante on their language used in this warning, and their emphasis on the importance of historical context, reckoning with past traumas, and using storytelling as a positive tool for the future. I find every new decision dealing with this to be a good one, and I'd love to explain why. First, here's the new, full text on the content warnings on Disney+: [caption id="attachment_902643" align="alignright" width="…
Idris Elba feels strongly about how to handle material that may be seen as offensive today.
Wrong Turn, the popular franchise that began in 2003, has taken interesting measure to avoid the stale tropes that sometimes plague slasher movies.
Hilarious 2010 horror/comedy Tucker & Dale vs. Evil flips the script on the standard horror stereotypes associated with redneck characters.
Sports films & television show can be overloaded with stereotypes & tropes, both good and bad. Here are the best and worst of them.
Into the Badlands didn't shy away from classic kung fu movie stereotypes - but that wasn't a bad thing. In fact, it made the show better.
The characters in Harry Potter's universe live in a magical place, but those high school stereotypes still persist in the Wizarding World.
CBS executive reprimands a Big Brother producer who encouraged stereotypical reactions from Kemi Fakunle in an attempt to get a forced soundbite.
These days there's no shortage of zombies. Whether its in film or TV the walking dead are everywhere and they're after your brains. Most of these shows follow a certain formula, utilising stereotypes and a certain set of genre tropes, to bring the undead to live on screen. One show that's destroying and rebirthing zombie stereotypes is the Netflix family comedy Santa Clarita Diet.
A rap performance in an assisted living facility, where your youngest audience member is 65 years old. A friendly competition between the Crips and the Bloods, two of Atlanta’s best-known gangs. The establishment of a new country called “New Africa.” The adoption of a new religion based on a Black Messiah and a Book of Sleep. These are just a few of Killer Mike’s daring experiments in his new 6-episode Netflix show, Trigger Warning with Killer Mike. Michael Render, a.k.a. Killer Mike, a Grammy-award winning rapper and half of the famous group Run …
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a film about identity quite as challenging or difficult as Luce. Discovering who we are on this Earth is a part of growing up, but it’s admittedly riddled with added complications for minorities of all kinds. Luce follows the unique track of a former child soldier from Eretria who was adopted by a pair of affluent white individuals and raised to overcome his trauma. Now a shining star high school student, a series of revelations force the titular character’s parents, teachers, and fellow students to confront not only their preconceived …
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