For many Asian Americans, the film's seven Oscars, including Best Picture, feel like a watershed moment — that Hollywood is moving past seeing them only in tropes. But all the movie’s Oscars (it also won best supporting actress for Jamie Lee Curtis and film editing) mean a lot to Asian Americans, she said. Just across society, people will be appreciating more even in education with more interest about Asian and Asian American history. It will change the mindset of Asian Americans being foreigners.”Yeoh’s achievement was particularly poignant given the history of anti-Asian discrimination in Hollywood. I bet you a lot of Asian American families will be more supportive if their kids want to be actors or directors,“ Chen said.

Source: The Star March 14, 2023 02:46 UTC