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      • Song, 31, told Teen Vogue she was denied an audition for the 2018 hit film "Crazy Rich Asians" because she wasn't deemed "Asian enough" for the project.
      www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/11/20/brenda-song-considered-not-asian-enough-crazy-rich-asians-role/4255957002/
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  3. Aug 14, 2018 · Henry Golding, the male lead, and supporting actress Sonoya Mizuno are both half-Asian—and thus, according to some critics, not Asian enough to star in the movie.

  4. Aug 20, 2018 · Before it even opened to the public, Crazy Rich Asians faced criticisms that it was too Asian or not Asian enough, or it was feeding into Eurocentric beauty ideals by casting a male lead who...

  5. I've seen essays arguing that Crazy Rich Asians might be too Asian or not Asian enough, or criticizing it for ignoring the racial and ethnic diversity of the real Singapore. When Henry...

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  6. Aug 24, 2018 · Crazy Rich Asians is a ground-breaking moment for Asian representation in Western film, with the first all-Asian cast in Hollywood in 25 years - an industry where Asian actors constitute 1%...

  7. Crazy Rich Asians is a 2018 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Jon M. Chu, from a screenplay by Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim, based on the 2013 novel of the same title by Kevin Kwan. The film stars Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Gemma Chan, Lisa Lu, Awkwafina, Ken Jeong, and Michelle Yeoh.

  8. Nov 30, 2017 · The actor and travel host recently responded to criticisms that he, a mixed race man of Asian descent, was not “Asian enough” to play the part of Singaporean main character Nick Young. Mass Appeal said there are “levels to this whitewashing, and it’s not always a white person.”

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