#Repost ///@cpasianampopculture: Constance Wu is an American actress born in Virginia. Her parents emigrated from Taiwan to the Unites States where she was raised. Wu is not only an actress who has starred in many famous films such as Crazy Rich Asians, but is an activist regarding Asian representation in U.S. media and has expressed her support towards bringing more diversity into the film industry. Wu has shared her stories regarding times that she had been refused roles due to her racial background, and stating her hopes that her success would pave more paths for diverse representation in the U.S. film industry. She started the hashtag #starringconstancewu to adopt Asian American activists and insert images into film promotional materials to highlight the scarcity of Asian actors in starring roles. Constance Wu has shown to be a very successful Asian American actor as she had won two Indie Series Awards and nominated for Best Supporting Actress Drama. She has earned several accolades, including nominations for a Golden Globe Award, four Critics' Choice Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and two TCA Awards. Wu was also included on Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2017. #starringconstancewu #cpsloasianamstudies #constancewu #crazyrichasians #asianamericanactress
Constance Wu is an American actress born in Virginia. Her parents emigrated from Taiwan to the Unites States where she was raised. Wu is not only an actress who has starred in many famous films such as Crazy Rich Asians, but is an activist regarding Asian representation in U.S. media and has expressed her support towards bringing more diversity into the film industry. Wu has shared her stories regarding times that she had been refused roles due to her racial background, and stating her hopes that her success would pave more paths for diverse representation in the U.S. film industry. She started the hashtag #starringconstancewu to adopt Asian American activists and insert images into film promotional materials to highlight the scarcity of Asian actors in starring roles. Constance Wu has shown to be a very successful Asian American actor as she had won two Indie Series Awards and nominated for Best Supporting Actress Drama. She has earned several accolades, including nominations for a Golden Globe Award, four Critics' Choice Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and two TCA Awards. Wu was also included on Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2017. #starringconstancewu #cpsloasianamstudies #constancewu #crazyrichasians #asianamericanactress
Throughout the course of this campaign, we have looked at current Asian America actors and how they are represented in cinema. Asian Americans have rarely held the spotlight in mainstream film. Starting in 2016, the movements, #StarringJohnCho, #StarringConstanceWu, and #whitewashedOUT, all sought to highlight the lack of Asian American representation by advocating for more Asian American leading roles. The movement photoshopped the actors John Cho and Constance Wu into the posters of different movies in order to call for this change as well as letting people see what this representation should look like. After two years, John Cho was finally able to be a leading actor in the film, Searching and today, Asian Americans have become more common in Hollywood. However, the spike in anti-Asian racism during COVID has highlighted how much work remains. Learn more about the movements with these articles/websites and enjoy our own additions to the movement. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/07/john-cho-starring-searching https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/starringconstancewu-continues-conversation-hollywood-whitewashing-n575501 https://starringjohncho.com/category/film/ #calpolyasianamstudies Image Credits: - https://twitter.com/gibsonagogo/status/733045653182533633?s=20&t=QmGOtjNLnE0u1TAu9SDjeg - https://twitter.com/its_willyu/status/725692564993642498?s=20&t=8ghE08jeSJBEprJ6Qy-_7w - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367594/ - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0158626/ - https://time.com/longform/crazy-rich-asians/ - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872732/
Recently, In The Heights, a movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway hit show, came under fire for its mostly light-skinned cast. Many criticized the movie for largely ignoring the significant Black Latinx population in Washington Heights, the community the movie purports to portray and celebrate. A few years earlier, Crazy Rich Asians was celebrated as the first major studio film featuring an all-Asian cast since the Joy Luck Club in 1993. Yet, it also faced some criticism for its lack of representing the South Asian population in Singapore, for not being authentically Asian enough, etc. Most of us agree that representation is important, but what do we really mean by that? How should entertainment media find a balance between creating content that can be widely enjoyed vs. content that caters to specific audiences, experiences and identities? How much do stories showcasing certain underrepresented identities need to aim to tell the story of the whole community vs. that of an individual? What's the balance between showcasing the reality of today vs. an aspirational future? Come join us to discuss on Sunday August 1 in NYC. Click on link in bio to learn more . . . . . . . . #thinkanddrink #entertainment #media #starringconstancewu #starringjohncho #crazyrichasians #intheheights #linmanuelmiranda #colorism #representation #hollywood #liveevents
Check out this week's TV series recs! Fresh Off the Boat (2015-2020) is loosely inspired by the life of chef and food personality Eddie Huang and his 2013 autobiography of the same name. Crazy Rich Asians (2018) follows a Chinese-American professor who travels to meet her boyfriend's family and is surprised to discover they are among the richest in Singapore. Both shows feature Constance Wu, who has often expressed her support towards bringing more diversity into the film industry. In the past, Wu shared that she had been refused roles due to her racial background, and works to pave more paths for diverse representation in the U.S. film industry. Asian-American activists have created the #StarringConstanceWu hashtag meme, inserting Wu's image into film promotional materials and highlight the paucity of Asian actors in starring roles. Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (2018) is an American comedy streaming television broadcast on Netflix that aims to "explore the modern cultural and political landscape with depth and sincerity." Credit: (C) AMW (2021) FRANCESCA HULLS #annamaywong #womeninmovies #oscarsowhite #yellowface #hollywood #mgm #timesup #freshofftheboat #constancewu #patriotact #patriotactwithhasanminaj #hasanminaj #crazyrichasians #netflix
For this week’s #MotivationalMonday, we’d like to highlight @ConstanceWu! A familiar name to many thanks to @crazyrichasians, she has exuded excellence throughout her career whether it be her work in @freshofftheboatabc, the historic @goldenglobes nomination or being named a member of @time ‘s ‘100 Most Influential’. . Constance is an actress, but also a first generation American whose family immigrated from Taiwan. Wu has worked tirelessly to fight for Asian American representation in Hollywood. In fact, the hashtag #StarringConstanceWu became a meme that sought to highlight the minimal size & scope of parts Hollywood carved out for AsianAmericans. . #whm2021 #asian #asia #actress #entrepreneur #entertainer #activist #innovator #groundbreaking #trailblazer #icon #awardwinning #strongasianlead #asianamerican
Even when the odds seem stacked against you, always do what you think is right and be your own hero. Don’t wait for someone else to step in and save the day; take charge of your own destiny! 💪🦸♀️ • Meet Constance Wu, an Asian-American actress whose roles in hit films such as “Crazy Rich Asians” has made her an indisputable leader of asian representation today.🇨🇳✨ • Who is one figure in the media that you admire?💁♀️
DAY 23 of Womxn’s History Month Spotlight: Constance Wu(1982-)⠀ ⠀ Constance Wu is a Taiwanese-American actress, most notable for her role as Jessica Huang in the comedy series Fresh Off the Boat. In 2018, she starred as Rachel Chu in Crazy Rich Asians, becoming only the fourth Asian woman to be nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical. In 2017, Time Magazine named her to their Time 100 list of most influential people in the world. In addition to her on-camera roles, Wu has been an activist and advocate for Asian representation in U.S. media, becoming the face of the #StarringConstanceWu meme to highlight the lack of Asian actors in starring roles. She has also volunteered with Miry’s List, an organization to support newly arrived refugees in Southern California, citing her admiration for “people with the courage to make an immigrant journey in search of peace, safety, and well-being for their families.”
J. Lo steals the show #naturally💜 #hustlers📽 #starringconstancewu #jlo😍 #cardib💕 #funmovie
We went to see ⛰️ Abominable 🏔️ yesterday. Its a rare treat to go to the theatre but we might make this a monthly outing because the #arvadacolorado theatre had the best reclining seats I've ever experienced. Also, they are having a #studioghibli fest and we are just in time in discovering it to catch two #miyazaki movies we haven't seen yet. In #moviereviews #cinemaNews 🍿🎞️🎟️🎥we enjoyed Abominable! It was cute & Funny, and most importantly of all for me, it featured a variety of Asian characters! #representationmatters When my bangs grow out more I think I'll cut my hair short like Yii. Kind of tiring of long hair anyway. #dreamworksanimation #diversityandinclusion 🇨🇳 #oscarsSoWhite #starringjohncho #starringConstanceWu 🇯🇵🏳️🌈🇨🇳🇻🇳🇰🇷🇰🇵🇰🇭🇮🇳🇵🇰🇵🇭🇭🇰 anyway.... Swipe to see some movies coming out that we are looking forward to. I told Echo we would not be watching Arctic Dogs in theatre because it's another talking animal animation. We are learning about president Roosevelt and other naturalists concerns about the history of literary #natureFakers and Jack London's White Fang. He says in his book about the wolf dog: "the [animal character] did it, either from emotion, instinct, or simple reasoning." So... Jack London was not a nature faker, but all these talking animal animations definitely are! I'd say Abominable was exempt, since it's about a Yeti. It was a realistic representation of the mythical creature does exist!
On my way to a girls night, gonna see @hustlermovie Happy Hump day! #humpday #girlsnight #funtimes #mamashavefuntoo #hustlers #onmyway #girlfriends #movies #shitbefun #jloisawesome #starringconstancewu #booty #bootylisious🍑👈🏼 #envy #drive #solo #alonetime #mom #motherhood #momof4 #momoffour #momlife #keepitreal
Asian-American actress Constance Wu (@constancewu) starring in the newest film Hustlers is proof that with passion, consistency and ambition - there are absolutely no limitations on what you can be, have or do! #starringconstancewu #industrynews #hustlersmovie #talentagency #agencymodels #getscouted #commercial #advertising #film #lifestyle #print #asianactors #asianmodels #asianagency #losangeles #newyork
Nick(Henry Golding) and Rachel(Constance Wu) are head over heals for each other. Nick decides it's time she meets his family back in Singapore by taking her along for his friend's wedding. Being a smart woman herself, Rachel finds confronting Nick's family a grave challenge of her life. 🎥 Crazy Rich Asians '2018 🍸 Genre: Comedy-Drama/Romance #cinema #cinemania #cinemaniac #movielover #movielove #moviescenes #moviequotes #moviestills #cinephile #cinemaparadiso #hollywood #moviestars #classicscene #hitmovie #moviehits #constancewu #constancewuedit #starringconstancewu #constancewuisqueen #constancewustyle #constancewucfs #henrygolding #henrygoldingedit #henrygoldingisabae #singapore #singaporeculture #comedy #asia
This is my ode to Constance Wu. She always seems so sunny and optimistic. I think in part it’s due to her activism in raising the Asian profile in mainstream media. Or maybe she’s just a happy person. Happy people own rabbits, and she has one called Lisa Rose. I cried when Crazy Rich Asians rolled its ending credits, as I felt that there was finally a movie that I could call my own. The lead, Rachel Wu, was me. And Constance does an awesome job of being Jessica Huang in Fresh Off the Boat. She nails it as everyone’s Tiger Mom! #100dayofasianrolemodels #asianportraits #constancewu #jessicahuang #StarringConstanceWu #dimsumloveart #dimsumlove #diversityillustration #asians #illustrationartists #illustration #illustrationportrait #artistsoninstagram #asianartist #crazyrichasians #cra #freshofftheboat #fashionillustration #beautyillustration
This is my ode to Constance Wu. She always seems so sunny and optimistic. I think in part it’s due to her activism in raising the Asian profile in mainstream media. Or maybe she’s just a happy person. Happy people own rabbits, and she has one called Lisa Rose. I cried when Crazy Rich Asians rolled its ending credits, as I felt that there finally was a movie that I could call my own. The lead, Rachel Wu, was me. And Constance does an awesome job of being Jessica Huang in Fresh Off the Boat. She nails it as everyone’s Tiger Mom! #100dayofasianrolemodels #asianportraits #constancewu #jessicahuang #StarringConstanceWu #dimsumloveart #dimsumlove #diversityillustration #asians #illustrationartists #illustration #illustrationportrait #artistsoninstagram #asianartist #crazyrichasians #cra #freshofftheboat #fashionillustration #beautyillustration
When this photo was taken in 2008, diversity at the #Oscars hardly ever came up. There were some glimmers of hope (like when #Taiwanese #AngLee won his second Oscar in 2013), but it wasn’t until 2015 that the industry was actually called out for #OscarsSoWhite. However, the next year, #AsianAmerican kids were made the butt of an Oscars joke. While this has been the most diverse movie season with the box office success of #BlackPanther and #CrazyRichAsians (and even representation in animation like the nominated @Pixar short #Bao), I’m anxious and hopeful to see how the ceremony will reflect that. Last year, all but one of my live tweets were about diversity. Hopefully that won’t be a necessity this year. Check out my live thoughts on @getgoodtalk’s Oscar chat tonight with the most esteemed film critics in the industry, starting at 8pm ET/5pm PT. Link in bio. #academyawards #oscarsunday #livechat #diversity #representationmatters
🕯CONSTANCE WU🕯 @constancewu in RODARTE @rodarte at The 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards, 2019 @criticschoice ————————————————————— 👍🏼 or 👎🏼 ?
2018 really deteriorated into nothingness. Looking forward to doing a lot in 2019! Now please indulge me in a moment of #brecklife #RealTalk as I tell you #myAsianAmericanStory ! Father= 🇩🇪🇲🇽 mother=🇯🇵 I was born in 🇺🇲 (MD) so when people ask me where I'm from I now say #BreckenridgeColorado but moved here from #WashingtonDC ... But in #summitcountycolorado (just like during college in #ColonialWilliamsburg ) I meet curious and ignorant people who want to talk more boring talk and want to know my heritage. They fixate on #Japanese and tell me about how they or someone they knew were stationed there or how they can count to ten or rattle off some words. Why am I talking about this, you may ask? Because I got confused with the other #asianAmerican at work #vailResorts #theBreckEffect ... and then when someone added konichiwa to his stupid samurai impression I just got so mad. On its own, it's not offensive but it gets offensive when it's cumulative. Like when I said I was born in DC some #whitePeopleBeLike "that's why your English is so good." Buddy, Asians have been in America since the 1800s. We had some time to learn. Get used to brown people already! #whosLandAreWeExploring #PublicLandisNativeLand ...I remind myself that people can't be blamed for their ignorance and lack of experience. I say stupid shit, too. But because I was born with this #myYellowFaceStory how am I going to respond tactfully? Simultaneously, #depressionthoughts makes me already feel disconnected, so it doubly hurts to be alienated like that. #makeitOK to get called out (or in) to awareness when #peopleOfColor speak up against #microAggressions because some dumb white men need to learn. I am not a foreigner. This is what Americans looks like. And Since that carrot became the #potus we need to #shineStrong and stay smart and strong #likeAGirl !!!! #speakBeautiful #useYourAnd #girlsCan #whitewashedOUT #notyourAsianSidekick #asamcreatorrollcall #starringjohncho #starringConstanceWu
::Annoyed Captain Picard Hand:: Did you even pay attention in elementary school? Store going out of business labels Chinese terra cotta as Samurai, smh #BeingAsian #Asian #NotTheSame #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #Picard #CaptainPicard #MakeItSo #SareeNotSorry #StarringJohnCho #StarringConstanceWu
Film still of the stunning Constance Wu for The Laterals I shot earlier this year. @constancewu has been KILLING IT and is nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in Crazy Rich Asians. ✨ Girl CONGRATS! You deserve it all🎉 🍾 And if you missed my film, link is in bio 👆🏼🎥
Yes, every once in a while, we watch normal movies, here! #nowwatching #crazyrichasians #cinephile #dvd #dvdcollection #movies #starringconstancewu
Spent the morning watching @constancewu ‘s interview at @vulturefestival. At the end of the interview she says “You just have to keep making more content because one story obviously can’t represent a whole. And, you know, We need more Filipino stories. We need more Southeast Asian stories… Crazy Rich Asians is not the be-all-end-all, like, at all. It represents a very small section of people.” I appreciate her using her star status as a visible Asian American to lift up others. I’m taking it literally, as you know, by writing and directing a story borrowed from my own life. Help us bring @thepatientsfilm to audiences here https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/thepatients #linkinbio #starringconstancewu #representationmatters #asianamerican #goldopen #crazyrichasians #filipino #filipinx #ally
When you’re a badass but also a princess. 👊👑
Starved for representation? It's not #AsianAugust anymore, but you can still watch Asian Americans onscreen this month. Check out October's Asians New to Netflix for the full list of movies/TV shows and who to look for!⠀ ⠀ If we missed any movies, let us know in the comments below and click the link in our bio for more info!⠀ ⠀ #asiansnewtonetflix #blog #blogger #bloglife #girlswhoblog #asian #asianblog #asianblogger #asianbloggers #asianamerican #netflix #netflixandchill #whitewashedOUT #notyourasiansidekick #starringjohncho #starringconstancewu #asianactor #asianactress #asianrepresentation #evanckim #thedeadpool #shohrehaghdashloo #thelakehouse #christinamasterson #brytnisarpy #truthordare #halloween
#FemFilmFam, today is #whatwearereadingwednesday and we are watching the new season of #freshofftheboat, which aired last Friday on ABC. This family sitcom is now in its fifth season and therefore the most successful American TV show with an all-Asian-American cast. It is also created and produced by Asian-Americans Nahnatchka Khan and Melvin Mar and stars Constance Wu, Randall Park and Hudson Yang. The show continuously depicts the culture and life of Taiwanese-Americans and also addresses stereotypes of Asians. The success of FOTB shows that many viewers are interested in programs centered around non-white characters like Asian-Americans who have been largely underrepresented and stereotyped on American television. We hope there will be more shows like this in the future. . #Repost @freshofftheboatabc with @get_repost ・・・ Add a pop of #FreshOffTheBoat to your life when we return for #TGIF! . #abc #asianamericans #representationmatters #sitcom #nahnatchkakhan #melvinmar #constancewu #starringconstancewu #randallpark #hudsonyang #freshofftheboatabc #femaleshowrunners #femalecreators #eddiehuang #taiwaneseamerican #stereotypes #90s #femfilmfans #womenintv #whatwearewatching #checkitout #lucillesoong
It's Halloween month again! For October's Asians New to Netflix, we delve into the three new movies featuring Asian Americans - and two of them are about supernatural houses.⠀ ⠀ (Yes, that includes the Sandra Bullock/Keanu Reeves romance "The Lake House".)⠀ ⠀ Did we miss anything on our list? Can you think of any other horror movies with Asian Americans? Let us know in the comments! (Link in bio)⠀ ⠀ #asiansnewtonetflix #blog #blogger #bloglife #girlswhoblog #asian #asianblog #asianblogger #asianbloggers #asianamerican #netflix #netflixandchill #whitewashedOUT #notyourasiansidekick #starringjohncho #starringconstancewu #asianactor #asianactress #asianrepresentation #evanckim #thedeadpool #shohrehaghdashloo #thelakehouse #christinamasterson #brytnisarpy #truthordare #halloween
September 5th was actually a rather historic moment at the American box office. Twenty-five years since an American production had all-Asian leads, and now they dominate the top three. Representation matters, y’all. :) #crazyrichasians #searching #themeg #starringjohncho #starringconstancewu #asianamerican
Me when I see another 🐶 on the other side🧐🧐🧐. #whoyoutalkingto #windowseat #dogstagram #starringconstancewu
Yes, #AsianAugust is real! Saw @CrazyRichAsians two weeks ago and @SearchingMovie last night — two (very different) mainstream movies about #AsianAmericans. Even in my #EntertainmentEditor days, I’d never been to the movies this often. But there’s never been American movies that reflected the #AsianAmerican experience until now. Let’s keep it up and spread the word for another #GoldOpen! #RepresentationMatters #crazyrichasians #searchingmovie #searching #starringconstancewu #starringjohncho #movies . . . . . #film #asians #instamovies #crazyrichasiansmovie #diversitymatters #race #racerelations #ourrevolution #hearusroar #castandcrew #moviefan #movies #theaternearyou #openingday #sneakpeek #previews #screenings
081718-Movienight with @jazminjois @crazyrichasians again 😁 #365days #crazyrichasians #starringconstancewu #movienight #fridate #bokbokbitch #latepost
CRAZY RICH ASIANS WAS AMAZING #crazyrichasians #starringconstancewu
It’s #whatwearewatchingwednesday again and I (@goethesgartenhaus) am definitely gonna watch Crazy Rich Asians. Asians and Asian Americans are still highly underrepresented in Hollywood and on American television. We need more mainstream movies that feature diverse non-white characters. Also Constance Wu is in it! Need I say more? Have you watched it yet? . #Repost @huffpostasianvoices with @get_repost ・・・ Here's to opening night and hopefully not having to wait another 25 years to see our faces on the big screen! The #CrazyRichAsians team has said "It's not a movie - it's a movement" that could pave the way for more Asian movies to be made. Are you planning to see it?! . #constancewu #newmovie #kenjeong #asianamericans #representationmatters #henrygolding #michelleyeoh #awkwafina #gemmachan #romcom #summermovies #kevinkwan #jonmchu #asianactors #asiandirector #intheaters #womeninfilm #intersectionalfeminism #femfilmfans #starringconstancewu
TL;DR @CRAZYRICHASIANS opening day is TODAY! It’s CRAZY important you see it because #representationmatters #ourstoriesmatter #diversity etc. so GO GO GO!!! . Filled with crazy rich pride and joy... 😭 I had the opportunity to attend a special screening a few months ago, and I was moved to tears because it’s about👏🏻damn👏🏻time👏🏻. . 25 years... 25 YEARS since Hollywood decided to finally portray an all Asian cast in a modern story WITHOUT the offensive and unnecessary stereotypes too many of us have grown up watching so painfully. To say this was long overdue is the understatement of the (quarter) century. As an Asian American, I wish this film existed when I was a little girl but I’m happy to see how the younger Asian American generation can use this work to help navigate their identity. As a storyteller in the entertainment industry, I can’t wait to see how this opens the door for so many of us to share true and authentic stories in mainstream media. And finally, as someone who just enjoys the hell out of films, let me tell you... there’s something in this for everyone and not just the crazy rich Asians (which lolz not I 🙅🏻♀️). . Congratulations and thank you to @jonmchu @kevinkwanbooks and the insanely talented cast for creating something that has changed the game. 🙌🏻
I'm performing in 3 major #comedy festivals this August with #clubasia! - #bentwood 8/11 at 10 pm - #talkstories 8/16 at 7:30 pm - #kultura festival 8/19 at 1 pm Come see me and have fun! #improv #asiansacting #actorslife #chicago #aapi #poc #iochicago #theatre #food #filipinofood #Repost @clubasiaimprov (@get_repost) ・・・ 🏮CLUB ASIA🏮is finishing out the summer strong 💪with our ✨FIRST COMEDY FESTIVAL✨appearance at BENTWOOD 🎭 and performances at 🗣TALK STORIES Storytelling event and 🇵🇭 KULTURA Filipino food festival!🥘🍲🍛🍮 More deets on our FB page 👍🏼 #clubasiaimprov #clubasiacomedy #chicagoimprov #chicagocomedy #asiancomedy #starringconstancewu #starringjohncho #diversity #asianpersuasion
🏮CLUB ASIA🏮is finishing out the summer strong 💪with our ✨FIRST COMEDY FESTIVAL✨appearance at BENTWOOD 🎭 and performances at 🗣TALK STORIES Storytelling event and 🇵🇭 KULTURA Filipino food festival!🥘🍲🍛🍮 More deets on our FB page 👍🏼 #clubasiaimprov #clubasiacomedy #chicagoimprov #chicagocomedy #asiancomedy #starringconstancewu #starringjohncho #diversity #asianpersuasion
Let’s make this a huge hit on opening weekend! Who is coming with me?? 🙋🏻♀️ #Repost @hollywoodreporter with @get_repost ・・・ The stakes are high for #CrazyRichAsians — and that's the point. The film's creators turned down life-changing money at Netflix to ensure the first Asian-American-focused studio film in 25 years would be seen in theaters and, if all goes well, reshape the Hollywood landscape: "The biggest risks can reap the biggest rewards." Click the link in profile to read this week's cover story. Photo: @ramona_rosales
At the Asian American International Film Festival to get myself ready for the amazing things ahead in August with #CrazyRichAsians #ToAllTheBoysIveLovedBefore and #Searching coming out . So happy I was able to find this fest and support all these Asian and Asian American creators and artists!! (If you’re in NYC, you should def come and check it out!!!) Evolving Immigrants today, Ritoma tomorrow! . #asianamerica #aaiff #representationmatters #filmfestival #nycadventures #starringjohncho #starringconstancewu
"Constance Wu called out whitewashing before it was cool, so she deserves all of the things." - Justin 🥟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ •⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ •⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ •⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ via @constancewu #starringconstancewu #crazyrichasians #freshofftheboat #speakingout #ourchampion #tktseries #representationmatters #notyourasiansidekick #asamcreatorrollcall #representasian #beingasian #asianamerican #asianidentity #asianstories #asianpride #asianheritage #asianculture #growingupasian #asiansneverdie #whitewashedout #expressiveasians #webseries #dramedy #aapi #api #diversity #inclusion #diversityandinclusion #immigrantsmakeamericagreat #childrenofimmigrants
"I will literally watch anything with John Cho." - Justin 🥟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ •⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ •⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ •⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ via @starring.john.cho @johnthecho #starringjohncho #starringconstancewu #koreanamerican #wishfulthinking #500daysofsummer #tktseries #representationmatters #notyourasiansidekick #asamcreatorrollcall #representasian #beingasian #asianamerican #asianidentity #asianstories #asianpride #asianheritage #asianculture #growingupasian #asiansneverdie #whitewashedout #expressiveasians #webseries #dramedy #aapi #api #diversity #inclusion #diversityandinclusion #immigrantsmakeamericagreat #childrenofimmigrants
Happy ⚡️Flashback Friday⚡️! We’re gearing up for Watching Movies 🎞with the Whites 💡Off 3 tomorrow 6/16, 10 pm @ The Crowd by taking a trip down memory lane 📸. Last month, @simondtran and @las_tinas_improv joined us for WMWTWH 2 #fbf #clubasiaimprov #clubasiacomedy #chicagoimprov #chicagocomedy #starringjohncho #starringconstancewu #whitewashedout
The countdown ⏳ is on for 🎞Watching Movies with the Whites Off III 🙅🏾♀️💡👩🏼, 10 p.m. Sat. 6/16 @thecrowdtheater. Throwback to our first episode in April ☔️! We’re dropping shoutouts 🗣 to our openers the rest of tonight! #clubasiaimprov #clubasiacomedy #chicagoimprov #chicagocomedy #chicagostandup #chicagostandup #whitewashedOUT #starringjohncho #starringconstancewu #ipreview @preview.app
In response to a leading Hollywood executive’s comments about the supposed lack of Asian American stars, the #StarringJohnCho and #StarringConstanceWu movements show John Cho and Constance Wu’s faces edited onto movie posters. Some of the movies the two are cropped into are The Martian, Easy A, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, and Me Before You. The purpose of the movement is to shed light on the statistics of Asian representation and diversity in Hollywood Only 1% of leading roles in Hollywood go to Asians Movies with a more diverse cast make more money at the box office More than half of Hollywood projects don't feature any Asians at all
The #StarringConstanceWu #socialmediacampaign once envisioned a world in which the “Fresh Off the Boat” star, or any other talented #AsianAmerican thespian, could reasonably expect a #leadrole in any of the box office smashes usually dominated by #Whitemen. Wu will get a chance to do just that when “Crazy Rich Asians” opens in theaters on August 17, and she couldn’t be happier. “Crazy Rich Asians” features Wu in the lead role of Rachel Chu, a #collegeprofessor fighting for acceptance from the extremely wealthy family of her boyfreind Nick ( #HenryGolding in his first feature film). Wu added that the film and director #JonMChu (“Now You See Me 2”) showed something rarely seen in major studio movies: the different experiences that Asian Americans and those from #Asia have in developing their #identities. Click the #colorlines 🔗 in our bio for more!
Smiling into Pilot Season! 😊🎉🎊❤ Headshot by the amazing @chamsticks ! So many amazing changes have happened so far this year. I moved to a new neighborhood, I got a really great actor-friendly job that allows me to have financial freedom, and am beginning to make healthier lifestyle choices (getting more sleep! thanks to @rhianacat). What are you all excited about this year? Spreading warmth and joy to all my followers!
Another fantastic year for @pacartsmovement came to a powerful close last night with a full house at one of SD's best venues. Here we see @husbrian giving a final address to his audience as the 18th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival comes to a big close. I feel as if SDAFF was a true climactic moment for 2017's San Diegan cinematic endeavors and marks a capstone on what the year had to offer all around. Here's to a great 2018 my fellow cinephiles. | #sdaff #sdaff2017 #pacartsmovement #sandiego #filmfestival #film #mopa #apu #thefeels #starringconstancewu #spork #asian #hiffsd #filmoutsd #thesimpsons #trutv #museum #filmmaking #programming
Very excited to help co-sponsor #TheFeels and watch the West Coast premiere of #TheProblemWithApu on the final night of #SDAFF2017 with @hellowindi #asianrepresentation #starringconstancewu
Actually catching a movie during #sdaff2017! @pacartsmovement #sdaff @thefeelsmovie #starringconstancewu #thefeels
"Asians are a challenge to cast because most casting directors feel as though they're not very expressive," the casting director said. "They're very shut down in their emotions." And they say Asians aren't expressive.... (see photos - I am an Asian actress). #expressiveasians http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/11/entertainment/expressive-asians-whitewashing/index.html
Asian-Americans, you matter. #pizzashoe #themoreyouknow🌈 #thegreateryourknowledge🌈
This week's #wcw is one of the stars of my new favorite show, #freshofftheboat. @seiarcryn finally made me watch it, and holy crap, I've been missing out! #constancewu is undoubtedly the best thing about the show - she's both radiant and constantly glowering, a take-no-prisoners mother of three who knows exactly what she wants and will stop at nothing to ensure that her family is prosperous and successful. Wu is seriously one of the most naturally and effortlessly funny people I've seen on TV in a long time, and it's amazing that it took her until age 33 for #hollywood to notice. I guess that's why the #starringjohncho and #starringconstancewu campaigns happened. Oh, and she's obviously passionate about the bullshit racism that still permeates Hollywood in 2017 - look up her comments on #mattdamon in #thegreatwall! What a woman. Her next big project is #crazyrichasians with #michelleyeoh and a lot of other great actors, and of course I am crazy excited. This woman deserves all the roles!
(1) Civil rights activist and Black Panther member, Richard Aoki (2) Social activist and feminist, Grace Lee Boggs who wrote "The Next American Revolution" (2011) (3) Philip Vera Cruz, Alongside Cesar Chavez, helped to improve working conditions for many hardworking migrant farmers (4) Anti-war activist, Eqbal Ahmad fought for Palestinian rights and was vocal during the Vietnam war (5) Bonnie Tang is a Cambodian-American activist who started a viral hashtag for more Asian representation. This month, we celebrate the many Asian American activists who have fought for our rights as Americans. Let it be known we have never been silent. And we will never be. ✊️ #asianamericanheritagemonth #asianamericanstudies #starringconstancewu #representation #activism #americanhistory
The female filter on #FaceApp makes me look like @wonstancecoo, but not in a good way 🙃 #whyislighterprettier #eurocentrismruinseverything #bywhitepeopleforwhitepeople #proudtobebrown #starringconstancewu
What if Aloha starring Asians? #starringjohncho #starringconstancewu #aloha #whitewashing
What if John Cho and Constance Wu played The Edge of Tomorrow? #starringjohncho #starringconstancewu #theedgeoftomorrow #tomcruise
Based off a Japanese manga, with Japanese characters, in a futuristic Japan, the main character role of a (Japanese) cyborg named Motoko was given to Scarlett Johansson. . . This whitewashing was again met with online criticisms, and also spurred the #starringjohnwu social media hashtag activism, through which people could photoshop Korean-American actor John Wu into leading male roles in movies. With this hashtag movement came #starringconstancewu, and people began to photoshop Taiwanese-American actor Constace Wu into leading female roles in movies, one even cheekily replacing Emma Stone (who herself was involved in a whitewashing controversy). . . Due to the public outcry, Johansson did respond to the whitewashing in an interview, but like Swinton, did not see the problem, citing that main roles for women are rare and that by taking on this role she was promoting diversity. Her feminism is not intersectional, and speaks to her white privilege of taking on a role of an Asian cyborg without any awareness or care towards the history of whitewashing. . . . . Image Source: Ghost in the Shell (2017) Twitter sources: . . #whitewashing #whitewashedout #scarlettjohansson #ghostintheshell #starringjohncho #starringconstancewu #whitefeminism
Film still by @eicher804 - if Alfred Hitchcock had made a film that had an Asian actress as the lead, this is what it'd look like. I love watching and acting in psychological thrillers and want to see Hollywood feature more Asian Americans in this genre. 🎬📷 What genres do you want to see more Asian actors in? #myyellowfacestory #asiansinhollywood #asianactor
Yeah. 2016 by many accounts was a pretty big shit show (aaaand we still need that pinch to wake up from this nightmare) but for our #AAPI2016recap let's appreciate all the badass API voices that dared to disrupt the status quo and fought against the Model Minority narrative, shall we? One of the voices behind the biggest clapbacks against Hollywood's whitewashing- @wonstancecoo 🗯🗯🗯 "[Diversity] doesn't mean we want the white people to write Asian stories. What I want is to foster the Asian-American writers and directors and producers and actors... Foster their stories to come into the spotlight a little bit." And major props to platforms like #Starringconstancewu that elevate voices like her. The momentum doesn't stop now. It's only just beginning.
And Kathy got drunk by the Christmas tree with care... 🎄 #EastSiders #EastSidersAndChill #netflix #netflixandchill #bingewatch #bingewatching #webseries #gaywebseries #silverlake #gay #gaylosangeles #lgbt #constancewu #starringconstancewu
Love this quote from @ConstanceWu ✨✨✨ Always do what you love. Passion fuels your fire and it will keep you constantly motivated, no matter what. #ylwrngr #yellownin #StarringConstanceWu
Careerists smh #starringconstancewu #mailorderbride #asianamerican
I was once cast in a play about an Asian American family. However, I was the only person in the cast who was actually Asian! Two years later, I decided I needed to take matters into my own hands, so I directed a racially accurately cast version of the play. These were the promotional photos! #myyellowfacestory #diversitymatters
The Vancouver Asian Film Festival's 11th annual Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon (MAMM) took place last month and featured some outstanding work by Asian producers, directors and actors, including some very good friends of mine. Great showcase of talent in our city and can't wait to see more of this magic on the big screen in November. Check out the full video on Facebook @novustv . . . . . #joblove #asiansinmovies #starringjohncho #starringconstancewu #freshofftheboat #drken #mamm11 #vaff #novustv #vancitybuzz #dailyhivevan
Mixed Capital Media™ Race, Representation and Reality: Asian American Actors Mobilizing a Cultural Movement for Gender Visibility and Ethnic Diversity Initiatives On Camera and Behind the Lens for People of Color in Commercial, Digital, Editorial Media Productions and Casting Practices ImageCredit: NYTimes Posted for NonProfit Educational purposes (news reporting/library archiving) under the Fair Use Guidelines of the U.S. Copyright Office. images/videos maybe subject copyright. #whitewashedOUT #StarringJohnCho #StarringConstanceWu #DanielDaeKim #AzizAnsari #BDWong #GreenTea #Awkwafina #MargaretCho
He's so lethal... everything is a weapon! Eat my wiener, mutha@$&ka! #theknockaboutartist #tka #whitewashedout #diversity #starringjohncho #starringconstancewu #nunchuks #kielbasa #sausages #gotstunts #martialarts #eatmyweiner