Asian critics and activists say the movie, nominated for Best Picture, exhibits anti-Asian racism.
that killed six Asian women, carried out by a white man who—by his own admission—seemed to view Asian women as menacing sex objects who posed a threat to society.director Anderson’s responses have been entirely lackluster and, frankly, offensive. “It’s kind of like, ‘Huh?’... It’s funny because it’s hard for me to relate to,” AndersonIndiewire of the criticisms back in February. “I’m lost when it comes to that.
Park takes particular issue with Anderson’s defense of the scenes. “You can’t say it’s just ‘part of the narrative,’ because that’s what creates harmful stereotypes and makes them acceptable, in the first place—when you start to minimize it,” she said. “We’ve seen this forever, dismissing offensive portrayals as part of the storytelling, showing this was the environment or the society back then. But it’s still not acceptable.
“It’s not a thing of the past, it’s behavior and stereotyping Asian women face, particularly from white men, every day,” Choirmorrow said. “People can’t say something is just art for art’s sake, as if that doesn’t have impact on people’s real, everyday lives.”the first ever Best Picture nominee from Japan, and one of only 12 non-English language films that have been nominated for the category.
“We’re seeing so much consumption of and fascination with our cultures now, but it’s often this simultaneous acceptance and objectification, exoticization,” Choirmorrow said. Someday, instead of more depictions of Asian women that advance racist tropes and attempts at comedy, she wants to see “a woman of Asian heritage just playing a role that anybody could have played.
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