America’s embrace of Japanese pop culture, particularly manga and anime, hasn’t resulted in an embrace of Asian and Asian-American actors when those storylines go to Hollywood.

From the article on CNN: “Is Hollywood ‘whitewashing’ Asian roles?

Maybe they’re just catching on…this has been happening for decades now. A great documentary that explores the subject is called The Slanted Screen. Check it out.

(via aslantedview)

So true. It’s a good read with an eyeroll-inducing headline, but hey, mainstream media coverage!

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Note: The Slanted Screen was written and produced by Jeff Adachi, who is San Francisco’s elected public defender. He has made another movie about Jack Soo, and he also runs a publishing company that publishes study materials for the state bar exam. Dude is a superhero.

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