I think ppl need to stop dismissing films like “crazy rich asians” and “to all the boys I loved before” as “cool for representation but just rom com fluff.”
Because like damn guys, sometimes I just don’t wanna deal with super deep narratives about identity and misogyny. Sometimes I just can’t handle the secondary trauma of movies like the joy luck club and maos last dancer. Sometimes I just need to escape into a happy place of light humor and hot people. And sometimes I want that happy place to show ppl who look like me.
Don’t knock escapism representation y’all.
Ppl are asking if it’s ok for white ppl to reblog
Answer: yes.
Would rather y’all reblog than speak over .
i legitimately and in all seriousness think harold and kumar go to white castle is a revolutionary film expressly because its a mediocre stoner film that happens to star two asian dudes
we deserve to have mediocre stoner films as much as the next group
Tbh Harold and Kumar is about two Asian bro’s fighting simultaneously against white toxic masculinity stereotypes and also a commentary on the problematic nature of model minority culture in America under the guise of just like…really loving weed, man.
Also launched the careers of two men who wouldn’t have gotten callbacks otherwise (not to mention Kal’s political activism !) So like…yeah.
Comedy —GOOD COMEDY—is subversive !
Comedy and lighthearted romance and media that give us joy and hope are things we can’t forget even in the darkest times. We need to laugh and smile and love because that’s what we’re fighting for.
As a POC I always get so tired of the only “quality” stories being the ones that involve pain and suffering and some sort of struggle. White people get both the light and dark in their stories so why shouldn’t everyone else?
All people of color deserve the frivolous fluffy bullshit that white people get. No trope or cliche is over until people of color get their chance at them too.
