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Awkwafina addresses controversy of her using a ‘blaccent’ in films. (UP: Internet "apologizes")
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LMAO that was the weakest shit ever. Like, a Shang-Chi press tour isn't the ideal place for her to talk about it, but she essentially crt+alt+delete'd the question.
A bit disappointed. I guess I shouldn't be because I don't know the girl, but it sucks when influential people turn out to be pieces of shit.
What the goofies say this time? I assume more defense force bs.
Nothing notable in particular; just that people were and still are, in a few days, giving Awkwafina the benefit of the doubt. Hell, they've given more thought to how everything about her minstrelsy is coincidental than even she has given that non-answer in the Tweet.
B-b-but she's from New York, how do we know she doesn't sound like that naturally, despite her 'accent' never once slipping out during interviews.
Anyone who used that argument is a clown and I'm talking specifically about people in that previous Era thread.
Anyone who used that argument is a clown and I'm talking specifically about people in that previous Era thread.
Isn't this her only shtick? Like, if she says "yep, this is a problem, I'm gonna stop doing it," then that might mean throwing her career away right when she's struck gold. But if she keeps her mouth shut and it all blows over, she gets to stick around for another movie. Maybe even get to be in a few scenes in an Avengers film, or a part in a D+ series or something.
Unfortunately, cancel culture isn't as powerful as the right likes to say it is. Keeping her head down is probably the smart play, if she's willing to put the paycheck first.
Just go on "The Real", apologize, drop the stupid stage name & move on with your career
And everyone who came with that "she's from NY, that's just how she sounds" bullshit should feel dumb for that.
That excuse never made any sense.
And everyone who came with that "she's from NY, that's just how she sounds" bullshit should feel dumb for that.
That excuse never made any sense.
Amusingly enough it literally is just an intentional misspelling to avoid possible future legal issues. Which makes posts like this also kinda amusing in retrospect lol.
She didn't, according to a quote from an interview someone else posted it's literally just an intentional misspelling.
Hell are you talking about? She's pretty well established in Hollywood. Have you checked to see her recent work?
I never followed her, but I assumed the name Awkwafina was a takeoff of Eminem by being a kinda random misspelled product name, but with no further meaning.
I have never set foot in all of New York state, let alone New York City, and even I knew that excuse was a load of shit.
Apologizing would mean admitting she thinks she's done anything wrong and she doesn't, and neither do millions of people. Neither do the fools that were in the last thread.
Fact is people still look at black people and what we create as a product. Just take what you need and toss it when it's no longer of use.
Fact is people still look at black people and what we create as a product. Just take what you need and toss it when it's no longer of use.
I thought she avoided the subject because she wanted the controversy to go away on its own.
That deer-caught-in-the-headlights look tells me she has zero introspection. Just completely clueless. Probably thought everyone just fucking forgot.
That deer-caught-in-the-headlights look tells me she has zero introspection. Just completely clueless. Probably thought everyone just fucking forgot.
This.
Reminds me of what Dave said in Black.
Yup.
... that she had no thoughtful response in mind and that she clearly hasn't done any self-examination over the last week really says it all.
People don't really care, in the US and in Asia.
At least here in Taiwan and other, even if the Blacent get brought up, it's also used similiar excsue as other people taking from other culture(Like the US comic writer? that used a Japanese pen name and claim to be Japanese) or the various other
1. It is a sign of respect
2. They understand it
3. It is not serious and you are making it too serious issue.
4. They are making it more..."Popular"
And various other excuse that just not talk about the effect people feeling, but only focus on other thing.
I wonder how people would behave if a white actor nowadays came up with an Asian shtick.
Depend on if it's Japanese or Chinese, since Asia is not monolothic.
China might do something, Japan, the japanese won't care.
Like the Marvel writer that pretended to be Japanese and became editor later.
Just hearing people say that all New Yorkers talk like that is so infuriating as a black man who had to deal with aave being denigrated and then "ironically" adopted before entering the general public as "safe".
Like, Yea, just the other day I went to China Town and everyone dropped the n word. Then I went to little italy... same thing. Then I turned on the news and the mayor slung slang, aave and etc too because its new york after all! /s/s
I know its not everyone on era but it still hurts nonetheless.
Like, Yea, just the other day I went to China Town and everyone dropped the n word. Then I went to little italy... same thing. Then I turned on the news and the mayor slung slang, aave and etc too because its new york after all! /s/s
I know its not everyone on era but it still hurts nonetheless.
Same shit the In The Heights director, Jon M Chu said. "Open to conversation", but we're having one right now?
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Right, I was saying Awkafina was a takeoff, but with no further meaning (at least no obvious one to me).
Anifawkwa is an awesome name. She should use this.
Also, I'm enjoying people being shocked at the Eminem reveal. I too was shocked the first time.
They end up supporting her movie called Black Widow.I wonder how people would behave if a white actor nowadays came up with an Asian shtick.
If Nora Lum does eventually address this issue head on and offers a heartfelt mea culpa, what becomes of her character Peik Lin Goh in the sequel to Crazy Rich Asians? Would it be enough for her to drop the accent for the character going forward without an in film explanation or should the character actually acknowledge it was a problematic affectation and why she's left it behind?
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The character is a pretty silly comic relief character, it'd be the easiest thing in the world to write her a reason to either tone it down or ditch it entirely.
It's weird because I'm not sure if the main characters in CRA are supposed to be shitty or not in the way they perform their wealth. Of course, there's also hip hop in Asia that is both performative and also genuine, which complicates that as well.
I went back to read the chapter the character was introduced in the original book. The character is loud but definitely not talking like Awkwafina did in the movie. They can drop the act if they want to or tone down to the point that she's not using a blaccent. I thought her role in this was not as bad as the Ocean's 8 one. They could also drop her for the sequels since she's not even important in them and barely appears but I don't see that happening, given the good response they got from the audience.
