Gavin Stenhouse Just May Surprise You on ‘Kung Fu’
Kung Fu’s Gavin Stenhouse knows he’s pretty privileged. As the only non-BIPOC person in the predominantly Asian cast on The
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Q&A with the ‘Kung Fu’ Cast and Showrunner
Presented by CAPE and The CW, join the cast of Kung Fu — Olivia Liang, Shannon Dang, Jon Prasida, Kheng
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Action-Filled ‘Kung Fu’ Reboot is Relatable for Asian Americans
It has been almost 50 years since the premiere of 1972’s western martial arts series Kung Fu, which starred white
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How Netflix Can Still Help Aang Save the World
Earlier this month, Avatar: The Last Airbender co-creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino publicly broke ties with the live-action
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#StarringJohnCho Comes to Life in New York City Art Show
Back in April 2016, I helped launch the #whitewashedOUT hashtag alongside YA author Ellen Oh and a whole team of
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Daniel Dae Kim on ‘Hellboy,’ Asian Superheroes, and Rom-Coms
Daniel Dae Kim has been a busy man. Since 2004, Kim has been a fixed entity on our television screens
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‘Cowboy Bebop’ Changes the Game for Asian Casting in Anime Adaptations
Thanks to our friends at That Hashtag Show, we’ve got some great news regarding Netflix’s casting for their upcoming Cowboy Bebop
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‘The Meg’ Director Jon Turtletaub Says There’s No Excuse for a Non-Diverse Cast
“Do you think many nerds of color will enjoy this film?” The Meg’s director Jon Turtletaub asked me as he
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EW’s Shirley Li Breaks Down ‘Crazy Rich Asians’
This weekend’s cover story in Entertainment Weekly features Constance Wu and Henry Golding from next year’s can’t-miss rom-com Crazy Rich Asians. Since
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#BeingLatinx on Supergirl
On the most recent episode of Supergirl, the producers doubled down on Maggie Sawyer’s problematic Latinx identity. http://traffic.libsyn.com/thenerdsofcolor/HNL94.mp3
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One-on-One with Yoshi Sudarso
On Hard NOC Life, Keith sits down with actor and stunt performer Yoshi Sudarso. http://traffic.libsyn.com/thenerdsofcolor/HNL93.mp3
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NinjaGO or NinjaNO? – A LEGO Ninjago Review
Following the success of the first two films comes the newest sibling to the LEGO world: The LEGO Ninjago Movie.
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Hard NOC News Roundup: Starfire, Bumblebee, Ed Skrein, & Death Note
Hard NOC Life returns with a rundown of the nerd news with Desiree Rodriguez. Later Edward Hong and Josephine Chang
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Whitewashing is White Supremacy: Why Asian American Representation Matters
by Kimberly Ta | Originally published at Project Ava With the latest release from Netflix, it turns out that Asian
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Representation Matters: Super Asian Americans
The superhero genre is slowly expanding its insular universe with Wonder Woman and the highly anticipated Black Panther. Though just
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Getting Geeky With The Hollywood Fringe Festival
For those living in the Los Angeles area, the Hollywood Fringe Festival is upon you. Perhaps you might have seen their
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Waiting for the Into the Badlands Finale
The second season of AMC’s Into the Badlands concludes on Sunday, so our intrepid live tweeter Laura Sirikul joins Keith to
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Surprise: Hollywood is Still Whitewashing POC Characters
Happy Asian American Pacific Islander Month! Good news! The story of the Ni’ihau Incident is coming to the big screen.
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The Only Whitewashing T-shirt You’ll Ever Need to Make a Statement
With the ever-growing list of whitewashed and white savior films and television series — including the recent release of the
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Journey Into the Badlands with Co-Creator Al Gough
In the first part of a special podcast crossover with DC TV Classics, Keith chats with Into the Badlands co-creator
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Iron and Rage with John Brougher
Last week, we hosted a special live-streamed edition of Hard NOC Life with filmmaker John Brougher about his new short
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Translation or Whitewash? The Problem with Yo-Kai Watch in America
The art of “translating” a media property from one cultural context to another requires more than simple language transliteration. Translating
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An All-Star Lineup Discusses Whitewashing and Asian Erasure
Doctor Strange. Iron Fist. Ghost in the Shell. It’s hard out there to be an Asian American actor. Or an
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