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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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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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#AACC2017 and Failing to Get a Photo with Lewis Tan
To get to my failure, I should start with a childhood that took place in Los Angeles. Hawthorne, California is
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The Iron Fist That Almost Was: One-on-One with Steven Maeda
It’s been nearly two weeks since Iron Fist debuted all 13 episodes of its initial season on Netflix. Prior to
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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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Thanks to Jen Bartel, Kris Anka: This #AAIronFist Redesign Took Over Twitter
This past weekend, Netflix finally dropped all 13 episodes of Iron Fist. For the most part, the internet was not
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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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The Frustrating Aftermath of #AAIronFist
We are rapidly approaching the release of Iron Fist, the fourth Marvel series on Netflix, and reviews have been less
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RELEASE: Netflix’s Iron Fist Reimagined with Asian American Superhero
Filmmaker Releases Iron and Rage to Contribute to National Conversation of Fairer Asian American Representation in Hollywood.
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Five Showrunners Who Could Have Gotten Iron Fist Right
Three years ago, when I initially wrote about casting an Asian American in the lead role on Iron Fist, I
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Finn Jones Whitesplains Iron Fist to Asian Woman Then Takes Twitter Timeout
by theblerdgurl | Originally posted on Medium Yesterday, Finn Jones, the actor playing Danny Rand on the Netflix debut of
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CTRL+ALT: A Culture Lab on Imagined Futures, This Weekend in New York City
Like the rest of the nation, I woke up this morning to an unfathomable reality. Despite our best efforts, the
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#AAIronFist and The Law of Liefeld
So in desperate need of attention and relevance, Rob Liefeld has decided to weigh in on the #AAIronFist controversy. For
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Marvel, Please Cast Daniel Dae Kim as Namor the Sub-Mariner
On a recent episode of Kevin Smith’s Fatman on Batman podcast, Marvel Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada revealed that Marvel
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#WhitewashedOUT with Lexi Alexander and Shaun from No Totally
Another week, another whitewashing controversy to unpack on Hard NOC Life. This time around, we welcome back NOC-favorite director Lexi
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The Nerds of ‘Hamilton’
For this week’s edition of Hard NOC Life, we’re changing it up and focusing our attention on a genre that
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Not Your Asian Ninja: How the Marvel Cinematic Universe Keeps Failing Asian Americans
Originally posted at The Daily Beast I liked Daredevil Season 2 a lot. I didn’t like it quite as much
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#AAIronFist Fan Art by Alison Roberts
We all know Marvel and Netflix passed on the opportunity to cast an Asian American actor in the role of
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Shang-Chi is Coming to Netflix(!), Still Doesn’t Negate Need for #AAIronFist
This morning, our friends at MCU Exchange (with help from The Hashtag Show) broke some pretty big news: mainly, that
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So Much for #AAIronFist: Marvel Casts Finn Jones
Despite a months (née years)-long campaign to have Marvel and Netflix consider Asian American actors for the role of Danny
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Cole Horibe and Charles Pulliam Talk #AAIronFist
The #AAIronFist train continues! For the latest edition of Hard NOC Life, we welcome journalist Charles Pulliam-Moore and actor/dancer Cole
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Fear of an Asian Martial Artist: The Thing about Stereotypes & #AAIronFist
Lately, this site has been All Iron Fist Every Thing, so apologies if you don’t give two shits about that
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