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But i also think it is important to kind of expand on that and show people in our own complicated glory for. >> you talk about heroes. we also know you from the d.c. comic and marvel universe. but you are a part of, i'd say, a wave and a pretty new one of asian american representation in hollywood. i'm going to loop into that group with you the actors that have been in movies like everything, everywhere all at once, and even crazy rich asians and joyride. these are all the movies that are definitely taking center stage in terms of api representation. but look, do you think movies like crazy, r...

Streaming platforms like netflix have more than twice the representation on broadcast, and three times more representation than their cable counterparts. while michelle yeoh and key way huang's historic attack academy award winds help boost aapi representation, it's clear we need to see more of it. joining me now is nancy wang, you sociologist and author, real inequality, hollywood actors, and racism. nancy, it is doctor, doctor nancy wang union is joining us. between nbc's own picchi peacock, hulu, that flicks the streamers are leading the charge of aapi representation, look and broadcast and...

Best supporting actress. julia, how do you think thes films helped pave the way, helped open that door to bring aapi representation to the spotlight in hollywood >> it all helps. that door is immense and it' very heavy i think that all of these ar needed to push that door open. we've had an amazing run of it there have been a lot of representation recently. i think the highlight of thi has been on immigration an that first immigrant story there's still been a lot o characters whose first languag is another language. i think some of those stories, even though they push open the door, still tell...