From Punchline to Oscar Contender: The Overdue Rise of Asians in Hollywood
All-American Girl and Fresh Off the Boat) to, well, a handful of major projects in film and TV each year. But more significant is the interdisciplinary coalition of Asian Americans behind the scenes who are finding strength in numbers and making their collective voice heard. And, ironically, they have that racist Oscar joke to thank for bringing them together. "Sometimes you need this galvanizing force," says producer Janet Yang, recalling the shock of hearing the jokes and their implication that Asians were considered such a nonfactor in the conversation. She had contemplated submitting an ...