Written by Winona Young There is so much to say about a movie as groundbreaking as Crazy Rich Asians: Things like “representation is so important,” or “it’s okay one movie can’t represent an entire continent,” or even, “was Awkwafina’s accent kind of racist?” But one image of the movie that remains visceral in my mind is one that wasn’t even on the screen. It was an image I saw as the credits rolled onscreen — while other moviegoers left their seats, a select few stayed. Namely, an Asian kid sitting alone wiping tears from his eyes while he…
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