ELASTIC REALITY FILM MOVIE

ELASTIC REALITY FILM MOVIE

And if it flops вЂ¦ well, that would tell us almost nothing, since Disney is releasing the movie exclusively to theaters in the midst of a pandemic. If the filmвЂ™s a hit, itвЂ™ll send an even louder message to Hollywood than the success of вЂњCrazy Rich AsiansвЂќ did. To mitigate the risk, Marvel tapped Asian action icons Michelle Yeoh and Tony Leung to play Shang-ChiвЂ™s aunt and dad, respectively, and paired Liu with bigger name Awkwafina as wisecracking bestie Katy.

Good on it for leveraging its popularity to help launch some fresh Asian talent (including indie director Destin Daniel Cretton). Even so, the nearly half-subtitled вЂњShang-ChiвЂќ marks a gamble of an entirely different order: With Henry Golding already committed to вЂњSnake EyesвЂќ and few other bankable early-30s English-speaking actors to consider, the company cast a lesser-known leading man in Simu Liu (of Canadian sitcom вЂњKimвЂ™s ConvenienceвЂќ). As social pressures motivated Hollywood to diversify its roster, Marvel didnвЂ™t have to look far to produce superheroes that gave more than just little white boys a chance to see themselves on-screen. Whether in print or on screen, Marvel has consistently been a step ahead of culture at large, ensuring that women, people of color and even queer characters feature prominently in its properties. The result broadens the brandвЂ™s spectrum of representation once again, offering audiences of Asian descent the kind of empowerment for which вЂњBlack PantherвЂќ paved the way a few years back. Shang-who? The most obscure Marvel Cinematic Universe character to get his own stand-alone movie to date, the comic book mega-companyвЂ™s вЂњMaster of Kung FuвЂќ may not be a household name (not yet, at least), but you wouldnвЂ™t know that from вЂњ Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,вЂќ a flashy, Asian-led visual effects extravaganza that gives the second-tier hero the same over-the-top treatment that big-timers like Hulk and Thor typically get.

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