Sorry, I’m not sure why I’m so upset about the consistent practice of cultural appropriation and whitewashing in Hollywood. It’s no big deal.
Sorry, I’m not sure why I’m so upset about the consistent practice of cultural appropriation and whitewashing in Hollywood. It’s no big deal.
“I speak for Asians when I say we’re upset at you.” “Can you explain why you think people are upset about this thing, so I can understand.” “This bitch thinks I speak for Asians, fuck her.”
It’s not up to Margaret Cho to alleviate Tilda Swinton’s white guilt.
That house Asian thing is particularly bullshit when Cho has put herself out there as a critic of Swinton getting the role. It’s like, “I speak for Asians when I say we’re upset at you.” “Can you explain why you think people are upset about this thing, so I can understand.” “This bitch thinks I speak for Asians, fuck…
I’m guessing that Cho doesn’t understand why a lot of people are pissed at her. It has nothing to do with her feelings that Asian actors should play Asian roles, which is completely valid. Everyone’s pissed because she took what was supposed to be a private conversation, twisted it into the worst possible…
No, they don’t - not at all. And they’re acting like Univision is the party who needs to prove they can be trusted here.
What you should regret is this embarrassing article.
tl;dr
So the six post basically boil down to “Univision’s condition for making this deal was that they don’t inherit someone else’s mess. But if we make our own mess going forward, we’ll fight it out.”
Gawker Media’s editors and writers have always come off as entitled children, but this interview makes that even more apparent. These questions are insulting and childish and a great way to piss off your new owners. I think towards the end it finally clicked, they all are ungrateful brats with their heads shoved so…