Oof, does Jezebel have any senior editors of color to at least keep this in check?

You’re absolutely full of it to think you can swap out Yeoh for another actor. How many people have the cultural cache to convincingly play both a worldwide movie star and martial arts genius? Then she has the talent to play the type of Asian immigrant woman who goes unseen. This also feels a lot like the stereotype…

Yes, they’re privileged and cringey, but it’s pretty extreme to find this show “grueling” and to experience “revulsion.” The media analysis here is also very confusing, you acknowledge that their careers have been to be public figures and now you’re mad because they continue to be public figures. This is a lot like…

This is part of why I haven’t gotten into the second season as I was ultimately disappointed with the first season. Mike White has talked about how the native Hawaiin characters disappear into the background as you say ‘actually, on purpose!’ in a way that mirrors the way the main rich white characters see them. That…