Daniel Dae Kim Is A Fan Of ‘Friends’ But Says The Series Was ‘Challenged’ When It Came To Showing Diversity
etcanada.comDaniel Dae Kim is taking a look at Asian representation onscreen in Hollywood with his family and one fan-favourite series keeps coming up short.
As part of teaching his children about Asian-American and Pacific Islander representation, Kim and his wife have made it a habit to point out Asians in the cast of Hollywood TV shows and blockbuster movies. “When my kids are watching shows, my wife and I always did this natural thing, which was whenever there was an Asian face on screen, to point it out to say, ‘Look,'” Kim explains to Esquire. “Just by doing that, it kind of created a dynamic where you would notice when you didn’t see it.” READ MORE: Arden Cho Claims She Was Paid Less Than Her Co-Stars On ‘Teen Wolf’, Won’t Be Joining Revival One show that Kim and his family loves but lacks Asian representation is “Friends”. “My kids loved ‘Friends’ because they would watch repeats and they would say to me, ‘Hey, how come in their New York everyone is white?'” Kim explains. “‘Thank you for thinking about that,’ I would tell them.
Because it’s true. As much as I love that show, when it came to diversity it was…it was…challenged, shall we say.” The NBC sitcom was known for its ensemble cast, all of whom are white. “When we see a show that has no minority representation, we’d say, ‘Wow that, that’s an awfully homogeneous cast.’ It’s important that we look at all of our entertainment through our lens.
But it always says something about the way that I grew up,” the “Lost” star says. READ MORE: Study Finds That One-Third Of Asian-Pacific Islanders Depicted In Movies Are Played By The Rock, Daniel Dae Kim Responds Kim, who also runs his own production company, shares that Asian-Americans are statistically more likely to
Read more on etcanada.com
