Jon M. Chu, Fala Chen Discuss AAPI Representation in Hollywood During UTA Inclusion Panel
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variety.comAntonio Ferme editorAccording to “Crazy Rich Asians” and “In the Heights” filmmaker Jon M. Chu, many of the depictions of Asian women he’s seen portrayed in Hollywood films are “not the Asian women that we know.”“That’s not my mother, not my grandmother, not my sister, not my best friend,” Chu said during a virtual panel presented Tuesday by United Talent Agency (UTA) in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.The lineup for the virtual event — called “The State of AAPI Representation in Film, TV & Culture” — was made up of UTA clients Chu, actors Fala Chen and Daniel Wu, and Mary Lee, head of film at A-Major Media, as well as Paula Madison, chair and CEO of Madison Media Management.
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