Silvermoth
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He’s a great big hunk of spunk
Simu appeared on a show recently to explain how important this role is to him and the people his represents. You know who you are
At first I was going to link Simu's own tweet. But I didn't because he spoiled the joke in his tweet
I can see that. A lot of celebrities are cashing in on identity politics. I don't believe for a second he was ever the least bit oppressed as an Asian here in Canada. He's almost the exact same age as me and for as long as I can remember Asians have been well integrated into Canadian society and culture. No discrimination or anything.Simu...
OK, check this out (even though people are gonna have a hard time believing this, but here we go). In 2013, I was hired by a small business based out of Bolton, Ontario called My Perfect Superhero Party. It's exactly what it sounds like. I dressed up as Spider-Man, Batman, Captain America, a pirate, and a Jedi Knight. Simu, believe it or not, trained me for my first party! It was here in Mississauga, ON (sister city to Toronto) and he was playing Batman. The idea was that he would show me how the gig is done via interacting with the kids, engaging them, and so on. We didn't stay in touch after that, but he was kind and pleasant.
I came back from Shang-Chi just now. While I'm glad at least one of us is living out the ultimate fantasy of playing a superhero for real, there was a promo shown before the film started in which he spoke about what it means to him to be playing an Asian hero. In that promo, he said that he used to dress up as Spider-Man and that he could never take his mask off because he's Asian.
I'm here to say, that is a baldfaced, f*****g lie. Anytime I, or anyone else, every played a masked hero, we were told to keep the mask on so as to no break the illusion, for the kids' sake, that we were who we were portraying. We couldn't take the mask off because the kids right away would know we're not Peter Parker from the movies, Bruce Wayne from the movies, and so on.
I like Simu as an actor and as a person for the most part. But I lost a little respect for him once I heard him say that.
I can see that. A lot of celebrities are cashing in on identity politics. I don't believe for a second he was ever the least bit oppressed as an Asian here in Canada. He's almost the exact same age as me and for as long as I can remember Asians have been well integrated into Canadian society and culture. No discrimination or anything.
I just try to tune that kind of stuff out from celebrities. It's all fake as f***.
He’s embellishing his story a little bit, but I think his overall point rings true, and was made to convey that Asians growing up had no superheroes that looked like them that they could look up to, and see themselves in. All the popular superhero characters that were available were white. So in essence Simu was dressing up to play white characters and pretending to be them.I like Simu as an actor and as a person for the most part. But I lost a little respect for him once I heard him say that.
He’s embellishing his story a little a bit, but I think his overall point rings true, and was made to convey that Asians growing up had no superheroes that looked like them that they could look up to, and see themselves in. All the popular superhero characters that were available were white. So in essence Simu was dressing up to play white characters and pretend to be them.
There was no Asian superhero that he could play. Which is why a movie like this is rather important in establishing an Asian superhero that will hopefully catch on as much as the white ones, or at least give characters that the demographic can connect to. Giving Asians in the West a superhero to look up that looks like them is vitally important and a major reason this movie is even being madero. Superheroes, even if they aren’t real, can be an empowering and inspirational in real life. Now an Asian guy who used to dress as non-Asian characters gets to dress up as a Asian superhero for the very first time in his life time - this time to serve as representation that will hopefully inspire many Asian children. Something that Simu and many other Asian Americans or Canadians didn’t have growing up.
Even if there weren't superheroes specifically, there were role models to look to like Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan. Also, he wasn't just embellishing; he flat-out lied, and that's not good. The parents who hired us knew full-well what we looked like because our images were on the business's website. That he was Asian was neither here nor there. The parents just want someone who is good at keeping kids busy for an hour or so. Hell, I've played Superman and I look nothing like him. I'm not exceptionally muscular and I have very thinning hair. The parents, and the kids, didn't care.
Could you cry anymore about how a minority feels in a white dominated society/culture?
Not really. Being a minority myself, I find it comical.
Then you missed the entire point of his statement because as a minority myself I 100% understood what he meant.
It's funny, because you don't even see the irony.Then get out more and realize that the human experience is a universal one. If you're relying on fictional media to validate your existence, the problem is with you, not pop culture.
I can see that. A lot of celebrities are cashing in on identity politics. I don't believe for a second he was ever the least bit oppressed as an Asian here in Canada. He's almost the exact same age as me and for as long as I can remember Asians have been well integrated into Canadian society and culture. No discrimination or anything.
I just try to tune that kind of stuff out from celebrities. It's all fake as f***.
Steven Ngo had stopped at a traffic light in a residential neighbourhood in the eastern part of Vancouver when passengers in another car tossed garbage at him, shouting racial slurs as they sped off.
The lawyer, a lifelong resident of the city, was stunned – but not surprised.
“The racism has never been as overt and apparent,” said Ngo. “I’ve never seen it so brazen.”
Over the last year, Vancouver, a cosmopolitan metropolis set between mountains and ocean, has experienced a 717% increase in anti-Asian hate crimes. The grim figures, which experts believe underreport the problem, reflect a legacy of discrimination in a city and country widely seen as welcoming of newcomers.
Since the coronavirus first reached Canada last year, Asian residents across the country have reported a dramatic surge in hate incidents, ranging from racist abuse to attacks with weapons. A young Montreal man was blinded in March by a group who attacked him with military-grade pepper spray. In Toronto, police say the number of reported hate crimes has doubled over the last year.
But with 98 reported cases over the last year – more than all US cities combined – Vancouver was recently dubbed the “anti-Asian hate crime capital of North America”.
The city’s proximity to major cities across the Pacific has made it a popular landing point for recent immigrants for generations. But upon arrival, many have faced discrimination.
“The government promotes Canada as a multicultural and diverse country, an idea that’s been ingrained in our psychology since we were in school,” said Ngo. “But when you start seeing friends and family who are getting hurt, you start to wonder how accurate that narrative is.”
I can see that. A lot of celebrities are cashing in on identity politics. I don't believe for a second he was ever the least bit oppressed as an Asian here in Canada. He's almost the exact same age as me and for as long as I can remember Asians have been well integrated into Canadian society and culture. No discrimination or anything.
I just try to tune that kind of stuff out from celebrities. It's all fake as f***.
Then get out more and realize that the human experience is a universal one. If you're relying on fictional media to validate your existence, the problem is with you, not pop culture.
I can see that. A lot of celebrities are cashing in on identity politics. I don't believe for a second he was ever the least bit oppressed as an Asian here in Canada. He's almost the exact same age as me and for as long as I can remember Asians have been well integrated into Canadian society and culture. No discrimination or anything.
I just try to tune that kind of stuff out from celebrities. It's all fake as f***.