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(Repost) “What I Learned From Watching ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ With A Theater Full Of Asians In SGV”

[This LAist news article was linked in the New York Times’ service “California Online” for August 17, 2018.]  Written by QUINCY SURASMITH

http://www.laist.com/2018/08/14/what_i_learned_from_watching_crazy_rich_asians_with_a_theater_full_of_asians_in_sgv.php?_ga=2.178715876.1798132754.1534288992-65000087.1531956048

Crowd for Crazy Rich Asians at AMC Monterey Park, CA

(Repost)”Why Did It Take So Long to See a Cast Like ‘Crazy Rich Asians’?”

From the New York Times, August 8, 2018, by Robert Ito–

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/movies/crazy-rich-asians-cast.html

With much riding on the first major Hollywood film with a majority Asian cast and crew since 1993, the makers faced questions about identity.