>I hadn't really considered that. But he's right. I mean,
>people are gonna say this is an old marvel character that's
>been around since the 70s or whatever, but he's point is that
>as an Asian person, he's tired of seeing indistinguishable
>Asian kung fu guys. Like the only way Asian folks enter the
>western imagination is through these kinds of stereotypes.
>
>Also the trailer looks cool.
>
>Also, the 10 rings is an allusion to The Mandarin, who will
>almost certainly be the villain of the series.


But really slowly some examples:

Crazy rich asians <<~~~ though there seems to be a whole 'nother trope developing around "crazy rich asians"
-subsequently Henry Golding as the lead and then getting a lead with Emilia Clarke in last Christmas -- which unfortunately sucked.

Alexander Hodge's Insecure Character

Charles Melton in The Sun is Also a Star.

Randall Park and Ally Wong's work. I appreciate that Randall Park's Jimmy Woo character isnt some kungfu/karate master hero.

Though one thing i'll name is that lanes are still pretty narrow as the are for other non white people.


One thing I will name is that:
Something about Asian's that can also be romantic leads --even in the rare cases they happen-- are primarily biracial as noted above. This is true going back to Russell Wong, Keanu Reeves, and Jason Momoa if youre counting AAPI.