Cast members, director responded to the reviewįor all the backlash O'Connell's review created, cast members from the film have responded by emphasizing how the movie is for everyone. That's what it kind of felt like," Wang Yuen said. "Even when you are the center of a story, I can't possibly relate to you because you're not human. Wang Yuen also added that the review felt dehumanizing, especially at a time when East Asian and Southeast Asian women are being targeted with violence. "There's just this level of empathy that is not there, the kind of empathy that comes from being able to relate to somebody's stories, somebody that you have no connection to," Yu said.
The relatively invisible nature of Asians in films affects the "dehumanizing" of Asians off screen too, Yu said: "Everything from just random street attacks to racist policies." Television 'Never Have I Ever' Complicates Its Asian American Characters. The film, which premiered Friday on Disney+, been widely hailed as a refreshing, creative look at tweendom and the awkwardness of growing up. The coming-of-age story also breaks some barriers in the industry Shi is Pixar's first solo female director, and it's the first Asian-led film by the studio. The film, directed by Domee Shi, tells the story of Meilin (played by Rosalie Chiang), a Chinese Canadian 13-year-old, battling the ups and downs of the early 2000's with her friends, trying to please her mom (played by Sandra Oh) and crushing on her favorite boy band. Puberty might be the most relatable human experience we go through.īut in the case of the character of Meilin Lee in Disney and Pixar's latest film, "Turning Red", her teen angst is marred with the slight complication of turning into a red panda bear. The marquee is seen at the world premiere of Disney and Pixar's "Turning Red" at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Calif.