 Why are Asian Asian movies considered so much better than Asian American movies? The internet is wondering that is because you guys are boxed in by the society But maybe also your own mind. We got to talk about this meme from reddit and or it says let's be honest This is pretty accurate east Asian literature a government official helps a female prisoner escape with the hopes of infiltrating a rebel group But ends up falling in love a gay couple slowly break up during a spur of the moment trip to iguanza falls A business executive is ruined when blackmailers kidnap his chauffeur somebody mistake a working-class family scams their way into the lives of a wealthy couple That's got to be parasite. There's this really big lizard gojita a samurai asked to commit suicide in the courtyard of a local Lord who suspects his motives and then it goes Asian American literature There's this mom and she's bad. We call it bad mom. All right So guys we're gonna get into what this meme actually means if you guys are into Asian American movies and Asian movies Then definitely hit that like button and share this video, but you know what is not a tired Asian American cliche Small-law finishing oil. Yes. I know that there's a lot of chili crisps out there guys But this is a finishing oil. You can pour it on the bottle. It's very fun to use and very very tasty from such one Assessively guys. I'm telling you it is not something you've seen before Unlike potentially the themes that this meme is talking about Andrew How true is this? Is it true that every Asian American movie has to do with filial piety and the struggle between a more Americanized second generation and how they're being raised versus all other Americans Andrew Joy Luck Club crazy rich Asians Farewell turning red tiger tail everything everywhere all at once Even Shang-Chi has a struggle between the son and the father as a backdrop, you know I'm not saying that was the first storyline. Maybe it was a secondary storyline. Why is this so true? I guess there's a lot of reasons for it and guys a lot of people commented on why it seems like Asian American stories are so What simple they're so like one-dimensional and it always has to do with parent to child because my initial take is that You know, so you agree with the meat. I agree that it's mostly true Obviously, we're overlooking the Asian action movies, right which are do very well But then a lot of people complain. Oh, it's all kung fu flicks Right, it is true when there's Asian action movies. They're not boxing in it. They are typically doing some roundhouse kicks They're doing like kung fu or martial arts. Yeah, Asian martial arts for sure. Um, I guess to me People are thinking, okay How do you have Asian characters and have it relate to a mass audience of non Asians? You're talking about in a Hollywood. Yeah Well, how you get non Asians to relate is that you have to tap into something emotional that is believable for that group so as in for a lot of black movies, it's a lot of the emotions of being targeted or You know, like in some of the recent movies like Us us get out, you know, I like people doing something Devious to black. Yeah. Yeah. And then there's a devious plan against black people Or there was like a lot of hood movies back in the 90s in 2000, but the hood movies went away Yes, so Asians are at that point where they need the parent movies and has to do with the parent It's not a bunch of millennial Asian Americans going on a group. It's not a euphoria. Yeah. I mean, I would say joy ride Was the closest thing because it's a comedy. It was an over-the-top comedy beef as well possibly right beef was kind of there, too So you're starting to see some projects that are more multi-dimensional, right? You're saying stepping out of the filial piety Confucian Lane, but the biggest movies End up being the ones that can hit you viscerally in the hearts of everybody and that has to do with parent to child But does it have to do only with the non Asians or is even what you can sell to the 40 year old Asian American community? Yeah, that is possibly still I'm not saying everybody is but there's a portion that's very vocal about being hung up about bringing stinking lunches to school Yeah, etc, etc, which is also a tired theme that I saw people bring up in the comments section Which we're gonna get to people are saying that happened in ABC too, which is a new Disney plus show Oh, yeah, ABC. Yeah. No, I'm saying that it's a I'm saying these filial piety movies that to me and you and possibly some Other more sophisticated media consumers seem so boring and tired cliches. They're still appealing to that 40-year-old crowd that wants that Trauma dump from the having this thing. Yeah, and to be fair that 40 to 60 year old Asian American crowd They're influential. They but they're influential. They vote. They have disposable income, but they also They didn't get to experience kpop. They missed the whole Asian wave thing So to them now they're getting an Asian wave of content and some of them watch our channel to be honest some 40 or 50 year olds Do watch our yeah, I'm not dissing you guys if those are the if you want to watch 20 more of the fill you Yeah, I guess what I'm saying is I'm just explaining that they Had so little Asian content that this is the Asian content that they still sticks with them Like still touch their heart joyriding beef does not appeal as much because those are dealing with such like millennial Or more American eyes almost like third-generation like alley Wong is like third-gen or whatever like that I guess is there some example of movies that are outside of this Andrew Can you I know that you are talking about this movie called unspoken that is an American movie that cast a Chinese star Almost in like a taken yeah, it's it's like a it's like a half Chinese half American movie that's coming out in 2024 I just saw the trailer of it guys unspoken 2024 look it up. It's got a big Chinese action star in it It's basically about a father whose daughter comes to America to study abroad Internet to be an international student. She gets killed He comes over to America and like wreaks havoc while trying to solve the crime like taken almost like a Liam Neeson type character, right? kind of it's like Jackie Chan's the foreigner actually he's on a warpath. Yeah, that's but it's kind of rooted Unfortunately in a lot of real stories. Yeah, I think that's a really cool movie. That's gonna come out Yeah, I guess I could compare this filial piety Parental Asian movie phase Andrew back to your point John Singleton the 1990s boys in the hood Menace to society above the rim There was all these movies about the inner city that Hollywood was funding But it almost felt like at that time Even if you were a black actor that wasn't from the inner city like Cuba Gooding, Jr You got put into that lane because those were the only movies. Yeah, we're making dude How many black actors were asked to like play basketball? When they like didn't play basketball, you know like nowadays they would just find a kid who can play basketball, right? Right, I guess what I'm saying is it's like it goes to show you that there's like these ebbs and flows and these candles They got a burn and like you said the hood movie candle at least in Hollywood now There's power and stuff like that But I get kind of burned out on its own and then it moved on to other candles that had to burn anyway Yeah, let's just get in the comments section over here somebody said Asia's in Asia are pulling from a way wider and deeper pool of concepts since they just happen to be the majority Dominant race over there. So basically they don't get typecast because they have every cast They have every lane available to there at their disposal Yeah, you have to understand like the amount of Asian Americans in America is just like a drop in the bucket compared to all the Asians in Asia We're like such a small group. So even for us to be this influential as we are. It's somewhat impressive I think I think you can take some solace David that We are just a drop in the bucket as far as a number of population But because we're in America and we've achieved that Asian Americans have achieved something in America. We become Disproportionally influential across the world. How much do you think people need to slow their expectations? Or is it okay as we get more representation even though it's like still stuck on that candle that we become unhappy with that candle You know, like it's tough this because at one point you had nothing now you have something But then you're like dang it's all the same theme or like 90% of them fit into the same theme How grateful should you be right kind of what you're asking? I don't know How do you feel how grateful has your gratefulness for the content changed over the past 1510 years, right? Somebody said, you know, yeah, your guys are right. There is not a 50 shades of gray But Asian but there is stuff like beef and joy ride, which is a little bit more Getting laughs other than playing yourself out like Ken Jeong and Bobby Lee did But maybe they were just subject to what were the dynamics of the error as well other this long people were writing Really long comments for this thread, right? Somebody said it's just our situation of being a small minority So the only thing that makes us different is how we compare our childhood being so different from everybody else Around us. That's just where the game is at right now So so he was kind of putting the blame on the Asian American writers Like why are we just writing stories about how our childhood was so different than our white neighbor, right? Do you think that that's true that like like you said like the 40 year olds that are getting their movies made and picked up by the studios? Those are the stories that they're telling. Yeah It's for I'll say so yeah I guess they were probably not from the time under where international students were even coming over and then especially all the terrible things That have been happening unfortunately Somebody said for theirs to be movies there has to be original IP and there has and there is good Asian-American IP and literature to be made into movies But nobody really reads it at least not as much as they should and this guy was kind of blaming the Asian-American Community for not supporting the unique Asian-American IP that does exist Because Asian-Americans don't consume Asian-American content like on the literature side Um somebody said was pointing out yep Look at all the highly rated books that could be option in the movies right here But how many of you guys support those and somebody said I can't stand Asian-American media at this point It's just rehashing the same old same old somebody said man, man, it's all about white kids said my lunch stinks I hate that. Um, are you sick of it? Yes or no for yourself, Andrew We're having this debate about should you just be grateful from how far the game has come or can you be? I think you can be grateful while only supporting the things that you like Like I am we're not at the point anymore where we have to support everything that comes out I am grateful to see the progress because I think that if you include Material from Asia there is a lot of Asian content. You cannot you put it in the same pool. Yeah, but I Don't think you should separate it as much I mean dude Asian America is like such a small part So I think like we're doing pretty good not that I'm not saying we should stop fighting, but it's just like You know the content wise like we're getting we just have to do better ourselves Like I don't think where it's as much as we're being held back anymore I think there was at a time when we were being super held back But I think nowadays if the story is good and you can get into the right hands. It's got a chance No, you're right. I mean did you know a scientific sample size is one out of 14 Which means you essentially have to be seven percent Asian Americans just this year on the census became seven percent So it's almost like we just became a scientifically Like notable population based on but I think we've been over represented in the power and income So I think that's why I think we almost feel like we're we're like Ten percent right um and anyway here's some concepts We'd like to see Hollywood make some Asian American movies of here. Let me throw this one out Andrew Gen Z tick-tock Asians this is probably a really Asians are over-represented on tick-tock right tick-tock Obviously a Chinese platform, but you know that's debated or whatever But there's just a lot of Asians in the Gen Z make it tick-tock. Yes or no What what I would say is like if there was like a movie about Gen Z tick-tock Asians I think the Gen Z tick-tock Asian would just be one of the characters I don't know about watching a whole movie about it because then you're about the influencer world. It seems stupid I hate watching movies about that influencer world movie where the main guys like a Want to be urban white kid, right? Which is pretty common with the broccoli cut no cap. No Keezy But the second character is Asian. Yeah, sure AZN thugs from the 1990s Versus modern-day AZNs in Asian fras and sororities Yeah, I mean there was that movie bang bang that went around the Asian American circuit that we I watched that movie Like three times ABG was a pilot for ABC, right Asian BB girl was a pilot ended up not getting picked up right didn't get picked up So there's been some attempts at it You talk about the end world that it's more like inter not like yeah I feel like it almost would be like that would be the secondary character that you delve into Okay, versus like the first character would still be your kind of like typical Asian, right trying to go to Berkeley, but maybe they're in a lambdas at Berkeley would just more torn to the AZN side anyway Somebody said something at a boba shop, but with some k-pop love story. Why can't Asians execute a k-drama tier story, but in English amongst Asian have you ever heard of long food productions? That's what long food. Have you ever heard of long food productions guys? How many boba shops if they film that how many boba shops have we filmed that? Socioeconomic struggle, but like parasite, but with Asian Americans. All right, man. Here's a story. This inspires me Yeah, something it's about a struggle class struggle between the rich international class and a middle-class Asian American kind of like crazy rich Asians But not having to go back to Asia. It takes place in America Oh, and that that that storyline is possible in 2023 the rich kid either lives at USC or Listen to LIC and goes to NYU to pick that there's this rich international kid Who's like an asshole and then there's a humble international kid? And then there's the Asian Americans and there's like this whole triangle clash Type thing that they just show the different tiers of Asian America. Yeah, that's true And a story centering around rich Japanese baseball players Somehow either making it an inspirational drama like Rudy or you're gonna have a bunch of crazy stuff happen Obviously some of the high-spay players in the MLB history are Japanese now like an entourage type series about like Ichiro or like The a supposed like Shohei's life. Yeah, and then you can show him going back to Japan But also his life in LA, which is probably pretty crazy. I bet you little Tokyo about to be lit Sautel is gonna be crazy for the next 10 years Some inter-Chinese drama between mainlanders Intermainlander provincial beef Taiwan Singapore Hong Kong. I said you hear so much about it in the news. Why not? All right, so Let's just say this the story is that war breaks out in Asia Okay, crazy and a group of Asian American friends are asked To pick sides, but they're Asian American. No, but they're like maybe they're born there They came here, you know, they secured US citizenship, but they still they still have some allegiances How do they feel as a friend group? That's drama. Yo, that's Taiwanese friend a mainland Chinese friend whose parents are from Beijing and then you got Vietnamese friends you have a Korean friend a Japanese friend and And then you throwing an Asian from Russia, right right like a Siberian. Yeah Somebody said how about this how about this something where just your typical Asian nerd is on a quest to become the coolest kid in the school Yeah, you know, you're not excited by that I think that you know why I like that because you could sell it to Hollywood because like we said There's a lot of concept that would be good and then there's the concepts you can sell to the people who make the read I think that one's just gonna be so like Blue pill typical all he becomes kind of cool No, I'm not saying that this theme hasn't been done before but whenever you've seen it executed You know, it was you know, he's gonna learn how to rap and then he's gonna have to like rap and make a song about the school Listen, if you're a rapping nerd guys, I hate to break it to you Kevin G Robin guy It don't work. It don't work. It works a little bit, but it doesn't really work How about this something involving CGI and the Chinese zodiac animals becoming alive or Or a world where the Chinese zodiac animals are interacting with each other. Oh Answer morph of its size make it a horror film When it's your year that animal comes back and tries to kill you right because theoretically in Chinese Tradition, it's bad when it's your year Yeah, which is always weird. So it's like a Chinese horror film where it's like it's year of the snake It's my year and then a whole bunch of snakes come to me in my dreams And then they come in real life and then you turn into a snake and I start seeing snakes everywhere Um last but not least Andrew. I got one where Asians are in California are just acting like euphoria You know just having the typical crazy ups and downs. I don't know. Oh, okay How about this they they're euphoria at school, but then they go home and they got to be traditional So it shows the duality of them trying to be their edgy selves and hide their secret lifestyles of Selling drugs doing a doing a little bit like better luck tomorrow Yeah, I don't like that but but it is still involves the parents you can sell this yo Is it noteworthy that the first Asian American movie to ever get Hollywood distribution was better luck tomorrow and better luck tomorrow Does not deal with filial piety in terms of actually showing the parents. It doesn't really show that many parents You're right. It was more about Asian kids from the nerd life trying to anyways guys Which of those movie ideas do you think? Could be successful. Maybe someone should write a book or a story up based off of it I agree with your one suggestion Andrews my final takeaway Watch content from Asia as well because Asian America is a candle that's gonna burn at its own pace Just like the hood movies burnt out or whatever in the 90s, even though I liked them But you know, I guess, you know, I could see why it was lopsided Ah, I would say that it's just a candle that's got a burn So look into content from Asia if you want to see Asian faces live the whole wide breadth of Life stories and even into the fantasy realm. Let us know what you think of this in the comments section below Why are Asian Asian movies so much more diverse in theme and consummate and execution than Asian American movies? Are you happy sad about it or it is what it is? Let us know what you think in the comment section below We encourage the debate until next time with a hop-hop boys. We out. Peace