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Excessively Asian: crying, Crazy Rich Asians, and the construction of Asian American audiences

Lopez, Lori Kido·2021·Critical Studies in Media Communication
DOI 10.1080/15295036.2021.1883193
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Amidst the outpouring of conversation surrounding the popular romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians (2018), a common response by Asian American audience members centered on the experience of crying at the theater. This article asks what provoked this particular discourse and how it is related to broader issues around Asian American media and representation. It triangulates a complex portrait of meaning surrounding Crazy Rich Asians, including the arrival of an Asian American entertainment boom, the targeted marketing of the film, and the activist campaign that accompanied its release. It then analyzes writing from journalists and tweets with gifs, arguing that from assessing this multifaceted portrait we can see how Asian Americans are fighting to exceed and resist the limits of various communication platforms in order to more fully express their frustrations with our current media landscape.

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  1. Diawara M., 1993, Black American cinema: Aesthetics and spectatorship, 211
  2. Haggins B., 1999, Emergences: Journal for the Study of Media and Composite Cultures, 9, 117
  3. Lopez L. K., 2018, Opportunities and struggles in reporting on Asian American Twitter
  4. Nishime L., 2019, Association for Asian American Studies Annual Conference
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Authors
Lopez, L. K.
Affiliations
University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
Corresponding author
Lopez, Lori Kido
ORCID
Lopez, Lori Kido
Venue
Critical Studies in Media Communication
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2021-02-14
Volume
38
Issue
2
Pages
141-154
ISSN
  • 1479-5809 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-5036
DOI
10.1080/15295036.2021.1883193
OpenAlex
W3131241413
Cited by
14
References
34
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 5
FWCI
15.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Critical Studies in Media Communication (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Asian American and Pacific Histories
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Cultural Identity and Representation
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Asian Culture and Media Studies
Keywords
Crazy Rich Asians, targeted marketing, activist campaigns, audience discourse, GIF, romantic comedy, media representation

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