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This Woman Is Recreating Movie Scenes Where Asian Characters Were Played By White Actors
Blogger Michelle Villemaire had enough of Hollywood's white-washing, so she decided to cast herself in some of the Asian roles that have gone to white women over the years.
Michelle Villemaire is a mother, a YouTuber, and a popular DIY blogger. She's also a badass who's taking on Hollywood's "yellowface issue," one photo at a time. For those of you who don't know, the entertainment world has a problematic tendency to cast white people in roles for characters of different races. (Remember the shit storm that ensued when Cameron Crowe cast white actress Emma Stone to play a half-Asian woman in his film Aloha last year? Yeah, that's just a recent example.) And Villemaire, an Asian woman herself, has had enough of the white-washing BS. So she decided to do Hollywood a little favor and cast herself in some of those Asian roles that have gone to white women over the years. Needless to say, the results are amazing.
Villemaire collected some props and put her DIY skills to good use—crafting costumes for seven notable white-washed roles. She then photographed herself as a variety of characters—*The Good Earth'*s O-Lan, Dragon Seed's Jane, The Mask of Fu Manchu's Fah Lo See, The King and I's Tumptim, Ghost in the Shell's Motoko Kusanagi, and Aloha's Allison Ng—and showcased these pictures in a blog post for a project she's calling "Correcting Yellowface." Oh, and please note that in many of the original images, the white actresses were wearing makeup to give them Asian-looking features, which is A. racist and B. disgusting.
"Growing up, I didn't see many faces like mine on television and film," Villemaire wrote in her blog post. "And because I wanted to be an actor it was really hard to believe that I could ever be one. Only women who had a certain skin color and eye shape were really allowed on screen, right? To this day white people are cast as Asians, deepening the message that Asians just aren't wanted." Villemaire refused to sit idly by while roles continued to go to white women wearing yellowface, and her message resonated with many. A handful of users gathered in her blog's comments section to celebrate her endeavor and thank her for speaking out.
And the blogger closed her powerful post with a note of encouragement for other Asians looking to make it in the acting industry. "This photographic journey is a love letter to all my Asian brothers and sisters out there trying to break into a tough business," she wrote. "I feel your struggle. But please keep fighting the fight. You are talented. You are beautiful. And goddammit, we belong in the picture."
See more on Villemaire's blog.
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Scene From Disney Movie Black and White Stage Dancer
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