Tag / Vietnam
Examining The Under-Representation of Asian Heroes through The Last Jedi’s Rose Tico
By Linh Nguyen These past couple months held no shortage of kick-ass action movies. Like millions of people across the globe, I headed to theatres to see Avengers: Infinity War and Solo: A Star Wars Story and revel in the films’ charismatic heroes. Though I largely enjoyed my viewing experience I left with a familiar…
16 June 2021
Taking Back Tết: My New Year is Not Chinese
By Linh Nguyen Last Christmas, I was lying on a deck chair beside the pool in Cuba when a man came up and asked me if I was Chinese. “I’m not,” I answered. “What are you then?” he said. The question was certainly nothing new, posed in the same assertive tone that expected an enthusiastic…
15 February 2021