1.0Soft Sensibilitieshttps://kimberlypearl.co/blogKimberlyhttps://kimberlypearl.co/blog/author/kimberlypearl-92gmail-com/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2on2LyLGcS"><a href="https://kimberlypearl.co/blog/crazy-rich-asians-movie-book/">Crazy Rich Asians</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://kimberlypearl.co/blog/crazy-rich-asians-movie-book/embed/#?secret=2on2LyLGcS" width="600" height="338" title="“Crazy Rich Asians” — Soft Sensibilities" data-secret="2on2LyLGcS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://kimberlypearl.co/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Don’t try to tell me it’s just a movie, because it’s not. I haven’t read any think pieces on Crazy Rich Asians yet. I promised myself that I would resist temptation. Quell the urge to click through headlines and instead, show solidarity by double-tapping posts and scrolling on. The goal, however naive—purist, even—was to walk into the theater without outside opinion informing mine. I didn’t even know that this could happen. That I’d been waiting all my life for something so monumental. All I did know was that it was imperative to buy an advanced ticket before opening weekend. I pre-ordered one (for Thursday, yesterday) with just an inkling of the storyline (gathered only from promo pics and the few chapters I was able to finish in anticipation). And while it’s easy to write this off as blind support for the sake of, well, blind support, this simple act isn’t the same as voting for Candidate X of Party Y just because she’s a woman from Party Y. Buying a ticket meant that I would count, and that hopefully, Crazy Rich Asians would count, too. That we—spoiler alert! I’m a second-gen Taiwanese-American—have been waiting 25 years to see Asians who weren’t reincarnated of this portrayal…http://kimberlypearl.co/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crazy-rich-asians-movie-book-review.gif