Editors' Picks: Our Favorite Things From the Week of August 125 of 7
Scene-Stealing Bestie of the Week
It's somewhat crazy to us that it's taken 25 years for a major Hollywood studio to serve up its first all-Asian cast, but we're relieved, excited, and hopeful that Crazy Rich Asians is a sign of better things to come for a moviegoing public that is decidedly more diverse than it was in 1993. The film, lush and decadent in its design as the book in its description of the Asian elite, boasts a cast of heavyweights in delicious roles (Michelle Yeoh is particularly satisfying here) in addition to some notable newcomers (like Henry Golding in a Cary Grant-like debut). But the movie's standouts are its charming and winsome supporting players. Among these, the breakout is Awkwafina, who plays the quip-a-minute, socially self-aware Peik Lin Goh. Her scenes, especially those with on-screen dad Ken Jeong, are comedy gold. Would that we all had friends like Awkwafina to help us navigate unknown worlds and ridiculously indulgent parties.
Watch our interview with the stars of Crazy Rich Asians
It's somewhat crazy to us that it's taken 25 years for a major Hollywood studio to serve up its first all-Asian cast, but we're relieved, excited, and hopeful that Crazy Rich Asians is a sign of better things to come for a moviegoing public that is decidedly more diverse than it was in 1993. The film, lush and decadent in its design as the book in its description of the Asian elite, boasts a cast of heavyweights in delicious roles (Michelle Yeoh is particularly satisfying here) in addition to some notable newcomers (like Henry Golding in a Cary Grant-like debut). But the movie's standouts are its charming and winsome supporting players. Among these, the breakout is Awkwafina, who plays the quip-a-minute, socially self-aware Peik Lin Goh. Her scenes, especially those with on-screen dad Ken Jeong, are comedy gold. Would that we all had friends like Awkwafina to help us navigate unknown worlds and ridiculously indulgent parties.
Watch our interview with the stars of Crazy Rich Asians
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