Movie ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ draws criticism

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ is a story of an Asian-American girl meeting her Asian boyfriend’s super-rich family. The movie continues to score big at the box office but it is also drawing criticism.

Director John Chu and his wife Kristin Hodge pose for photographers as they arrive for the red carpet screening of the movie "Crazy Rich Asians" on August 21, 2018, in Singapore.
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Director John Chu and his wife Kristin Hodge pose for photographers as they arrive for the red carpet screening of the movie "Crazy Rich Asians" on August 21, 2018, in Singapore.

“Crazy Rich Asians,” the Warner Bros. romantic comedy is still doing good business in North America and elsewhere.

Jon M Chu’s film has been lauded for representing Asians in the Western cinema.

But TRT World’s Patrick Fok tells why the film is drawing criticism.

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