{"id":21287,"date":"2021-04-30T12:21:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T02:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=192520"},"modified":"2021-04-30T15:27:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T15:27:13","slug":"lucy-liu-charlies-angels-normalised-asian-identity","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lucy-liu-charlies-angels-normalised-asian-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucy Liu Says Her Role In “Charlie’s Angels” Has \u201cNormalized Asian Identity” On Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lucy Liu, Drew Barrymore & Cameron Diaz during “Charlie’s Angels 2 – Full Throttle” Premiere at Mann’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California, United States. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Upon watching the 2000 film adaption of\u00a0Charlie’s Angels<\/a>,<\/em> I remember being captivated by the women’s strength both physically and in their own confidence. For Lucy Liu<\/a> who plays angel, Alex Munday, this sentiment also rings true but for a far more important reason. In an op-ed for The Washington Post<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>Liu reflects on how the role has “moved the needle” for the Asian community on screen.<\/p>\n

“Hollywood frequently imagines a more progressive world than our reality; it’s one of the reasons Charlie’s Angels was so important to me,” Liu writes. “As part of something so iconic, my character Alex Munday normalized Asian identity for a mainstream audience and made a piece of Americana a little more inclusive.”<\/p>\n

She continues, “Asians in America have made incredible contributions, yet we’re still thought of as Other. We are still categorized and viewed as dragon ladies or new iterations of delicate, domestic geishas\u2014modern toile. These stereotypes can be not only constricting but also deadly.”<\/p>\n