Why ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Isn’t Really A Win For Diverse Representation

Kirsten Han
The Establishment
Published in
7 min readMar 20, 2017

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From where I’m sitting in Singapore, it’s hard to buy into the hype for the movie adaptation of the bestselling novel.

JJon M Chu is on a mission: He’s combing the world for Asian talent to be in Crazy Rich Asians, an adaptation of Singaporean author Kevin Kwan’s…

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Kirsten Han
The Establishment

I'm a Singaporean freelance journalist and writer. I'm happiest writing about social justice and human rights issues, wherever they may be in the world.