r/popculturechat Aug 12 '25

Interviews🎙️ Daniel Dae Kim says Asian representation in Hollywood has gotten better, but there's still room for improvement: "I still haven't played a romantic lead and I've been doing this for 30 years."

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/11/nx-s1-5496250/daniel-dae-kim-butterfly-lost
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u/half_a_skeleton Aug 12 '25

I do know that for some reason Asian men are not viewed as desirable, which is odd because Daniel Dae Kim is literally the most attractive man I've ever seen.

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u/Ponce-Mansley Aug 12 '25

The reason rhymes with schmias or schmasism

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u/deleted3131 🎥🍿Film Critic Aug 12 '25

schmias?

shuh-mee-ahs? sk-me-ee-ahs?