In the 20 years since the independent film 'Better Luck Tomorrow' premiered, the film has changed the Hollywood landscape and Asian America's self-perception. - NBCAsianAmerica
Link copiedJanet Wang was a junior in high school when she watched “Better Luck Tomorrow,” a movie about a group of high-achieving Asian American high schoolers with a penchant for theft and murder. In the darkened theater, she saw a reflection of herself — not in the criminal activities, but in the nuanced portrayals of complex kids growing up in the suburbs.
, who was in high school when “Better Luck Tomorrow” came out, now greet Shen in audition rooms and industry events to say the film was a turning point in their lives.From left, Sung Kang, Jason Tobin, and Parry Shen in "Better Luck Tomorrow."“Better Luck Tomorrow” subverted stereotypes and pushed open doors for Asian representation in lead roles as American high school teenagers who use their academic success to cloak a drug dealing ring and a murder-for-hire gone wrong.
The mindset shift led to an infamous 2002 Sundance Film Festival showdown between film critic Roger Ebert and another audience member who questioned why filmmaker Justin Lin would choose to portray Asian American teens as strung-out, gun-toting and test-cheating people. Ebert stood on the theater’s folding chair and. It was a permission slip for Hollywood and actors to reimagine Asian Americans in more complicated roles.
The film captured the tension and the rage of real life, said Yuen. “We all kind of want to succeed, but then have the potential to be enraged and act out on that rage.”
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