Ke Huy Quan’s comeback story from childhood star of ’80s flicks to win a best supporting actor Oscar, coupled with Michelle Yeoh’s historic win as the first Asian best actress winner ever had viewers of Asian descent shedding happy tears and grinning. The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” co-stars, who won Sunday, bring the total number of Asians who earned Oscars for acting to just six in the awards’ 95-year history. For many Asian Americans, it feels like a watershed moment, and that Hollywood is moving past seeing them only in tropes. It represents an opportunity for optimism after three years of anti-Asian hate brought on by the pandemic.
Edward Dion Fariñas watches the Academy Awards every year but the Filipino American didn't expect to have such a visceral reaction when hearing Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh's awards announced.
Ke Huy Quan s comeback story from childhood star of 80s flicks coupled with Michelle Yeoh s historic win as the first Asian best-actress winner Sunday had viewers of Asian descent shedding
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