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The Devil Wears Prada 2: Hitting the ‘pocket Asian’ panic button too soon
Before the sequel even hit screens, outrage was already trending. But the full picture tells a different story.
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Helen J. Shen plays the bookish assistant Jin Chao (left) to Andy Sachs, played by Anne Hathaway, in The Devil Wears Prada 2.
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For those who were quick to cry racism over The Devil Wears Prada sequel based on a 38-second trailer featuring a “pocket Asian” character, Jin Chao, it’s a case of a mountain painstakingly sculpted out of a molehill.
Having just seen the film, I can report: The outrage is premature and wholly unnecessary.
