#everyone on stan twt acts like she's invisible

[hanyeri]

He’s concerned that one actor isn’t seeing enough appreciation: Yeri Han, who plays Monica, the anxious wife of Steven Yeun’s idealistic Jacob. “In the editing room, she was the one who we were always centering our emotional story around,” Chung said of Han. “It’s her face, it’s her looks, and the way she picks at a bedspread because she’s upset. These little, subtle things that we knew: ‘This is making the film what it is.’” He paused. “And unfortunately, it’s invisible.” In Minari, Han navigates tricky, emotionally nuanced territory without the sort of melodrama or outsize performances that Hollywood tends to reward. “There are no loud speeches or anything,” Chung told me. “It’s just her being.” That’s the work that all actors do: the very act of being, which can range from emphatic to muted, animated to lethargic, impassioned to impassive. Asian performers are certainly versatile enough to capture that range—and yet tropes such as the “inscrutable Asian” have caused some casting directors to think of Asians as “not very expressive.” The pervasiveness of such casually racist myths—the inscrutable Asian, the perpetual foreigner, the racialized horde—is foundational to the invisibility of Asian actors during the Hollywood awards season. Given this backdrop, it’s little wonder when a quiet performance like Han’s is overlooked. — Shirley Li: ‘Minari’ and the Invisible Stars of Asian-Led Movies

#han yeri #한예리 #minari #kactoredit #this article is such a good read #and everything isaac has said re: yeri's performance is so true #everyone on stan twt acts like she's invisible #and either miscategorizes her as the supporting actress or doesn't acknowledge her at all #it's been disheartening because i was so excited for this project and what it could do for her in terms of recognition and getting her dues #but it's been so disappointing and i'm glad it's pretty well over as far as her doing press and campaigning is concerned #and i know she didn't really care to begin with #and she said herself that she had no chance of winning an oscar #but i would still like people to acknowledge that she exists in the first place lmao #like stop devaluing her just because she isn't a man and because her performance is so subtle #isaac has said so many times that she's literally and i quote the heart of the film #so start acting like it!!! #mine