'To shower it with nominations and awards would normalize more egregious mocking of Asians in this country.'
, the Media Action Network for Asian Americans criticized the buzzy film for its"casual racism," specifically due to two scenes where a white restaurant owner — played by John Michael Higgins — uses an"extremely racist, mocking accent" while talking to his first, and later, second Japanese wife.
Instead, MANAA said that they are included"simply for cheap laughs, reinforcing the notion that Asian Americans are 'less than' and perpetual foreigners.
Anderson has yet to respond to MANAA's statement, but did defend the scenes in a previous interview with the's Kyle Buchanan, who said the accent was"so offensive that my audience actually gasped.” Granted, the director said he believed it would be a"mistake to tell a period film through the eyes of 2021," adding that"you can’t have a crystal ball, you have to be honest to that time.
"Not that it wouldn’t happen right now, by the way," he said before invoking the old"I have a vague connection to said racial group, so it's fine" argument. "My mother-in-law’s Japanese and my father-in-law is white, so seeing people speak English to her with a Japanese accent is something that happens all the time," Anderson said."I don’t think they even know they’re doing it."
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