'Shang-Chi' shouldn't have to carry the weight of Asian representation within the MCU, but three writers discuss what it means that it does.
How do you turn a cliché-ridden comic book character into a distinctly Asian American superhero? Tackle the tropes one by one.About that feeling you’re describing, Tracy — a few years ago a trio of brilliant Asian American minds coined the perfect phrase to describe it: the “rep sweats.
So I was pleasantly thrilled when, early on in “Shang-Chi,” the 1 California MUNI bus hurtled through San Francisco Chinatown in a set piece that struck a decisively electric tone — and not just because Liu was fighting half a dozen bad guys and capably pulling off his own stunts while Awkwafina channeled Sandra Bullock in “Speed” at the wheel of an out of control bus.
Honestly, if “Shang-Chi” was a two-hour real-time fight set entirely on that bus, I wouldn’t mind. Anyway, that was the moment I started to relax. Which is not to say I ever relaxed completely. A film still needs to earn its payoffs, and while I agree with you, Justin, that it does so imperfectly, “Shang-Chi” left me curious to see what more this character will get to do in the MCU.
But still, what a pleasure to see scenes that have obviously been staged and blocked and sculpted with care, and that haven’t been chop-chop-chopped beyond recognition. The echoes of Jackie Chan and even Stephen Chow playfulness that many have noted are a kick, and I even got some pleasing Tsui Hark-y vibes from that vertiginous nighttime scaffolding scene in Macao. And Liu is simply terrific in these moments, doubtless owing at least in part to his own history as a stunt performer.
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