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A Good Lie: Lulu Wang on the Real Lie Behind Her Film, ‘The Farewell’
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A Good Lie: Lulu Wang on the Real Lie Behind Her Film, ‘The Farewell’

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 / 19 July 2019

Why don't we have more immigrant stories in film? Lulu Wang talks with PopMatters about fighting to tell her story, her way, and how that came to fruition in her latest film, The Farewell.

A Black Ariel? Must Be a Whole New (Disney) World​
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A Black Ariel? Must Be a Whole New (Disney) World​

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 / 16 July 2019

Rob Marshall's upcoming The Little Mermaid, starring Halle Bailey in the traditionally white character role of Ariel, sure has stirred things up in the sea of social media. Disney-glittered little girls, it seems, see it differently.