Her new memoir, Making a Scene, explains why.
Constance Wu will be the first to admit that she was reluctant to rejoin social media. In the spring of 2019, Wu found herself at the center of a Twitter firestorm when she expressed her disappointment about the renewal of ABC’s, the first Asian American network sitcom to debut in over 20 years, in which she played fierce tiger mom Jessica Huang.
Below, Wu speaks about her decision to open up about the most formative events of her life, the politics of onscreen Asian American representation and why she thinks Hollywood needs to go beyond creating “positive representation,” and the lessons she has learned from her years away from the harsh glare of social media.
We have been so focused on “positive” representation that we forget that positive representation is the same side of the “model minority” coin. We needrepresentation. We need to all be allowed to have a movie flop and still get another movie. We need to be allowed to make mistakes. We need to have Asian love interests who don’t have six-pack abs.
The problem is that people think engaging your curiosity means that you’re defending the person. You can still think somebody did the wrong thing and take the time to understand why they did it. It’s just choosing where you put your attention, and I choose to put my attention on the thing that I think will help me grow the best. Maybe that’s my selfish way, but I think judging people doesn’t help me grow.
It’s [about] taking ownership of it instead of letting somebody else’s joke dictate the things that you find shameful.
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