When the trailer for the Crazy Rich Asians movie dropped earlier this week, I was thrilled - but also troubled.
I was excited because when I was growing up, the height of Singaporean representation in Hollywood was a running gag in the Pirates Of The Caribbean movies, which culminated in Chow Yun Fat as a pirate king declaring "Welcome to Singapore" in what looked very much like China. Not exactly a high bar.
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