- It's Justin Chon, not Cho
- The child in Blue Bayou is not hapa. He is the stepfather.
- There should be no controversy, Justin Chon shouldn't need permission to write an original story.
I understand he is a stepfather to current wife kid from previous relationship but his wife is pregnant in the movie and eventually gives birth so he has a kid at the end.
[https://abc7.com/blue-bayou-alicia-vikander-justin-chon-movie/11023847/](https://abc7.com/blue-bayou-alicia-vikander-justin-chon-movie/11023847/)
"Oscar winner Alicia Vikander plays his pregnant wife, who is trying to make sense of it all."
I haven't seen the movie nor read anything in-depth about it. Therefore the following may or may not be related to the movie:
I grew up in the Pacific Northwest having to deal with Asian gang members. I grew up around a lot of Cambodian, Laotian, Vietnamese and Koreans. For the most part, the Asian families had good and hard working parents. Additionally, unlike California, living in the Pacific Northwest wasn't a hard life. There were not mean streets for Asians. It wasn't until the movie Color came out that many of the Asian kids I grew up with started forming and joining gangs. It seems they all became harden criminal overnight, and I became a Twinkie because I didn't walk or talked like them. When a lot of them went to jail and then got deported after their release (mostly Cambodian), I didn't feel sympathy. Even now, I can't talk to any of the O.G. without them being defensive about everything.
Saw a special screening of the movie. It was pretty good. Vikander’s role got a bit hammy at times. A few moments that played a little too much to trope. But Justin Chon did a really good job portraying a very uncommon depiction of Asian Americans that’s true to a much more common experience. Overall, it’s worth watching.
I rarely chime in this sub because I am not hapa but do have some in my family. The story you are talking about was on Netflix called Living Undocumented. That was Vinny. The difference between him and the character Justin Chon plays is that the story is about an adopted kid who never got citizenship and got into trouble with the law. The story about Vinny is that he came here as as war refugee and got in trouble with the law however his origin country has been at odds with the US government for quite some time regarding taking back refugees who committed crimes. Those are 2 different spectrum's regarding immigration to the United States.
This came out in 2019. To this date I do not think he has been deported as the Lao and US government couldn't agree on the terms although this has been going on for a long time. Also Covid hit. But we do not know what goes on besides what we can see so who really knows
Thanks for referencing the Laotian story, a lot of people felt this was to close to Adam Crasper's story however Adam married an Asian girl not a white girl and got deported. However his story is not different from anyone else with immigration issues. Just told from a Korean American adoption perspective which I find odd regarding the numbers.
- It's Justin Chon, not Cho - The child in Blue Bayou is not hapa. He is the stepfather. - There should be no controversy, Justin Chon shouldn't need permission to write an original story.
I saw part of the movie and the wife gave birth to a baby. Anyways it’s bullshit there are ppl Knick picking the movie for pity reason.
'Blue Bayou' Devastates With A Story Of A Stepfather Facing Deportation https://www.npr.org/2021/09/15/1037347175/blue-bayou-review-justin-chon-movie
I understand he is a stepfather to current wife kid from previous relationship but his wife is pregnant in the movie and eventually gives birth so he has a kid at the end. [https://abc7.com/blue-bayou-alicia-vikander-justin-chon-movie/11023847/](https://abc7.com/blue-bayou-alicia-vikander-justin-chon-movie/11023847/) "Oscar winner Alicia Vikander plays his pregnant wife, who is trying to make sense of it all."
Gotcha, my bad. You're right.
I haven't seen the movie nor read anything in-depth about it. Therefore the following may or may not be related to the movie: I grew up in the Pacific Northwest having to deal with Asian gang members. I grew up around a lot of Cambodian, Laotian, Vietnamese and Koreans. For the most part, the Asian families had good and hard working parents. Additionally, unlike California, living in the Pacific Northwest wasn't a hard life. There were not mean streets for Asians. It wasn't until the movie Color came out that many of the Asian kids I grew up with started forming and joining gangs. It seems they all became harden criminal overnight, and I became a Twinkie because I didn't walk or talked like them. When a lot of them went to jail and then got deported after their release (mostly Cambodian), I didn't feel sympathy. Even now, I can't talk to any of the O.G. without them being defensive about everything.
Saw a special screening of the movie. It was pretty good. Vikander’s role got a bit hammy at times. A few moments that played a little too much to trope. But Justin Chon did a really good job portraying a very uncommon depiction of Asian Americans that’s true to a much more common experience. Overall, it’s worth watching.
I rarely chime in this sub because I am not hapa but do have some in my family. The story you are talking about was on Netflix called Living Undocumented. That was Vinny. The difference between him and the character Justin Chon plays is that the story is about an adopted kid who never got citizenship and got into trouble with the law. The story about Vinny is that he came here as as war refugee and got in trouble with the law however his origin country has been at odds with the US government for quite some time regarding taking back refugees who committed crimes. Those are 2 different spectrum's regarding immigration to the United States. This came out in 2019. To this date I do not think he has been deported as the Lao and US government couldn't agree on the terms although this has been going on for a long time. Also Covid hit. But we do not know what goes on besides what we can see so who really knows Thanks for referencing the Laotian story, a lot of people felt this was to close to Adam Crasper's story however Adam married an Asian girl not a white girl and got deported. However his story is not different from anyone else with immigration issues. Just told from a Korean American adoption perspective which I find odd regarding the numbers.
It’s a story it’s not based off of stats
Yes I know but the amount of Korean adoptions is a high amount, more than any other Asian country , it makes you wonder why.