WHAT IS THE AMCU? UPDATED POST
okay, ill admit, it’s something we came up with on a total whim, but ended up being incredibly attached to.
amcu= asian marvel cinematic universe. speaks for itself.
ara (aka @oncman) and i (@tohelp) were talking about the (appalling) lack of asian rep in the mcu & other movies, so we came up with asian!steve aka captain america and asian!bucky barnes in response to this website.
White-washing Asian roles in film abounds.
In a leaked email exchange with studio heads, Aaron Sorkin… complained about the so-called difficulty of adapting a movie with an Asian protagonist because “there aren’t any Asian movie stars.”
#StarringJohnCho is a social movement that shows you what it would look like if Hollywood blockbusters cast an Asian-American actor… as their leading man.
Today, only 1% of lead roles go to Asians. But studies show that films with diverse casts result in higher box office numbers and higher returns on investments for film companies…
(an excerpt from the page)
@oncman aka ara, and @tohelp aka ayli!
it’s easy: check out the join page here and take a look at the suggested fcs for some major characters in mcu! if you find one that you like, feel free to make a blog for them and start rping!
we also ask that you please let us know about your blog! we have a masterlist of all amcu blogs here.
yes! please, please be respectful to all the rpers, both affiliated (and not) with the amcu. this isn’t racism, it’s raising awareness.
please also be advised that most, if not all of the amcu rpers are, in fact, asian. we’re simply here to raise awareness of the lack of asian rep in media, not to start ooc drama.
if you do end up making an amcu blog, feel free to approach any of us! we always love having more people to rp with in and out of the amcu community.
we are now tracking the tag #theamcu, and this is our official site!
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