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Katie Gee Salisbury
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at work on a biography of Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star, for , forthcoming in 2024
WriterBrooklyn, NYhalfcastewoman.substack.comJoined September 2008

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Well, I’m crossing off this bucket list wish — my first byline in the NYT, which was truly a labor of love. For the last few years, I’ve been pounding the drum about the fact that Asian Americans have been in Hollywood since its inception (a history many have forgotten).
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"I first encountered Ms. Wong when I was a college intern in 2004 and saw a photo of her at the Chinese American Museum of Los Angeles. I was awe-struck: How had I never heard of such a significant figure?" @ksalisbury writes. nyti.ms/3mDlBlU
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"I imagine Corky Lee, the self-dubbed "undisputed, unofficial Asian American Photographer Laureate," fitting in among the characters of the Wild West. He has a knack for spinning yarns and wears his camera in a holster like a kind of vigilante . . . "
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Here's Anna May in her own words about how she got passed over for Asian roles in favor of white actresses in yellowface time after time. "I guess I look too Chinese to play a Chinese," she wrote to friend.
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You haven't really made it until tweets you. Wearing this like a badge of honor! 🏅
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On the eve of possible/presumed Oscar gold for Everything Everywhere All at Once, this is a great piece by @ksalisbury on Anna May Wong and the many racist hurdles for Asian American trailblazers of early Hollywood. nytimes.com/2023/03/10/opi
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As the 94-year-old actor recently said at the SAG Awards, “My first film was with Clark Gable . . . But back in those days, the producers said ‘the Asians were not good enough and they are not box office.’ But look at us now!” LOOK AT US NOW! 👀
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