'Shang-Chi' and what it took to finally get an Asian superhero into the MCU

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How do you turn a cliché-ridden comic book character into a distinctly Asian American superhero? Tackle the tropes one by one.

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, admits that he wasn’t focused on how meaningful it was for underrepresented audiences to see themselves reflected onscreen.

As Feige puts it regarding “Shang-Chi” and the cultures it represents: “This is not a Chinese movie. This is not an Asian American movie. This is a Marvel movie.” But when it came to bringing “Shang-Chi,” originally created by Steve Englehart and Jim Starlin, into the 21st century, hiring filmmakers who could build a compelling world and charactersCretton, however, never intended to direct a superhero movie.

“We’re not here to make another martial arts movie about a foreign guy who comes in and doesn’t really have an arc, doesn’t have a personality other than the fact that he’s from a different place and he speaks English differently,” said Liu. “We wanted this to be a real story where the central character goes on a journey and is three-dimensional and it is very much about his relationships, more so than just the fighting.

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Sorry. Not a good movie. Mediocre at best.

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