The Facade of Representation - The Impact of Incorrect Casting
Sydney Tsai |
TEDxValenciaHighSchool
• March 2019
As a child, Sydney did not have the privilege of seeing many people like her on the big screen - she new plenty of Asian people (like herself) in the world, but where were they onscreen? However, as the entertainment industry's Asian representation rapidly expanded in recent years, she has come to realize that something is still just... not right. In this talk, Sydney will dig deeper to analyze a major flaw in the industry's casting methods, along with its impact on the global community.