#the casting of the soc boys in terms of race is sooo deeply interesting to me
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no but ryo paul debut is actually making me care about paul as a character for the first time because holy fuck if a white darry & japanese american paul dynamic is not supremely compelling in terms of 1960s oklahoma race and class tensions
#the casting of the soc boys in terms of race is sooo deeply interesting to me#especially with what henry said in one of emma’s vlogs about like when he plays a greaser his character is allowed to show his latino side#through little costume details and such#but when he plays a soc the character is very much white-passing#and like there are very clearly and intentionally no black actors playing socs#so paul being visibly japanese american is SO fucking interesting#both in terms of like the myth of the model minority and also like#the idea of this japanese american kid from a successful family 20ish years out from world war ii#his parents were almost certainly incarcerated during the war#something about an american dream narrative#someone talk to me about this#the outsiders#the outsiders musical#the outsiders broadway#outsiders musical#paul holden#ryo kamibayashi
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