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asexual-juliet · 4 months ago

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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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