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The future looks quietly but unmistakably Asian inAfter Yang.
It looks that way in a lot of movies, though its rarely portrayed as something positive.
The films vision isnt utopian, for all its warm and inviting nature.
Theres a gingerliness to its world, a feeling of skin still pink from healing.
Does Asianness apply to a synthetic creation simply because it was designed to resemble an Asian male?
Kogonada debuted with 2017sColumbusand directed four episodes of the upcoming series adaptation of the novelPachinko.
ButAfter Yangalso brings to mind Steven Spielbergs sad-robot epicA.I.
We always assume that other beings would want to be human, Ada says.
Whats so great about being human?
AsAfter Yangattests, you dont have to be human to appreciate the world and whats in it.
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