David Henry Hwang Role Model

David Henry Hwang is the protagonist in this movie that accidentally cast a Caucasian in an Asian American role but has to protect his reputation as an Asian American role model. He struggles and also many Asians struggle with having many role models in America as their influence isn’t really big in the film industry. In the film industry it is not saturated with many Asians and this is a problem to David because he is a role model in the community and if this surfaces he will be looked down upon in his community.
Within the Asian community it is a reoccurring problem because the Asian community is growing and it is bothering Asian because they are a big contributor to American culture and it isn’t fair that in the industry there isn’t any really big Asian stars. It started in the 21st century around 2005 when a big switch in American culture came about by the Asian community. Racial identity is a big factor in which David cast a non-Asian actor which warms up to his fake identity and takes advantage and becomes a role model in the Asian community which upsets Hwang. I believe it to be a big problem though in the end because when it comes to race and popularity in race it shouldn’t matter we are all the same. It shouldn’t matter at the end of the day who you are, if you’re
Hwangs father in the movie is shown in a political scandal and the both of them re force to look at their own relationship and heritage. Yellow Face takes a look a Hwangs common themes of race and assimilation. In film actors play many different roles, many of them playing real roles, people in politics, and a lot of media and theatre. This play delves into many aspecs of why race and identity is important, in film characters are being played and at the end of the day they aren’t real