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    Why 'Crazy Rich Asians' marks an emotional moment — and a movement — for underrepresented voices in Hollywood

    by Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times Aug 10, 2018 6 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Jon M. Chu couldn't contain the emotion as he strolled victoriously out in front of a packed house at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Tuesday night.

    With author Kevin Kwan by his side, he took the microphone to introduce the premiere of "Crazy Rich Asians," a film unlike any other that has debuted inside the most iconic movie palace in the world since its ornate, Oriental-themed doors opened in 1927.

    "What a moment," he announced breathlessly, electricity rippling through the air. "Look around. This is history, and we are here together for it."

    Adapted from Kwan's 2013 international best-seller, "Crazy Rich Asians," which opens nationwide on Wednesday, is a big-budget romantic comedy about Rachel Chu ("Fresh Off the Boat" star Constance Wu), a Chinese American New York economics professor who travels to Singapore with her boyfriend, Nick Young (newcomer Henry Golding), for a wedding, and to meet his family for the first time.

    There she discovers her beau's

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