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From left, Aziz Ansari and Keanu Reeves as Arj and angel Gabriel in "Good Fortune" stand facing each other in a parking lot.

Ansari’s latest film needs more than ‘Good Fortune’

By Nolan Sheehan, Staff Writer October 22, 2025
It is hard to understate how difficult it is to create a movie in which Keanu Reeves and Seth Rogen share screen time and manage to sound exactly the same. Through some uninspired choices in the writing and directorial departments from Aziz Ansari, “Good Fortune” unfurled its angelic wings Oct. 17, only to find they were too small to handle the weight of its own expectations.
Senior Sara Kim leads a meeting of the Asian American Alliance. She writes about the lack of Asian American/Pacific Islander representation in Hollywood.

Commentary: Asian Americans lack representation in the media

By Sara Kim April 12, 2017
Whitewashing AAPI roles erases the existence of AAPI in the media and continues to be an ongoing issue with Hollywood’s major motion picture films.

Asian men have often been misrepresented in television shows

By Frances Johnson, Columnist December 9, 2015
However, 2015 has been a minor breakthrough year for Asian-Americans on screen.

Aziz Ansari “Remixes” Watch The Throne

By Jared Dionne December 9, 2011
It’s no secret that standup comedian and “Parks and Recreation” star Aziz Ansari is an avid Watch The Throne fan. Follow him on Twitter and you’re more than likely to run into some Jay and ‘Ye inspired tweets. Last month, Aziz live tweeted the #BestFlightBackToLAEver. This hilarious series of events involved the flight’s captain blaring…
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