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About

#StarringJohnCho is a photoshop meme featuring various movie posters edited with actor John Cho added to the cast, which is aimed at promoting the casting of Asian and Asian-American actors for lead roles in Hollywood films.

Origin

On April 28th, 2016, the @StarringJohnCho[1] Twitter feed was launched, which posted a photoshopped poster for the 2012 superhero film The Avengers with Cho's face superimposed on to Captain America (shown below).

"source":https://twitter.com/starringjohncho/status/725691247319457793
"source":https://twitter.com/starringjohncho/status/725691247319457793

Spread

On May 5th, 2016, StarringJohnCho.com[5] was launched to promote the photoshop meme and Asian diversity in film.

"source":http://starringjohncho.com/

The following day, the @Fusion Twitter feed posted a video about the Twitter hashtag and photoshop meme.

On May 7th, actor Ki Hong Lee retweeted the hashtag along with an article about the photoshop meme (shown below, left).[3] The following day, Redditor TheWallClock submitted a post about #StarringJohnCho to the /r/AsianMasculinity[2] subreddit, highlighting several notable photoshop examples. On May 9th, Cho posted a heart emoji in a tweet directed toward the @StarringJohnCho feed (shown below, right).[4]

"source":https://twitter.com/kihonglee/status/729017489296777217
"source":https://twitter.com/JohnTheCho/status/729832143837233152

In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the photoshop meme, including Refinery 29,[6] The Hollywood Reporter,[7] Jezebel,[8] The New York Times[9] and CNN.[10]

Various Examples

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External References

[1] Twitter – @StarringJohnCho

[2] Reddit – #StarringJohnCho

[3] Twitter – @kihonglee

[4] Twitter – @JohnTheCho

[5] StarringJohnCho.com – #StarringJohnCho

[6] Refinery 29 – John Cho Stars in Every Movie Ever

[7] Hollywood Reporter – #StarringJohnCho Flips Hollywood Whitewashing

[8] Jezebel – Every Movie is Now #StarringJohnCho

[9] The New York Times – John Cho Starring in Every Movie Ever Made?

[10] CNN – Twitter meme has John Cho starring in ALL the movies

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Updated May 11, 2016 at 09:43PM EDT by Brad.

Added May 11, 2016 at 03:53PM EDT by Don Caldwell.

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About

#StarringJohnCho is a photoshop meme featuring various movie posters edited with actor John Cho added to the cast, which is aimed at promoting the casting of Asian and Asian-American actors for lead roles in Hollywood films.

Origin

On April 28th, 2016, the @StarringJohnCho[1] Twitter feed was launched, which posted a photoshopped poster for the 2012 superhero film The Avengers with Cho's face superimposed on to Captain America (shown below).


"source":https://twitter.com/starringjohncho/status/725691247319457793 "source":https://twitter.com/starringjohncho/status/725691247319457793

Spread

On May 5th, 2016, StarringJohnCho.com[5] was launched to promote the photoshop meme and Asian diversity in film.


"source":http://starringjohncho.com/

The following day, the @Fusion Twitter feed posted a video about the Twitter hashtag and photoshop meme.




On May 7th, actor Ki Hong Lee retweeted the hashtag along with an article about the photoshop meme (shown below, left).[3] The following day, Redditor TheWallClock submitted a post about #StarringJohnCho to the /r/AsianMasculinity[2] subreddit, highlighting several notable photoshop examples. On May 9th, Cho posted a heart emoji in a tweet directed toward the @StarringJohnCho feed (shown below, right).[4]


"source":https://twitter.com/kihonglee/status/729017489296777217 "source":https://twitter.com/JohnTheCho/status/729832143837233152

In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the photoshop meme, including Refinery 29,[6] The Hollywood Reporter,[7] Jezebel,[8] The New York Times[9] and CNN.[10]

Various Examples


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Search Interest

External References

[1] Twitter – @StarringJohnCho

[2] Reddit – #StarringJohnCho

[3] Twitter – @kihonglee

[4] Twitter – @JohnTheCho

[5] StarringJohnCho.com – #StarringJohnCho

[6] Refinery 29 – John Cho Stars in Every Movie Ever

[7] Hollywood Reporter – #StarringJohnCho Flips Hollywood Whitewashing

[8] Jezebel – Every Movie is Now #StarringJohnCho

[9] The New York Times – John Cho Starring in Every Movie Ever Made?

[10] CNN – Twitter meme has John Cho starring in ALL the movies

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