toastykitten

We rented Sinners last night. Damn, that was so good. I've seen people call it "overstuffed" but it is done in the best way. I love how the first hour is basically a slow burn. I might have more to say about it, but I wanted to focus a bit on the Chinese characters, because not only are they Chinese straddling two different worlds, but they are more specifically from TOISAN/HOISAN (my people!). At the end credits, I noted that Ryan Coogler not only hired a Chinese cultural consultant, he also got an Irish cultural consultant and a historical gambling one.

He specifically hired Dolly Li, who made this documentary for AJ+ about Chinese food in America, and in this section, specifically about the Chinese in the Mississippi Delta, who are most likely to have come from the Toisan area:



In the one-shot intro of the Chinese characters, one goes from one grocery store they own to the other one, and one store served the black community, and the other one served the white people, taking the inspiration from the store-owners in the documentary.

Also noting that Ryan Coogler is from Oakland, where a significant portion of the Chinese population is also from Toisan.

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