Techno Orientalism and Hollywoods Fear of Asia, Video Essay

There are a ton of awesome cyberpunk films out there. But along with having cool aesthetics and fun plots, there s one last thing they have in common: Asian influences. But is this cultural appropriation Appreciation Or perhaps a new form of orientalism Let s look into it :) also sorry this vid was a lil late i was sick and couldnt record oops find me on Letterboxd (MaiaC) watch more subscribe time stamps 0:00 intro 0:40 what s orientalism 2:19 what s technoorientalism 3:48 asiancoded cities 5:01 asiancoded robots 6:37 asiancoded corporations 7:17 all that 8:48 outro music Music by STUDIO BEYOND Our Summer Road trip