stereotypes
What Pen15 has done is pave the way for more nuanced Asian or Asian-American-centered stories to be normalized onscreen.
Better off Dead uses the tropes and political incorrectness of many 1980s teen comedies but its absurdity is able to undermine these regressive areas.
Michelle Sabato, an Italian American herself, takes a closer look at The Godfather, and what “family” means to Italian Americans.
Moving film representation forward means breaking from some persistent stereotypes, but some seem more set than others.