{"id":625870,"date":"2026-04-24T16:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/625870\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T16:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:18:08","slug":"backlash-against-blatant-asian-stereotype-in-the-devil-wears-prada-2-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/625870\/","title":{"rendered":"Backlash against \u2018blatant\u2019 Asian stereotype in The Devil Wears Prada 2 | Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

A minor character in fashion-magazine comedy The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/a> has sparked a major backlash online, before the film has even reached cinemas.<\/p>\n

A 38-second clip released on social media<\/a> by 20th Century Studios on 16 April was designed to showcase \u201cthe former assistant\u2019s new assistant\u201d Jin Chao, played by Helen J Shen; she is shown introducing herself and speaking to Anne Hathaway\u2019s Andy Sachs, who is newly returned to work at the fictional Runway magazine.<\/p>\n

However the clip has been greeted with furious reactions on social media, with posts containing accusations that the character is \u201cblatant anti-Asian racism\u201d being viewed millions of times.<\/p>\n

The criticism appears to centre on a number of different elements. The character is wearing dowdy clothes and glasses, in contrast to other characters visible in the clip, leading to claims that the film-makers are using an outdated stereotype<\/a>. Her recital of her academic achievements \u2013 \u201cI did go to Yale, 3.86 GPA, lead soprano of the Whiffenpoofs, and my ACT score was 36\u201d \u2013 also triggered claims<\/a> the character played into the Asian stereotype of the \u201cnerdy bookworm\u201d.<\/p>\n

Other social media posts have also taken aim at the character\u2019s name, saying it sounds uncomfortably close to a racist slur<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Guardian has contacted the film\u2019s representatives for comment.<\/p>\n

The hotly anticipated sequel is due for release on 30 April in China and 1 May in the US and UK, and has previously been criticised for a brand partnership with coffee chain Starbucks<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A minor character in fashion-magazine comedy The Devil Wears Prada 2 has sparked a major backlash online, before…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-625870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}