Representation!

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 Hey!


Representation in any form of media is important, without a doubt. It is crazy how our project/film consists of an all women cast. An all women OF COLOR cast. 


Anais is half-Filipino and half-white, Mal is Indian, and I am half-Dominican and half-Ecuadorian. Netflix should call us cause we got variety and diversity like no other haha. Our characters do not surround their personalities around their background, so their ethnicity isn't as important. They share the same ethnicities as their respected actors. I like to think of our film as any other movie but so happened to have a crazy diversity. Sometimes diversity seems so pushed in a lot of media today, so if our project was a real movie it would definitely not be forced representation but rather happy and normal representation.


Along with the characters being beautiful women of color, they fit typical stereotypes. HOWEVER!!... it is not based on our gender or race, but rather who simply fit that stereotype the best. It was made super clear within our group that our characters would be silly and not fit any expectations or blah blah. 


By yeah... that's all for now! BYE!!

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