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“Even though there's a lot of horror from Asia in the American cinematic tradition, I hadn't seen Asians at the center of it.” quote by John Cho — Download Open image

“Even though there's a lot of horror from Asia in the American cinematic tradition, I hadn't seen Asians at the center of it.”

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