On Tuesday morning, Michelle Yeoh scored a long-expected Oscar nomination for Everything Everywhere All at Once. Several news outlets (and gays with “he/they” in their Twitter bios) crowed that she was the first Asian performer up for this award. Naturally, pedants like me put them in their place. What about Merle Oberon? Indian girl, whose nephew wrote that awful novel? Remembered today for 1939’s
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On Tuesday morning, Michelle Yeoh scored a long-expected Oscar nomination for Everything Everywhere All at Once. Several news outlets (and gays with “he/they” in their Twitter bios) crowed that she was the first Asian performer up for this award. Naturally, pedants like me put them in their place. What about Merle Oberon? Indian girl, whose nephew wrote that awful novel? Remembered today for 1939’s