I'd just like to say that the fact that the smoking murder involved Asians doesn't in my mind make it any better or any worse. However, it is worth noting, that for better or for worse, many outside people's opinions about Asians are formed by events such as these, so it certainly isn't beneifical to our cause (if we even have such a thing).

The other thing I'd like to say is that while I also wouldn't mind seeing a movie about a bunch of engineers and biology Asian male students trying to pass exams at an Ivy League instiuttion while watching all the Asian female girls run off with white guys, I don't feel it is relevant to discuss Better Luck Tomorrow as some sort of stereotype breaking film. We should celebrate films for what they are, in this case a serious effort by a rising Asian American directorial star, that happens to focus on Asian Americans, something we can relate to, however distantly. Films like this should not be examined as political statements. True, some films are designed to make political statements, but some films are just about the film, and I fear sometimes we look too deeply for political/social signififance and miss the beuaty of the art at hand.