Meghan Markle Criticizes Kill Bill for its Depiction of Asian Women

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has recently criticized Hollywood for its toxic stereotyping of Asian women as over-sexualized and aggressive.

In her Archetypes podcast on Spotify, Meghan slammed Kill Bill, among other films, for its depiction of Asian women.

However, this criticism has been refuted in the past by the star of the Quentin Tarantino film, Lucy Liu, who has often rallied against this type of labeling aimed at these characters.

Speaking alongside podcast guest, American sociologist Nancy Wang Yuan, who has also written about such stereotyping, Meghan expressed her concern about the negative impact of such portrayals on the Asian community.

She said, “It's either the dragon lady, or it's the submissive Lotus Flower.

And what it does perpetuate is this idea of ‘otherness.'

You know, we're not seeing enough representation of ourselves in media.”

However, Liu argued that other characters have been written similarly to O-Ren Ishii, the violent Yakuza leader played by herself in Kill Bill, but haven't faced the same labels or backlash.

In an op-ed penned for the Washington Post, Liu wrote, “I could have been wearing a tuxedo and a bald cap; it doesn't matter.

That is a role, and it needed to be played by someone.

I am aware of the journey and struggle that Asian actors have gone through and are still going through in many ways.”

Meghan's comments came as her Archetypes podcast resumed for the first time since the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

However, the Duchess was criticized for not paying tribute to the Queen on her podcast.

Royal expert Kinsey Schofield said that Queen Elizabeth did a lot of things and had so many contributions to Britain and the whole world when she was still alive.

So it would have been nicer if Meghan Markle remembered her for the things that she did.

All Archetypes podcast episodes were recorded before the death of the Queen.

Since Meghan's brand seems to highlight feminism and the podcast is about fighting misconceptions and labels on women that hold them back, it wouldn't have hurt to add a simple intro or goodbye, thanking the Queen for a lifetime of service.

Schofield also pointed out that Markle's podcast focuses on feminism and the Queen paved the way for feminism to be practiced in Britain.

On the other hand, Royal expert Neil Sean claimed that Meghan Markle is working closely with the producers of Archetypes to ensure that none of the upcoming episodes lined up have any negative or derogatory statements that might be offensive to the Royal Family.

“There's a lot of work going on behind the scenes on the remaining podcasts.