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‘ALOHA’ DIRECTOR CAMERON CROWE TO CRITICS: WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL?

May 30, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Emma Stone plays the role of Allison Ng in the newly-released film, “Aloha”

HOLLYWOOD, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – Cameron Crowe, director of ‘Aloha,’ is finally breaking his silence and is responding to the long list of criticism regarding the absence of Asians and Pacific Islanders in this newly-released film set in Hawaii.

Native Hawaiians are protesting the use of their most sacred and revered word as the title of the film which had nothing to do with the local culture. Asian Americans have also criticized the fact that the stellar cast of ‘Aloha’ does not include a single Asian American actor. The most recent criticism of the film is that a white actress (Emma Stone) was cast as Allison Ng who is supposed to be part Hawaiian and part Chinese.

Crowe did not address the choice of the film’s title but mentioned that Stone’s character was supposed to be also part Swedish. More importantly, Crowe said that “No Hawaiians or Asians were harmed during the filming of ‘Aloha,’ so what’s the big deal?”

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FILM: ‘ALOHA’ (HAWAII VERSION) OPENS TODAY IN HONOLULU

May 29, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

'Aloha,' the Hawaii version — ‘Aloha,’ the Hawaii version

HONOLULU, Hawaii (The Adobo Chronicles) – Columbia Pictures is releasing a slightly different version of the new film ‘Aloha’ in Oahu and the rest of the neighbor islands.

It is practically the same film with a different title. The local version of the Cameron Crowe film is titled “Haoles.” It stars Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Bill Murray, Rachel Adams and Alec Baldwin.

The film is about a celebrated military contractor who returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him.

Columbia Pictures agreed to change the title of the film’s Hawaii version in response to criticism that except for a few unnamed extras, the film features an all-white, non-Asian or Pacific Islander cast — despite it being set in Hawaii.

Some Native Hawaiians also frowned on what they said was the commercialization of one of the most sacred and beautiful Hawaiian words.

haole

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NEW BRADLEY COOPER FILM RENAMED ‘ALOWHA’

May 20, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

FILM STILL DO NOT PURGE - Bradley Cooper, left, and Rachel McAdams star in Columbia Pictures' — Bradley Cooper, left, and Rachel McAdams star in Columbia Pictures’ “Aloha,” also starring Emma Stone.

HONOLULU, Hawaii (The Adobo Chronicles) – Imagine a film set in paradise — Hawaii — where no Hawaiians, Asians or other Pacific Islanders live.

That’s the take-away from Columbia Pictures’ new film, ‘Aloha’ opening next week in theaters nationwide.

Directed by Cameron Crowe (‘Jerry Maguire’), the film features a stellar cast that includes Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Bill Murray, Rachel McAdams, and Alec Baldwin.

(Couldn’t they have filmed it in North Carolina?)

An Asian-American group is blasting Crowe for having “whitewashed” Asian-Pacific Islanders out of his new film set in Hawaii.

Other groups, including many that consist of Hawaii residents, are threatening to boycott the film.

In an effort to quell growing criticism, Columbia Pictures announced today that it has changed the title of the film to ‘AlowHa’ which many critics are calling a new “low” in desperate damage-control.

We think it’s ALOWblowtoHAwaii.