{"id":184079,"date":"2023-01-12T00:31:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T00:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/why-michelle-yeohs-shut-up-at-the-golden-globes-was-profound-for-asian-women\/"},"modified":"2023-01-12T00:31:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T00:31:11","slug":"why-michelle-yeohs-shut-up-at-the-golden-globes-was-profound-for-asian-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/why-michelle-yeohs-shut-up-at-the-golden-globes-was-profound-for-asian-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Michelle Yeoh’s ‘shut up’ at the Golden Globes was profound for Asian women"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Caroline Jeon said she was pleasantly shocked when on Tuesday Michelle Yeoh, who took home the Golden Globe award for best actress, ordered the exit music to stop playing after it interrupted her speech. <\/p>\n
\u201cShut up, please. I can beat you up, OK? And I’m serious,\u201d Yeoh laughed, before continuing. <\/p>\n
Jeon, a 26-year-old Korean American based in New York City, said she’s used to seeing \u201colder white male actors\u201d defiantly run out the clock onstage. Yeoh’s moment was refreshing for Jeon, a self-proclaimed assertive Asian American woman. <\/p>\n
\u201cFor her to be confident but also playful about it \u2026 it’s reassuring and encouraging and mostly affirming for me to see,\u201d Jeon said. <\/p>\n
Host Jerrod Carmichael clarified during the ceremony that the exit music came from a pre-recorded track, rather than from live pianist Chloe Flowers, who performed TV and movie theme songs as the show transitioned to commercial breaks. <\/p>\n
The moment immediately went viral. And for Asian women, who content with historical pressures from within the community and beyond to make themselves small, Yeoh’s quip had a deeper meaning. <\/p>\n\n