Calls to boycott movie over unfunny joke
https://ew.com/awards/media-action-network-asian-americans-boycott-licorice-pizza/
when comedy does not land, boycott
it's the thing that mars an otherwise great film.
shareit was a cringe joke, out of place, something Michael Scott of the show the office would probably do
sharePart of the problem is that the "punchline" (that the husband doesn't even understand spoken Japanese) isn't delivered until a later scene. If it was done during the initial scene with his character perhaps the audience would have just groaned. Instead, the initial scene ended with cringe and when he appeared again later with the same schtick it was just more cringe.
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