Why does the movie have to have well-developed Asian characters?

Naima and her husband were the first Asian characters to appear in the soap.

The hortaya borzaya is of a friendly, but distinctly Asian character.

This was truly unusual in a time when white actors typically played Asian characters in the cinema.

They were usually limited to playing stereotypical Asian characters such as geisha girls and houseboys.

The show has been less successful with incorporating Asian American characters.

I do see some musical comedy stereotypes applied to Asian characters, but that is something very different.

She is the first significant Asian recurring character in Doctor Who.

The last to go were the yellow-and-red Asian characters above a popular buffet.

A coloring error resulted in Asian characters being portrayed with bright yellow skin.