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Midway movie makes hating Japan cool again

Midway movie makes hating Japan cool again

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Oct 05, 2022
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HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The numbers are in from opening weekend, and Midway has captured America’s hearts as equally as it has rekindled a history of deep-seated racism against the Japanese.

“We couldn’t be happier!” Roland Emmerich said after a screening. “We were thinking of included scenes about the internment of Japanese Americans, or even a flash-forwar…

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