Comedienne Margaret Cho has blasted bosses of the upcoming "Absolutely Fabulous" movie for casting a British actress in an Asian role.
The big screen adaptation of the 1990s British sitcom, starring Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley, has been written by the former and is currently in production for a scheduled cinema release in July, 2016, reported Contactmusic.
Janette Tough, from Scottish comedy duo "The Krankies", has been cast as a male Japanese fashion designer called Huki Muki, and Korean-American Cho has taken issue with a white actor playing an Asian, calling bosses of the film racist.
She embarked on a lengthy rant against the film on Twitter, writing, "I am sick of yellowface. Have some respect. Hire Asian actors 4 Asian roles... I'm upset because I love them. It's AbFab - I really was looking forward to it too. That's sad.
"#YELLOWFACE is racism. Sorry. It's unacceptable. Not now. I was thrilled about #abfabmovie but now I just can't be. I'm very disappointed... I love AbFab but #YELLOWFACE is something I cannot watch - I just can't. It's sad when heroes are no longer heroic. Too bad. #racism
"It's hard enough to get into film and TV as a person of colour - and when roles written for us are played by white actors - it's an outrage... We've tried to shame racism out of existence but I guess some people really don't care. They're shameless but NOT BLAMELESS.
