Asian Americans in Hollywood

After finishing "Making films Asian American", I found the quote by Lin, stating he would gladly do Mighty Ducks 4 to be interesting. In the world of film, and especially Hollywood, the presence of Asian authors (directors) is very slim. Saying that Asian directors are only accepted into Hollywood after they "have either submerged their Asian identities to make films about white Americans or have added Asian 'flavor' to Hollywood film." is somewhat true today because of what has become of the Asian American filmmaker. But this can also be said about any number of ethnic minorities in Hollywood, which are pretty much all under-represented because of the people who run the major Hollywood studios. But as Lin alludes to in his interviews, he is all about having as many people pay to see the work, as it is the work that matters. Yet, in such a capitialistic run business as Hollywood, everyone is hungry for work, no matter what. People glady pick up the camera to shoot artistically terrible films. The script says it all. It's very rare to have a great film arise from an poor script. In the Asian American film community talked about in this essay, the film at hand was created from the ground up by the same two people who directed it. The work coming from the independent scene normally has a much different feel to the work because of this. Producers can't have their hand in the mix and tear apart good work. And that seems to be the creedo of what comes from the indy side of cinema: the work over the author. Personally, I feel that Hollywood is offering less and less in terms of solid work and is more focused on bringing out the author to sell...