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Although Edna is a half-Japanese, half-German, she is based on the real-life fashion designer Edith Head, who was the daughter of Jewish parents, Max Posener and Anna E. Levy. Her father was a naturalized American citizen from Germany, who came to the United States in 1876. Her mother was born in St. Louis and the daughter of an Austrian father and a Bavarian mother..
TLDR: Anyone who thought her character mocked Asians was ill-informed.
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As even your girlfriend said that this was the stupidest thing she's ever heard of, I have to ask, when you first proposed your business plan to any financial backers, what was that like? I like imagine it like a Seinfeld episode.
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"Our interview with Edward Snowden ends with a question about the organization that saved him: WikiLeaks: how does he view Julian Assange’s organization? "They are absolutely fearless in putting principles above politics”, Snowden declares to l'Espresso, “Their mere existence has stiffened the spines of institutions in many countries, because editors know if they shy away from an important but controversial story, they could be scooped by the global alternative to the national press. Our politics may be different, but their efforts to build a transnational culture of transparency and source protection are extraordinary- they run towards the risks everyone else runs away from- and in a time when government control of information can be ruthless, I think that represents a vital example of how to preserve old freedoms in a new age”.
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