NO to Breakfast at Tiffany's showing at Angelika Theater@Mosaic (Fairfax, VA) on Dec 13, Wed, 7pm

[Michael Kim]

Dear brothers,

I am writing this email to you to enlist your help.  

Please consider taking a few  minutes to call or use social media to ask Angelika Film Center to NOT show Breakfast at Tiffany's on Dec 13, Wed.  Please see pictures at the bottom and you will see why. 

*Please forward this to colleagues who will respond and act in a peaceful manner to ask Angelika Theater to not show this film.

This is not an attempt to foster a conversation.

This is a request for you to take (peaceful) action. 

The goal of this message is simply to ask them to NOT show this film--ever. 

CALL phone: 571-512-3301 (press 8 to speak to a manager)

I do not know why they are showing it but what may have been acceptable in 1961 is not acceptable to show in 2017 at a public venue like Mosaic which typically shows indie, art and mainstream films. This is not a commentary on art or film. 

As you may know, this theater is in a highly trafficked retail center near Tysons Mall and is very close to INOVA-Fairfax Hospital HQ. 

If you believe that the following images of Mickey Rooney with fake bottleneck glasses and protruding fake teeth are acceptable portrayals of Asian men--funny or not, then please ignore this message. 

If the following pictures do not elicit strong feelings from you, please consider how your children or relatives or friends of Asian heritage would feel about this these images.

Please say NO to the 7pm showing of Breakfast at Tiffany's on Dec 13, Wed.

Where: 

Angelika Film Center at Mosaic District

2911 District Avenue, Fairfax, VA 22031

When: 

7pm, Wed, TODAY

CALL phone: 571-512-3301 (press 8 to speak to a manager)

#1 on this list Top 10 Racially Offensive Yet Funny Movie: Breakfast at Tiffany's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lapak02ct3E

-MK