'Crazy Rich Asians' preview: 'It's not a movie, it's a movement.'

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Some of the 'Crazy Rich Asians' cast were on hand for the special preview, including, from left, Nico Santos, Gemma Chan, Henry Golding, Constance Wu, Jimmy O. Yang and Awkafina.

A SPECIAL PREVIEW of the upcoming movie, Crazy Rich Asians, was held in L.A. last night. In the audience were a whole bunch of AAPI influencers (Hey, why wasn't Views From the Edge invited?).

The initial response: overwhelming, tears, joy, pride, emotional. 

My two favorite tweets: From director John M. Chu, "It's not a movie, it's a movement." 

And we get this from from Andre J. Daughtry. He said what, I've been thinking : Crazy Rich Asians is to AAPI as Black Panther is for African/Americans. That's putting a lot of pressure on the film adaptation of Kevin Kwan's best-selling novel.

 Take a look at the sampling of the responses below for yourself. For more critiques, go to Next Shark.

I swear, we're not in the PR business, much less promoting a particular movie, but if you're not getting revved up about Crazy Rich Asians, which will premiere Aug. 17, then ... 
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