Han, Solo: On Tokyo Drift

Art, consent, and snacks

Sara Benincasa

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Still of actor Sung Kang portraying Han Lue in “Tokyo Drift”
Our munchie-devouring king

I did not expect my initial viewing of Tokyo Drift to provoke an internal moral debate, but life and cars sometimes zig when I expect a zag. To paraphrase an old Yiddish proverb: when we plan, God and Vin Diesel laugh.

The third entry in the Fast and Furious franchise is an odd film that seemingly exists outside the high octane world we’ve come to know…

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Sara Benincasa

Author, REAL ARTISTS HAVE DAY JOBS & other books. Writer of scripts. Host of WELL, THIS ISN’T NORMAL podcast. Patreon.com/SaraBenincasa