After a few takes, Haynes felt they had what they needed, but Melton was unsure: Shouldn’t he take this moment to go bigger, to give more, to prove himself somehow? Eventually, he came down from the roof to confer with Haynes and burst into tears. “Maybe wanting to be seen,” he said, trying to parse what exactly he meant by that. “I want to be seen, but I don’t want to be seen, right? “Sometimes I feel this push and pull of, am I white enough, am I American enough, am I Asian enough?” Melton said.

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