Asia | Banyan

For a different take on “Crazy Rich Asians”, cross the Pacific

For plenty of Asians, the film is more of an affront than a triumph

Sep 1st 2018

THIS week’s column comes from the top of Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands hotel and casino. Its author would not like his readers—not to mention The Economist’s bosses—to think this his usual perch. It is true that the “Skypark”, a 340-metre-long curved platform set on three, 55-storey towers, is perhaps the most spectacular man-made vantage point in Asia. It is a bold monument to 21st-century Asian consumerism, all the more fitting for its tacky faux-Angkor columns and an infinity pool more crowded than a London lido in a heatwave.

This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Crazy rich omission”