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TheatreCat [2012-06-25 10:02:55 +0000 UTC]
Jackie Chan and Jet Li, Asian-American? I'm confused. In what way are they American?
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CuttingRoom In reply to TheatreCat [2012-06-25 11:57:56 +0000 UTC]
Good catch. They're not. They're simply Asians in American movies. I think the idea still holds though. As Americans, we expect all Asian characters to know some sort of martial art.
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TheatreCat In reply to CuttingRoom [2012-06-26 04:52:29 +0000 UTC]
You make an excellent point. I do wonder how much of that perception was started by Asian martial arts action movies, though. Of course, before martial arts became popular in America, the portrayal of Asian characters by Hollywood was even more stereotyped, and far, far worse.
Ironically, I remember reading somewhere that the United States has more martial arts practitioners per capita than any other country. I can't find a source for it now, though, so I don't know how reliable that is.
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IceFennek [2011-04-27 00:44:29 +0000 UTC]
Hmm... George Takei, John Cho, B.D. Wong, Archie Kao... yeah, that's the ones I can think of now.
I so totally agree with this, I've been really irritated at the serious lack of asian characters in movies/tv shows that aren't extremely stereotyped, used as the comic relief, the bad guy or the sidekick. It's sad how still in this so-called modern day there exists so much discrimination in media, when media is supposed to reach out and appeal to a huge diversity of people. Oh, well. What did we expect?
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CuttingRoom In reply to IceFennek [2011-04-27 01:00:34 +0000 UTC]
That's a pretty impressive list. I had to google the last two. You're absolutely right. I think it was John Cho who talked at length about the desexualization of Asian men, and how he wanted to combat that in Harold and Kumar.
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IceFennek In reply to CuttingRoom [2011-04-27 01:21:35 +0000 UTC]
Well, most of my favourite actors are asian american, so I should remember them
and I just remembered Tim Kang as well (bad me for forgetting him), but then my brain is empty for now xP
There really is a depressingly short list of asian american actors, and even fewer you actually remember.
And yes, I think I read about that. Good luck with that, John Cho!
Also, George Takei is battling against the fact that the new Akira movie is only considering white actors for the lead role, despite the movie originally being a japanese anime. Because obviously there can't be an asian lead character in an american movie unless it's one of the big legends, 'cause everybody wants a hunky white male lead, right? *Shakes head sadly*
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CuttingRoom In reply to IceFennek [2011-04-27 19:33:49 +0000 UTC]
I found this ridiculously NSFW video and thought of you: [link]
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princesscharming101 [2011-03-08 00:25:56 +0000 UTC]
Dude. Hiro the time-traveling hero from Heroes. Not even kidding. Except his real name is Masi Oka...
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princesscharming101 In reply to CuttingRoom [2011-03-13 20:30:06 +0000 UTC]
This is true... but that's also just the character, not the actor... but he probably does have asian-sword-wielding skills though...
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CuttingRoom In reply to princesscharming101 [2011-03-13 23:38:59 +0000 UTC]
Right. Our point was just that Asian actors are always depicted as having martial arts skills.
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CuttingRoom In reply to princesscharming101 [2011-03-15 07:33:37 +0000 UTC]
If I had a dime for every time somebody said that, I'd have a dime.
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mjtfreeze [2011-01-22 19:52:38 +0000 UTC]
Stephen Chow IS AWESOME.
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CuttingRoom In reply to woohooligan [2010-12-29 20:46:24 +0000 UTC]
Sho Nuff could kick Darth Vader's ass. I love that damn movie. Does that make me racist.
You've got me with George Takei, but Pat Morita's biggest role was as a Karate master, and--I think--Lucy Liu is best know for her action roles, isn't she?
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CuttingRoom In reply to woohooligan [2010-12-30 19:17:51 +0000 UTC]
You just blew my mindhole. I never realized the Penguin and Mickey were the same actor.
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CuttingRoom In reply to woohooligan [2010-12-30 22:00:05 +0000 UTC]
Are you kidding, we'd love to have you on board. I actually dropped you an email a few days ago to your hooligan@woohooligan.com address, and it was bounced back to me. How should I reach you outside of dA?
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CuttingRoom In reply to woohooligan [2010-12-30 23:35:33 +0000 UTC]
Hmm... I never got a note from you. You sure you sent it to me? Is it in your outbox?
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Chotetsumaru [2010-07-08 01:26:32 +0000 UTC]
And as far as Harold, it's actually John Cho that portrays him (he was also a knockout in Nick and Norah / Abrams' Star Trek / American Pie / others!! )
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CuttingRoom In reply to Chotetsumaru [2010-07-08 02:42:30 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, he's very talented. I don't think he breaks the argument because he's not yet a household name. Also, how random was it that they give him a sword in Star Trek. "Oooh, you're Asian; you must know how to sword fight!"
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CuttingRoom In reply to woohooligan [2010-12-29 20:49:38 +0000 UTC]
Ahh... but then doesn't that play into the Asian = Action stereo type?
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DaveW2theoodward [2010-06-16 20:35:41 +0000 UTC]
Haha as if this comic isn't racist enough! When I think of asian actors Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee are the only ones I can think of right off the bat. Then there's that one evil guy from the Hangover
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Chotetsumaru In reply to DaveW2theoodward [2010-07-08 01:23:01 +0000 UTC]
You mean Ken Jeong? He was also in a few other comedies (Knocked Up / Step Brothers / Pineapple Express / Role Models)!
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