Asian-Americans really are under-represented in movies and tv. Someone needs to make a big budget action movie, write the lead for a white actor, and than cast an asian. It's how Will Smith got Independence Day, a role seen by millions where race didn't factor into the role at all. The same needs to be done for asians. No mention of martial arts, no mildly racists jokes to remind people "hey, it's a minority," just write for a white guy and cast an asian.
Well, technically the character falls into one of the stereotypes as "science whiz" but the character of :"Archie Johnson" on CSI (while not a regular character but reoccurring) played by Archie David Kao is arguably the coolest mofo on that show.
And who doesn't love "Boomer" on BSG? God, I can turn off the volume and watch her on HAWAII FIVE-O.
@anphorus More of a dig at firefly, by the creator of firefly; I imagine he'd be the first one to admit a show about a chinese-american alliance should of had more asians in it. Though also a dig at the rest of film/tv for doing the same thing.
The top 23 Movies with the worst performance on box office mojo are exclusively white cast/ lead. The first worst film with a black lead is " Meet Dave"
Brokeback Mountain Worldwide: $178,062,759 White Cast Nanny Mco Hulk Worldwide: $245,360,480 white cast Burn After Reading $163,720,069 white cast A list actors Clooney and Pitt Ocean's 13 $311,312,624 Bewitched $131,426,169 The Other Guys $170,432,927 Step Brothers $128,107,642 Nanny McPhee $122,489,822 Stranger the Fiction $53,653,224 Baby Mama $64,163,648 The Last Song $89,041,656
white's are in more movies that's a fact so by probability alone they are more likely to be in "successful" movies. That doesn't mean that it's because the actors where white that the movie was successful, because as we all know, not all movies with white people are successful.
Also
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Foreign Film Worldwide: $213,525,736 Asian Cast
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Its not just about how Asians aren't portrayed in the media, but how. Not only do you not see an Asian play a main role, the only times an Asian does is when they are a kung fu master (Jet Li or Jackie Chan), science whiz, or Buddhist monk. Usually they are very fobby characters like Hiro Nakamura or Ando from Heroes or the Korean couple from Lost. Asian Americans, African Americans, Latino Americans are much more American than portrayed in the media.
@B4Brendetta In case you don't remember from lost the character Miles, played by Ken Leung was fairly non stereotypical Asian. Speaking as an Asian American male, being as Americanized as could be, I hope our image gets better in the media.
hey, what about Sulu from Star Trek? Roddenberry specifically said that the part wasn't meant only for an Asian, that anyone could play the part.... wow... I feel so nerdy.
@Exayevie Why is it that most of the Asian people in Heroes were foreign while many of the white people were American? I forget if Mohinder had a foreign accent, but the Japanese characters were native Japanese. Hiro was cool, but Hollywood writers have this fascination of having Asian people not be American. I wonder why that is.
I missed most of the show (I got into it late) but I think that the black character The Haitian was also foreign. Why else was he called "The Haitian"?
well considering how asians disrespect blacks in their movies a lot more insulting why the hell do they cry? they can NEVER potray blacks properly in their movies, they go by stereotypes as well. So why the fuck do they bitch about themselves?
@hotwhire ...you understand that she's American, and she's singing about the American movie industry, right? It doesn't make one iota of difference what issues other parts of the world might have with racism. Americans come in every imaginable ethnicity. America's movies and TV do not reflect this reality. (Hell, 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' took an American show in which everybody was Asian and turned it into a movie in which everybody was white. Except the bad guy.)
"And in working on Avatar: The Last Airbender for Nickelodeon, which I'm very very proud of, it was filled with Asian characters."
-Andrea Romano, Voice Director
"Chong and Moku were our ancient Asian version of hippies."
-Avatar art book
"We went out to lunch and started talking about the show, how the story takes place in an alternate world and the characters. Everyone is ethnic...Asian, but not from any specific Asian country. It was kind of like a non-descriptive
Did I disappoint you? Why is it frightening to you, and many other people, to accept Avatar: The Last Airbender as an Asian fantasy? So what if the concept of the show was made by two white men? They specifically stated that they wanted to make an Asian "Legends & Lore"-type story.
The Asian elements in the show are "small"? Why is Chinese the world's language and is in the logo of the show? Everything in the show is Asian or Mongolic
[CONTINUED] with a splash of steam punk. Any non-Asian or Mongolic elements were "Asianized," as demonstrated by the "hippies" quote. You must have had your eyes closed while watching the show, or maybe you have vision problems and only heard the dialogue and music of the show.
@hotwhire How about everything that I just posted? What part of "Everyone is ethic... Asian" don't you understand? Then there's his early working name as "Buddha Boy." When the creators watched Shaolin: Wheel of Life, they saw a Chinese boy do a bunch of extreme acrobatics, then they both turned to each other and said, "That's Aang!"
Then, finally, HIS NAME IS AANG. If you don't want to accept this because of you weird Anti-Asian hang ups, then that's your problem. What have Asian people done
[CONTINUED] to you that bars you from accepting an Asian hero? I take it that you're black because you really want the ice-dwelling, fur-wearing Water Nation to be black. I also take it that you're a white worshipper because you tried apologizing for the casting of the movie, saying that looks don't matter (which is why The Lord of the Rings had mainly black actors, am I right?). That explains why you see Aang as white, despite everything that says he's Asian.
[CONTINUED] Oh, yeah, and a comment above by you said something about black people being disrespected by native Asian people in their movies helped to make me think that you're black besides the Katara-and-Sokka-should-"logically"-be-played-by-black-kids part. That explains things your hate for the yellow people. Minority-on-minority hate is just wonderful, isn't it?
@PUFFYsaidgo Just because I'm anti stereotype doesn't mean I am of that race specifically. How many dark skinned native americans do you see in hollywood? tell me? compared to blacks? which is more accessible? And my race doesn't determine anything towards another. I love your way of thinking so devoid of casting sense.
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@PUFFYsaidgo Asians do not correctly represent other races in their flicks so why should I care? Asians are proud and cater to themselves just fine. In their moves almost the entire cast is asian so I don't see what the big deal is for america making everyone in their flicks white. No, that does not make me "Anti-asian" thats just how it works. Deal with it.
That's actually true,but in most Asian countries the population is mostly Asian.But in America,that's not the case.American movies should accuratley portray the population.Also,Westeren people of Asian descent act just like other Westeren people...which I think was the point of this?
@LucifersSweetAngel You would think it was that easy, but America being white dominant you should expect this, however this is a bastardization of what could have been a respectible multicultural film. I mean white producers tend to always potray blacks as how they see them unless a black person works on the film to clear the streotypes. However those who think everyone should be asian in the movie are just as segregating and being unrealistic.
@PUFFYsaidgo They shouldn't limit their casting box, if a white person can do it then let him, its M night who failed by going ONLY for whites as a must then others as a backup. He puts his own race as the villains. Self hate and conformity must have influenced him more then you think.
@nomdesouris Are you forgetting America is still lead by biggots? they want white actors to appeal to their ideal entertainment and their audience which is why almost all media in this generation has white lead roles. I dont agree but its the reality which is why Superman is white to them and Goku is to them awell. They like otherworldlu ideas but hate to credit the makers respectivly which is why they cast them like this. the reality is that a white lead makes more money.
@nomdesouris It doesnt matter who plays the role, its the fact that they casting was poorly and possibly ignorantly done. The fact that Justin chatwin and The ppl who played Sokka and Katara failed to potray them correctly is the real issue. However logially they should have casted black children to play the role. Also Aang looks nothing like an asian in apperance.
@hotwhire So, The Lord of the Rings movies should've had black main actors, huh? Despite the European basis? Because it doesn't matter the looks of actors when they play characters! Harry Potter should've been black with an afro, just like how he is in the books.
You talk about looks with Aang, saying that he looks nothing like Asian people, but you go on to type that Katara and Sokka should be black, when they have blue eyes? Of course, the eye colors only relate to the national elements and
[CONTINUED] not on the characters' real-world race basis. But I point that out because nothing about them looks black. When have there been tribes of black people living in igluvigak and wearing parka? Is there a hidden tribe of black people living in hot Africa in an icy environment?
How does Aang not look Asian, but his fellow Airbenders do? Do you think he's a random adopted white kid? Is this how you see the Air Nation: watch?v=VMpXMrs1JZ8? If so, then that's sick. If you even saw
[CONTINUED] the Avatar art book, you'd notice (or not, as you have indicated that you're terrible at noticing things) that Bryan Konietzko drew Aang to look semi-realistically Asian. Hmm, I wonder why that is... Then, there are the early sketches of Katara, Sokka, and Aang where they have slanting eyes. Black people are known for those, right?
Also, The Simpsons look nothing like white people, but, apparently they are! Weird.
they act is if asian people are some foreign speices and they can't do anything else except kungfu and ninja movies, always in the martial arts genre. come on they live in america and we are familiar with them.
Um... wasn't this an independently made-for-internet film? In that case, why would they be bringing light to one social injustice while propagating another?
@fowad27 ohhh. Given this group's particular sense of humor, I'm imagining there was a better reason not to cast Maurissa as Penny (for example she was probably too busy running everything else.) And they noticed this problem afterward and decided it should be addressed. (The whole commentary seems to me a satire of the business) Though I agree it IS fishy that the question asked, why didn't she cast herself as Penny, is never actually answered.
May be asians or mexicans or black people or indians should make their own movies here with their own actors from their own race.... Sounds like a neat idea to me.
@rhett1583 That's the idea. There have to be more nonwhite writers, directors, and everything else. The problem is, it may be difficult to get funding to MAKE their movies, and then have the movies get picked up by a company and distributed to theaters. I came across this one Asian American man who wants to make an amazing-looking science fiction film, but he doesn't have the funds, so he's asking for people to donate money. Donators will get a copy of the film on DVD when it's done, I think. It
[CONTINUED] looks really good. There's concept art and early animation out about it. It's called The Last Cause and can be seen here: kickstarter . com/projects/thelastcause/the-last-cause-feature-film. I don't know if his characters are Asian or any other nonwhite, though. I hope they are. It's nearly difficult to have in-the-business white creators write decent nonwhite characters; it'd be a shame if an Asian person isn't helping. He's going the independent route, so hopefully he isn'
@PUFFYsaidgo You do realize that white lead roles sell more in america right? thats reality, agree or not. Why else are blacks or occasional asians are "Friends" of the white lead?
@RPGoddess True, India is a part of the continent of Asia. However in this context, 'Asian' is used where we once used the term 'Oriental' (now considered offensive), so it refers to such ethnicities as Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Korean, Taiwanese, etc. It's a term that's evolved out of common usage, as opposed to being technically or geographically correct!
this song would be funny if it were true, but asia actually has hundreds of thousands, no..., millions of movies coming out of asia -- and they have no whites.
@agonifico08buraby Also 21. Most of the card-counting team from MIT was Asian, except for the one white woman.
Also, Asians are in the movies! They play kung-fu masters, or hackers, or random extras, or wise Asian mentors with all of their Asianly Asian knowledge... or they play the opposition for the plucky black/white kid to beat at spelling/ math/ violin/ kung-fu.
@wakeupscreaming But this is about the Western film industry. There isn't a significant population of whites living in China, but a huge minority of Asians living in the West.
@wakeupscreaming yeah that's because there are few white people in asia... most white people are only working in asia and don't stay there. besides most of them don't have a "asian" citizenship... and don't see themselves as asians...
I like how the last verse begins as if she's happy, but by the time she gets to "Thank you, prease," you can hear the anger bubbling under the surface.
@kwakai Growing up, Colonel Nick Fury was always drawn in comics as a white man with an eye patch. David Hasselhoff played Nick Fury in a bad TV Movie. Recently, Nick Fury has been played by Samuel L. Jackson. His interpretation has been VERY well received by comics and movie fans. Why? Because Jackson can play the "steely cool, tough guy" better than anyone. Nick Fury is now drawn looking like Jackson in Marvel's ULTIMATE line of comics. LotR with a Black or Asian cast would work for me.
Actually, they decided they wanted to shake things up in the Ultimate Universe and make Nick Fury black. They decided to fashion him after Samuel L Jackson- they went and got approval for it and everything. They offered him the movie role after the general acceptance of Ult. Fury in the comics
Not that any of your other points are wrong, just sayin', you can't go "Jackson's breathtaking, race-bending performance in the Iron Man post credit scene made them change the comics.
@alabamabon33 You're absolutely right, Ultimate Nick Fury was black before Samuel L. Jackson had the role! But I'm just not sure how "race-bending" Samuel L. Jackson's performance is. My point is, there are qualities of character that supersede race, or at least aught to be more important. In the case of Nick Fury, it's being hard-boiled and cool. And Jackson is perfect.
I have not seen it, but I'm curious what people think of the characters on the new TV show, "Outsourced"?
I like that there's some weight in the last stanza. "We're the victims of a crime! We'll be loving you long time!" Kind like throwing it back in your face to all the whitewashing and Asian stereotypes in Hollywood and society. Sure it's funny, but there's a lot of truth to it. It's her partly venting on the problem like how Joss was in "Heart." I love that Maurissa decided to write this song as her part of the commentary.
Let's see...who do I love the most? Nathan? Felicia? Jed or Neil? NO! It's all about Maurissa! But seriously Maurissa, if your husband was into the men-folk, I'd steal him in an instant. Anyone who sings "food songs" while drunk is A CATCH.
@Shadowlink839 No, they were trying to pronounce the names in an Asian way. It's "wrong" when compared to the show, but more correct in actuality. Of course, they never said WHICH Asian language they were trying to use. Chinese? Japanese? Sanskrit? I'm sure that they messed it up, anyway. They shouldn't have expected people who don't speak any Asian language to be able to get the sounds right. The word "Avatar" was said at least two different times in the movie. There was no consistency! The
[CONTINUED] choice to use "correct" pronuciation makes no sense anyway as the movie got rid of the real Chinese language for scribbles! Real pronunciation but fake language? Who thought that that made any sense?
@hinekde Oh. Where I live in American we replace the R's with D's and L's, because many oriental languages don't have the same R sound and it sounds more like a mix of L and D, also we may just omit the R alltogether. I don't know anyone that replaces L's with R's though.
Cough...The Avatar: The Last Airbender Movie...Cough...
Well look on the bright side. As an Asian woman you can still appear as a groupie with non stereotypical lines, or a hoochie in a music video. As a guy your martial arts better be up to par or no laundry.
@DoctorWeeTodd And now I hear that Mickey Rourke has been cast to play Genghis Khan. GENGHIS KHAN! Rourke as Khan?? What an f'ing joke! I can't wait to hear how the ignorant masses defend it, and how the studio behind this spin it. I hope that movie flops.
@Pinkstonnaked But the characters are not white, and even if they looked "very" Asian, Hollywood would have done the same thing, i.e. casting whites for the leads. Have you heard about the new Genghis Khan movie? With Mickey Rourke playing him? Rourke looks like Genghis Khan, and I'm bigger and taller than Shaquille O'Neal.
@Pinkstonnaked If you check out anime, just about all characters have big and round eyes. Also, not all Asian people have "slanty" eyes, if that's what you think. I personally don't see a big difference between Genghis, Last Airbender, 21, etc. It's all the same, and Hollywood went into casting Last Airbender, with the same whitewashing M.O. as it does with just about every script that comes across its path.
@DarthMakaveliSithMC I know I know and thats what I dont GET! no Chinese Japanese Korean have those eyes or hair and likewise no white person has big chins and pointed noses. Well I do and I agree with you on Khan and 21 not airbender. Well there has been black washing Nick Fury Kingpin Callesto and Alicia Masters. Poor people are not all black neither are they all white
@Pinkstonnaked See, what's pissing me off is how stereotypical portrayals in movies (which are seen by millions of people countrywide) are connected to racism in the real world. Either they feed into racist beliefs people already have, or they create ignorance/prejudice in those who don't know the targets of the portrayals. Asians (and, even more so, Asian-AMERICANS) are so rarely portrayed in Hollywood that every new stereotypical portrayal really stings.
@DarthMakaveliSithMC WHATS NEW! I mean not all gay guys are effeminate! yet they think gay guys are like the guy in Glee! they only like DICK and nothing more!
well thats what we have to fight against. its changing but slowly and true be told alot of ASIANS or oriental dont want to be in the entertainment business which is so sad look at Kel that guy in WHite castle I had a higher calling so there goes the indian aspect of american indians
@Pinkstonnaked Gay guys seem to get more positive portrayals than Asian-Americans. Right now, Asians are on the bottom rung. It's OK to use racist terms about Asians in movies for laughs. Quite often, Asian-Americans -- those rare times they get screen time -- are made gay so they can't "threaten" the white female lead. John Cho is the only Asian-American guy getting good roles. I do hope that's the start of something bigger, but all the yellowface doesn't have me holding my breath.
@Pinkstonnaked And people of Asian descent can't even get a role playing an Asian character? That's a spit in the face. The only "Asian" person getting regular work in Hollywood is Ken Jeong, and he plays buffoons and stereotypes in just about all of his roles. Even worse, he's a doctor and doesn't really need the money. His portrayals wouldn't bother me if Asian-Americans were well represented in movies, but they're not. It's either stereotypical portrayals, or LEFT OUT.
@DarthMakaveliSithMC I dont know becuase you do have some points and there valid! well I did like Mako portrayel of that movie with Sean William Scott fly away in your own sh*t filled ashes fly away LOL
@DarthMakaveliSithMC Ken Jeong is great. There's nothing stereotypical about his character in Community. He plays Senor Chang like a angsty suburban teen who's lied his way into a night manager position. I don't think anyone is in danger of believing Jeong's Senor Chang character is typical of most asians.
@mccritical Community's perhaps the exception when it comes to Ken Jeong, and the doctor bit he played in Knocked Up is hilarious (especially the deleted scene with him going off!). The problem with most of Ken Jeong's roles is that there isn't much balance in Hollywood when it comes to portrayals of Asians and Asian-Americans. Almost every single one is based on stereotypes. There's a number of movies coming out with white actors playing Asian characters. All lost opportunities, a bunch of B.S.
@mccritical I guess you didn't hear about his portrayal of an Asian guy who gets beaten up in The Goods. They even showed that clip in the tv spots for the movie! I think the scene might have ended up being cut out of the movie, which is great, because it was too reminiscent of Vincent Chin. Even on Community there are jokes about his race. While his character isn't stereotypical, other characters' reactions to him are. The was one episode where Pierce said Asians can't drive in his presence.
@PUFFYsaidgo Pierce is written to be racially, sexually, and ethnically insensitive. The "asians can't drive" line reveals more about Pierce than it does about Chang.
@mccritical His race is still brought up. He'll never play Asian characters that don't have there Asian background mocked in some way. And what about The Goods? I haven't seen the movie, so I don't know if that scene still made it to the final cut. But the fact that Ken was okay with it... ugh.
@Pinkstonnaked And, finally, I will say that a seemingly growing pattern of hate crimes against Asian-Americans in REAL LIFE in certain areas across the country (they're being attacked, beat, even killed, and no money's even being taken) does show how many in society view Asians. These things happen, and people in charge/power (media, police, politicians) still shy away from calling them hate crimes, perhaps because the perpetrators are black.
@DoctorWeeTodd I don't see it as a step up, more like a lateral, a sideways step. Actually, it's even a step backward because they SHOULD know better by now. A step up would perhaps be a half White/half Asian actor playing the role. Look at Blacks in Hollywood. It took a long time for "dark" skinned Blacks to get roles, but it did happen, and Blacks are now getting lead roles in big-budget movies. But Hollywood is still hiding Asian actors' eyes on DVD covers. That's no joke.
@DarthMakaveliSithMC I understand. It sucks, it's wrong. Hollywood and the rest of America should know better.When I mean a step up it's the fact that at least Mickey Rourke can act more than one note unlike the Duke.
And lately he's actually looking like a central Asian. He looks like an old Uyghur woman. So no need to tape up his eyes like John Wayne.
@DoctorWeeTodd And no need to cast him either. There are plenty of Asian actors out there who can play Genghis. But Hollywood's clinging to whitewashed casting, like an alcoholic clings to a bottle.
Generally when someone says Asian, they mean someone from East and South East Asia. However, you are correct that Indians could also fall under the "Asian" heading.
@BlackCatGodess That's how it is in the USA, at least. In the UK, "Asian" is for South Asian people. It's just like how they use "fag" differently than here in the USA.
@MaiaX3 Yet, they're still foreign. It's like that's what writers see Asian people as, like there can't be an American person who just happens to be of Asian descent.
Asian-Americans really are under-represented in movies and tv. Someone needs to make a big budget action movie, write the lead for a white actor, and than cast an asian. It's how Will Smith got Independence Day, a role seen by millions where race didn't factor into the role at all. The same needs to be done for asians. No mention of martial arts, no mildly racists jokes to remind people "hey, it's a minority," just write for a white guy and cast an asian.
ethansloan 9 hours ago
Only in a Whedon production would the funniest joke be a musical cue rather than a line.
Peaches7217 2 weeks ago
Asian in glee just proves it.
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Well, technically the character falls into one of the stereotypes as "science whiz" but the character of :"Archie Johnson" on CSI (while not a regular character but reoccurring) played by Archie David Kao is arguably the coolest mofo on that show.
And who doesn't love "Boomer" on BSG? God, I can turn off the volume and watch her on HAWAII FIVE-O.
stilldexter2999 2 months ago
Thank you prease.
Love you long time!
jay7tennis 4 months ago 2
Though I agree with this video 100%, every minority are portrayed stereotipically, even the one that seem to be treated more fairly in madia:
-Black :Gangster,drug dealer,side-kick,taxi driver,stoner,almost never survive in film ect
-Latino/mexicain:Gangster,drug dealer,dance teacher,gay,designer/hair dresser,rebels,trouble maker,coward/traitor ect
Indian:Yoga/kamasutra/dance adept,pervert,taxi driver,stoner,greedy owner,coward ect
N.american:TRIBAL,bad guy, wizard,alcoolic,wife beater ect.
SonicUnderground316 4 months ago 2
what about margaret cho?
Konform2zoidberg 4 months ago
I always thought this song was a dig at the people who criticised Firefly for having few asian characters even though the setting is chinese/american
anphorus 5 months ago
@anphorus it's not chinese/american, they just curse in mandarin.
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@anphorus More of a dig at firefly, by the creator of firefly; I imagine he'd be the first one to admit a show about a chinese-american alliance should of had more asians in it. Though also a dig at the rest of film/tv for doing the same thing.
stephanieclark1 1 month ago
Asian Penny in the live showing in San Diego played by Jane Lui ( @luieland ) was awesome!
buzzbros2002 6 months ago
Meet Dave #24 and still brought in more money then 15/24 films before it of it.
HaphazardCrappola 6 months ago
The top 23 Movies with the worst performance on box office mojo are exclusively white cast/ lead. The first worst film with a black lead is " Meet Dave"
HaphazardCrappola 6 months ago
HaphazardCrappola 6 months ago
white's are in more movies that's a fact so by probability alone they are more likely to be in "successful" movies. That doesn't mean that it's because the actors where white that the movie was successful, because as we all know, not all movies with white people are successful.
Also
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Foreign Film Worldwide: $213,525,736 Asian Cast
HaphazardCrappola 6 months ago
"I'm gonna go in the corner and play my violin and...math!" --I just died from laughing.
ca1cifer 6 months ago
I'm gonna go in the corner and play my violin and math.
So saying this next time someone annoys me. And I'm not even Asian XD
TursipielAlthins 7 months ago
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SuperNaturalJump2012, YouTube,Out of this Universe!!! Absolutely Beyond Belief!!!, It is the most incredible elevation out there ever, Im floating over 5 feet vertical in the air!!! Im 5-9 feet tall & I am touching a ceiling nearly 12 feet & 6 inches high, That's the Top of the Basketball BackBoard!!! Also my head is Astonishingly near by a ceiling higher than 12 feet!!! The NBA Will Never Ever Be Ready For This Kind Of Surreal Flying Elevation!!!!!!!
seros2010 7 months ago
Its not just about how Asians aren't portrayed in the media, but how. Not only do you not see an Asian play a main role, the only times an Asian does is when they are a kung fu master (Jet Li or Jackie Chan), science whiz, or Buddhist monk. Usually they are very fobby characters like Hiro Nakamura or Ando from Heroes or the Korean couple from Lost. Asian Americans, African Americans, Latino Americans are much more American than portrayed in the media.
B4Brendetta 7 months ago 30
@B4Brendetta In case you don't remember from lost the character Miles, played by Ken Leung was fairly non stereotypical Asian. Speaking as an Asian American male, being as Americanized as could be, I hope our image gets better in the media.
End3rthe3rd 5 months ago
@B4Brendetta
hey, what about Sulu from Star Trek? Roddenberry specifically said that the part wasn't meant only for an Asian, that anyone could play the part.... wow... I feel so nerdy.
CBeliever 1 month ago
@B4Brendetta true. although asians are often main protagonists in books, just rarely in visual media.
bookemist 3 weeks ago
I know she's just joking, but she seems so sad :"(
Agentseaturtle 8 months ago
Toshiko Sato? Hiro Nakamura?
Exayevie 9 months ago
@Exayevie Why is it that most of the Asian people in Heroes were foreign while many of the white people were American? I forget if Mohinder had a foreign accent, but the Japanese characters were native Japanese. Hiro was cool, but Hollywood writers have this fascination of having Asian people not be American. I wonder why that is.
I missed most of the show (I got into it late) but I think that the black character The Haitian was also foreign. Why else was he called "The Haitian"?
PUFFYsaidgo 6 months ago 2
@PUFFYsaidgo ok then. Christina Yang, London Tipton, Demitri Noh, Wanda Li... etc.
Exayevie 6 months ago
well considering how asians disrespect blacks in their movies a lot more insulting why the hell do they cry? they can NEVER potray blacks properly in their movies, they go by stereotypes as well. So why the fuck do they bitch about themselves?
hotwhire 9 months ago
@hotwhire you do realize this song is a joke right?
nowknowthis 7 months ago
@nowknowthis hope so.
hotwhire 7 months ago
@hotwhire ...you understand that she's American, and she's singing about the American movie industry, right? It doesn't make one iota of difference what issues other parts of the world might have with racism. Americans come in every imaginable ethnicity. America's movies and TV do not reflect this reality. (Hell, 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' took an American show in which everybody was Asian and turned it into a movie in which everybody was white. Except the bad guy.)
nomdesouris 7 months ago
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hotwhire 7 months ago
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"And in working on Avatar: The Last Airbender for Nickelodeon, which I'm very very proud of, it was filled with Asian characters."
-Andrea Romano, Voice Director
"Chong and Moku were our ancient Asian version of hippies."
-Avatar art book
"We went out to lunch and started talking about the show, how the story takes place in an alternate world and the characters. Everyone is ethnic...Asian, but not from any specific Asian country. It was kind of like a non-descriptive
PUFFYsaidgo 6 months ago 2
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ethnicity."
-Benjamin Wynn, The Track Team
Did I disappoint you? Why is it frightening to you, and many other people, to accept Avatar: The Last Airbender as an Asian fantasy? So what if the concept of the show was made by two white men? They specifically stated that they wanted to make an Asian "Legends & Lore"-type story.
The Asian elements in the show are "small"? Why is Chinese the world's language and is in the logo of the show? Everything in the show is Asian or Mongolic
PUFFYsaidgo 6 months ago 4
[CONTINUED] with a splash of steam punk. Any non-Asian or Mongolic elements were "Asianized," as demonstrated by the "hippies" quote. You must have had your eyes closed while watching the show, or maybe you have vision problems and only heard the dialogue and music of the show.
PUFFYsaidgo 6 months ago 2
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hotwhire 6 months ago
@hotwhire Aang is Asian.
PUFFYsaidgo 6 months ago 2
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hotwhire 6 months ago
@hotwhire How about everything that I just posted? What part of "Everyone is ethic... Asian" don't you understand? Then there's his early working name as "Buddha Boy." When the creators watched Shaolin: Wheel of Life, they saw a Chinese boy do a bunch of extreme acrobatics, then they both turned to each other and said, "That's Aang!"
Then, finally, HIS NAME IS AANG. If you don't want to accept this because of you weird Anti-Asian hang ups, then that's your problem. What have Asian people done
PUFFYsaidgo 6 months ago 2
[CONTINUED] to you that bars you from accepting an Asian hero? I take it that you're black because you really want the ice-dwelling, fur-wearing Water Nation to be black. I also take it that you're a white worshipper because you tried apologizing for the casting of the movie, saying that looks don't matter (which is why The Lord of the Rings had mainly black actors, am I right?). That explains why you see Aang as white, despite everything that says he's Asian.
PUFFYsaidgo 6 months ago 2
[CONTINUED] Oh, yeah, and a comment above by you said something about black people being disrespected by native Asian people in their movies helped to make me think that you're black besides the Katara-and-Sokka-should-"logically"-be-played-by-black-kids part. That explains things your hate for the yellow people. Minority-on-minority hate is just wonderful, isn't it?
PUFFYsaidgo 6 months ago 2
@PUFFYsaidgo Just because I'm anti stereotype doesn't mean I am of that race specifically. How many dark skinned native americans do you see in hollywood? tell me? compared to blacks? which is more accessible? And my race doesn't determine anything towards another. I love your way of thinking so devoid of casting sense.
hotwhire 6 months ago
If I say that Dora is not a fence jumper just because people associate her with that stereotype does that make me mexican? to you I guess so.
hotwhire 6 months ago
@PUFFYsaidgo Did I say Soka HAD to be black? or are you unable to think? Share with me some inuit actors.
PS. I dont watch lord of the rings but from what I read people didnt cry as much as now over racial miscasting.
Even Dragonball evolution had less yet That movie was FAR worse in this area as well.
hotwhire 6 months ago
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@PUFFYsaidgo Asians do not correctly represent other races in their flicks so why should I care? Asians are proud and cater to themselves just fine. In their moves almost the entire cast is asian so I don't see what the big deal is for america making everyone in their flicks white. No, that does not make me "Anti-asian" thats just how it works. Deal with it.
hotwhire 6 months ago
@hotwhire
That's actually true,but in most Asian countries the population is mostly Asian.But in America,that's not the case.American movies should accuratley portray the population.Also,Westeren people of Asian descent act just like other Westeren people...which I think was the point of this?
LucifersSweetAngel 6 months ago
@LucifersSweetAngel You would think it was that easy, but America being white dominant you should expect this, however this is a bastardization of what could have been a respectible multicultural film. I mean white producers tend to always potray blacks as how they see them unless a black person works on the film to clear the streotypes. However those who think everyone should be asian in the movie are just as segregating and being unrealistic.
hotwhire 6 months ago
@PUFFYsaidgo They shouldn't limit their casting box, if a white person can do it then let him, its M night who failed by going ONLY for whites as a must then others as a backup. He puts his own race as the villains. Self hate and conformity must have influenced him more then you think.
hotwhire 6 months ago
@nomdesouris Are you forgetting America is still lead by biggots? they want white actors to appeal to their ideal entertainment and their audience which is why almost all media in this generation has white lead roles. I dont agree but its the reality which is why Superman is white to them and Goku is to them awell. They like otherworldlu ideas but hate to credit the makers respectivly which is why they cast them like this. the reality is that a white lead makes more money.
hotwhire 7 months ago
@nomdesouris It doesnt matter who plays the role, its the fact that they casting was poorly and possibly ignorantly done. The fact that Justin chatwin and The ppl who played Sokka and Katara failed to potray them correctly is the real issue. However logially they should have casted black children to play the role. Also Aang looks nothing like an asian in apperance.
hotwhire 7 months ago
@hotwhire So, The Lord of the Rings movies should've had black main actors, huh? Despite the European basis? Because it doesn't matter the looks of actors when they play characters! Harry Potter should've been black with an afro, just like how he is in the books.
You talk about looks with Aang, saying that he looks nothing like Asian people, but you go on to type that Katara and Sokka should be black, when they have blue eyes? Of course, the eye colors only relate to the national elements and
PUFFYsaidgo 6 months ago 2
[CONTINUED] not on the characters' real-world race basis. But I point that out because nothing about them looks black. When have there been tribes of black people living in igluvigak and wearing parka? Is there a hidden tribe of black people living in hot Africa in an icy environment?
How does Aang not look Asian, but his fellow Airbenders do? Do you think he's a random adopted white kid? Is this how you see the Air Nation: watch?v=VMpXMrs1JZ8? If so, then that's sick. If you even saw
PUFFYsaidgo 6 months ago 2
[CONTINUED] the Avatar art book, you'd notice (or not, as you have indicated that you're terrible at noticing things) that Bryan Konietzko drew Aang to look semi-realistically Asian. Hmm, I wonder why that is... Then, there are the early sketches of Katara, Sokka, and Aang where they have slanting eyes. Black people are known for those, right?
Also, The Simpsons look nothing like white people, but, apparently they are! Weird.
PUFFYsaidgo 6 months ago 2
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nobody's Asian on TV? Brenda Song? Julie Chen? Christine Keiko Agena , dean cain, margaret Chow, yunjin kim; bruce lee, lucy lui.
masi oka.
I don't even like Asians so I'm not complaining but there's more than 1 of u out there.
flutey28 9 months ago
@LucifersSweetAngel yeah, that's part of the point: that even though she's not directly from Asia, we ethnicity is still ridiculously limiting
horselover1579 9 months ago
"My dad? He's a goofy, nerdy scientist..." Love the way she says that. So sweet...
But yeah, they need to just shut the fuck up and get some Asians going. Sheesh....
mcul2112 9 months ago
so true. wish the industry would shut the fuck up and just get some more asians going. jeez. that fuckin' tough? no.....
fuckin' douches. fuckin' lame...
mcul2112 9 months ago
I know this song is supposed to be funny and critical of the film and television industry. But it is also just a very good song.
aznwzkd 9 months ago 2
they act is if asian people are some foreign speices and they can't do anything else except kungfu and ninja movies, always in the martial arts genre. come on they live in america and we are familiar with them.
StrawberriKissxX 10 months ago
WTF IS THIS?
sailorminimoon1000 10 months ago
<3 love this songg sing it EVERY DAY at lunch with my friend Laura <3
deannablahduh4ever 11 months ago
Also, she has a much much better voice than penny. She has a lisp.
fowad27 11 months ago
Um... wasn't this an independently made-for-internet film? In that case, why would they be bringing light to one social injustice while propagating another?
fowad27 11 months ago
@fowad27 What social injustice were they propagating exactly?
rebelwithoutapulse 10 months ago
@rebelwithoutapulse the one she's singing about. She was cast as the groupie when she cowrote all of Penny's songs.
fowad27 10 months ago
@fowad27 ohhh. Given this group's particular sense of humor, I'm imagining there was a better reason not to cast Maurissa as Penny (for example she was probably too busy running everything else.) And they noticed this problem afterward and decided it should be addressed. (The whole commentary seems to me a satire of the business) Though I agree it IS fishy that the question asked, why didn't she cast herself as Penny, is never actually answered.
rebelwithoutapulse 10 months ago 3
So what part of Asia is she from?
I mean I know SHE'S not from Asia,but I don't know how to put that any other way
So sorry :D
LucifersSweetAngel 1 year ago
@LucifersSweetAngel
How about..."What is her ethnic heritage?"
cottonistaful 11 months ago
@cottonistaful
okay
I honestly didn't know the word ethnic or what heritage meant until now
LucifersSweetAngel 11 months ago
I never really thought about it this way!
May be asians or mexicans or black people or indians should make their own movies here with their own actors from their own race.... Sounds like a neat idea to me.
rhett1583 1 year ago
@rhett1583 That's the idea. There have to be more nonwhite writers, directors, and everything else. The problem is, it may be difficult to get funding to MAKE their movies, and then have the movies get picked up by a company and distributed to theaters. I came across this one Asian American man who wants to make an amazing-looking science fiction film, but he doesn't have the funds, so he's asking for people to donate money. Donators will get a copy of the film on DVD when it's done, I think. It
PUFFYsaidgo 6 months ago
[CONTINUED] looks really good. There's concept art and early animation out about it. It's called The Last Cause and can be seen here: kickstarter . com/projects/thelastcause/the-last-cause-feature-film. I don't know if his characters are Asian or any other nonwhite, though. I hope they are. It's nearly difficult to have in-the-business white creators write decent nonwhite characters; it'd be a shame if an Asian person isn't helping. He's going the independent route, so hopefully he isn'
PUFFYsaidgo 6 months ago
[CONTINUED] t subscribing to the "I have to use white actors to sell" notion.
Consarn it. I messed up the last word "isn't" in my last comment.
PUFFYsaidgo 6 months ago
@PUFFYsaidgo You do realize that white lead roles sell more in america right? thats reality, agree or not. Why else are blacks or occasional asians are "Friends" of the white lead?
hotwhire 6 months ago
@hotwhire This is wrong, whites do not sell more. Box office mojo
Big mama's house 2 Worldwide: $138,259,062 this is on par with any white movie black lead
Big Mama's House 1 Worldwide: $173,959,438 black lead
Nutty Professor Worldwide: $273,961,019 mostly black cast
I Am Legend Worldwide: $585,349,010 black lead
The karate Kid(NEW) Worldwide: $359,126,022 unknown black lead and jackie chan
Rush Hour 3 Worldwide: $258,022,233 asian and black lead
HaphazardCrappola 6 months ago
@HaphazardCrappola Then Im old fashioned. No excuse if this is an asian themed movie though.
hotwhire 6 months ago
Wow... She's got a seriously awesome voice.
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criseldaprangehkg 1 year ago
"Who do they want before they want an Asian? A Persian or a Cajun or an Indian..." Wait a minute... Indians ARE Asian.
RPGoddess 1 year ago
@RPGoddess i think she was referring to Native Americans
shadowjsw 1 year ago
@RPGoddess True, India is a part of the continent of Asia. However in this context, 'Asian' is used where we once used the term 'Oriental' (now considered offensive), so it refers to such ethnicities as Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Korean, Taiwanese, etc. It's a term that's evolved out of common usage, as opposed to being technically or geographically correct!
beardedartisan 1 year ago 2
I'm floored that there are people who don't instantly understand that this song is about the American Hollywood music industry.
mistabook 1 year ago
I'm Vietnamese-Australian and I play the piano and failed math. XD
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jetyegteenar 1 year ago
WOW.
She really does have a face like a monkey.
MrBuch169169 1 year ago
JW: What does your father do again?
Correction Father -> Dad
Mauser712 1 year ago
this song would be funny if it were true, but asia actually has hundreds of thousands, no..., millions of movies coming out of asia -- and they have no whites.
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agonifico08buraby 1 year ago
@wakeupscreaming They're talking about Hollywood specifically. Just look at The Last Airbender.
agonifico08buraby 1 year ago
@agonifico08buraby Also 21. Most of the card-counting team from MIT was Asian, except for the one white woman.
Also, Asians are in the movies! They play kung-fu masters, or hackers, or random extras, or wise Asian mentors with all of their Asianly Asian knowledge... or they play the opposition for the plucky black/white kid to beat at spelling/ math/ violin/ kung-fu.
purpleblah2 1 year ago
@wakeupscreaming But this is about the Western film industry. There isn't a significant population of whites living in China, but a huge minority of Asians living in the West.
GaladedridDamodred 1 year ago
@wakeupscreaming yeah that's because there are few white people in asia... most white people are only working in asia and don't stay there. besides most of them don't have a "asian" citizenship... and don't see themselves as asians...
cwconker 1 year ago
A goof in a chorus? But all honesty, Dr. Horrible doesn't have that many female parts to begin with (especially when it comes to singing).
Mike0Powell 1 year ago
like watching the total edition regarding this movie from avatz net change space to .
boleslawnaomiful 1 year ago
she can sing something awesome
nb19777 1 year ago
I like how the last verse begins as if she's happy, but by the time she gets to "Thank you, prease," you can hear the anger bubbling under the surface.
IJVin 1 year ago
I'm Arab,but I do consider myself Asian...although most people only think of Eastern Asians :/
LucifersSweetAngel 1 year ago
@LucifersSweetAngel There, there. My family's Indian. I know how you feel. :P
V2Blast 1 year ago
shes standing right there....with a face like a monkey
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@kwakai
Actually, I'd have said that even if I agreed with your point. That sentence made no sense. It was hilarious ^_^
CoolIizard 1 year ago
@kwakai
"u can know this never know becuz ur white."
I just love this comment. It makes absolutely no grammatical sense ^_^
CoolIizard 1 year ago
@kwakai Growing up, Colonel Nick Fury was always drawn in comics as a white man with an eye patch. David Hasselhoff played Nick Fury in a bad TV Movie. Recently, Nick Fury has been played by Samuel L. Jackson. His interpretation has been VERY well received by comics and movie fans. Why? Because Jackson can play the "steely cool, tough guy" better than anyone. Nick Fury is now drawn looking like Jackson in Marvel's ULTIMATE line of comics. LotR with a Black or Asian cast would work for me.
RockingJamboree 1 year ago
@RockingJamboree
Actually, they decided they wanted to shake things up in the Ultimate Universe and make Nick Fury black. They decided to fashion him after Samuel L Jackson- they went and got approval for it and everything. They offered him the movie role after the general acceptance of Ult. Fury in the comics
Not that any of your other points are wrong, just sayin', you can't go "Jackson's breathtaking, race-bending performance in the Iron Man post credit scene made them change the comics.
alabamabon33 1 year ago
@alabamabon33 You're absolutely right, Ultimate Nick Fury was black before Samuel L. Jackson had the role! But I'm just not sure how "race-bending" Samuel L. Jackson's performance is. My point is, there are qualities of character that supersede race, or at least aught to be more important. In the case of Nick Fury, it's being hard-boiled and cool. And Jackson is perfect.
I have not seen it, but I'm curious what people think of the characters on the new TV show, "Outsourced"?
RockingJamboree 1 year ago
Story of my life!
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Romeo73851 1 year ago
"what do you meeean" LOL
fireflyfan1 1 year ago
I like that there's some weight in the last stanza. "We're the victims of a crime! We'll be loving you long time!" Kind like throwing it back in your face to all the whitewashing and Asian stereotypes in Hollywood and society. Sure it's funny, but there's a lot of truth to it. It's her partly venting on the problem like how Joss was in "Heart." I love that Maurissa decided to write this song as her part of the commentary.
cloverforluck 1 year ago
8 people are psychopathic asians.
PaladinKenny1 1 year ago
Let's see...who do I love the most? Nathan? Felicia? Jed or Neil? NO! It's all about Maurissa! But seriously Maurissa, if your husband was into the men-folk, I'd steal him in an instant. Anyone who sings "food songs" while drunk is A CATCH.
Dreeeeammmmmy! =P
MustardStain83 1 year ago
"Really? What do you mean?" "Yeah, tell Neil what you mean." "What DO you mean?"
TruthBringer14 1 year ago
John Cho is Korean and he played a Jap. Does that count?
tazzy186 1 year ago
lol, somehow this song sounds like it could be in a disney movie! XD
arabesqueno2 1 year ago
@arabesqueno2 It sounds like it could be from Mulan.
pierepresentative8 1 year ago
"...Or an American Indian, played by a Mexican, or, if your lucky, an Asian"
lmao. That is so true.
Joyride37 1 year ago 5
You! Trey! Listen to this! Exclamation Point!
ironicsoup 1 year ago
LOL!
"Wow, I guess I never saw it from the perspective of people who don't matter!"
HAHAAHHA!!!!!! I love Neil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
t8tertotsp 1 year ago 43
lol, so true
zillatamer 1 year ago
Its true. Just look at the new Avatar: Last Airbender movie. Asians only get to be the extras.
Corax404 1 year ago 55
@Corax404 That explains why they pronounced al the names wrong.
Shadowlink839 9 months ago
@Shadowlink839 No, they were trying to pronounce the names in an Asian way. It's "wrong" when compared to the show, but more correct in actuality. Of course, they never said WHICH Asian language they were trying to use. Chinese? Japanese? Sanskrit? I'm sure that they messed it up, anyway. They shouldn't have expected people who don't speak any Asian language to be able to get the sounds right. The word "Avatar" was said at least two different times in the movie. There was no consistency! The
PUFFYsaidgo 6 months ago
[CONTINUED] choice to use "correct" pronuciation makes no sense anyway as the movie got rid of the real Chinese language for scribbles! Real pronunciation but fake language? Who thought that that made any sense?
PUFFYsaidgo 6 months ago
LOL
kickazz1234 1 year ago
funny, I just noticed, that americans replace Ls with Rs to make fun of asian pronounciation ... in germany they replace Rs with Ls ...
hinekde 1 year ago
@hinekde Oh. Where I live in American we replace the R's with D's and L's, because many oriental languages don't have the same R sound and it sounds more like a mix of L and D, also we may just omit the R alltogether. I don't know anyone that replaces L's with R's though.
MrBurritoGuy 1 year ago
This is how it is with The Last Airbender movie basically. Fuck M. Night.
AkikoLeonhart 1 year ago 4
This song fits the mood of the bullshit that is Hollywood
rydendm 1 year ago
So catchy. My favorite song from "Commentary!"
Estoye 1 year ago
"Do they want somebody yellow, hell no." OMG, AWESOME!
falcon55356 1 year ago
Cough...The Avatar: The Last Airbender Movie...Cough...
Well look on the bright side. As an Asian woman you can still appear as a groupie with non stereotypical lines, or a hoochie in a music video. As a guy your martial arts better be up to par or no laundry.
DoctorWeeTodd 1 year ago
@DoctorWeeTodd And now I hear that Mickey Rourke has been cast to play Genghis Khan. GENGHIS KHAN! Rourke as Khan?? What an f'ing joke! I can't wait to hear how the ignorant masses defend it, and how the studio behind this spin it. I hope that movie flops.
DarthMakaveliSithMC 1 year ago 4
@DarthMakaveliSithMC well i agree with you but airbender I wont becuase the cast looks white
Pinkstonnaked 1 year ago
@Pinkstonnaked But the characters are not white, and even if they looked "very" Asian, Hollywood would have done the same thing, i.e. casting whites for the leads. Have you heard about the new Genghis Khan movie? With Mickey Rourke playing him? Rourke looks like Genghis Khan, and I'm bigger and taller than Shaquille O'Neal.
DarthMakaveliSithMC 1 year ago
@DarthMakaveliSithMC well if they dont look white why do there eyes look big and round and have wavy hair
yeah I have heard and I feel pissed
Genghis Khan is very different then airbender and Guyver and other anime
Pinkstonnaked 1 year ago
@Pinkstonnaked If you check out anime, just about all characters have big and round eyes. Also, not all Asian people have "slanty" eyes, if that's what you think. I personally don't see a big difference between Genghis, Last Airbender, 21, etc. It's all the same, and Hollywood went into casting Last Airbender, with the same whitewashing M.O. as it does with just about every script that comes across its path.
DarthMakaveliSithMC 1 year ago
@DarthMakaveliSithMC I know I know and thats what I dont GET! no Chinese Japanese Korean have those eyes or hair and likewise no white person has big chins and pointed noses. Well I do and I agree with you on Khan and 21 not airbender. Well there has been black washing Nick Fury Kingpin Callesto and Alicia Masters. Poor people are not all black neither are they all white
Pinkstonnaked 1 year ago
@Pinkstonnaked See, what's pissing me off is how stereotypical portrayals in movies (which are seen by millions of people countrywide) are connected to racism in the real world. Either they feed into racist beliefs people already have, or they create ignorance/prejudice in those who don't know the targets of the portrayals. Asians (and, even more so, Asian-AMERICANS) are so rarely portrayed in Hollywood that every new stereotypical portrayal really stings.
DarthMakaveliSithMC 1 year ago 2
@DarthMakaveliSithMC WHATS NEW! I mean not all gay guys are effeminate! yet they think gay guys are like the guy in Glee! they only like DICK and nothing more!
well thats what we have to fight against. its changing but slowly and true be told alot of ASIANS or oriental dont want to be in the entertainment business which is so sad look at Kel that guy in WHite castle I had a higher calling so there goes the indian aspect of american indians
Pinkstonnaked 1 year ago
@Pinkstonnaked Gay guys seem to get more positive portrayals than Asian-Americans. Right now, Asians are on the bottom rung. It's OK to use racist terms about Asians in movies for laughs. Quite often, Asian-Americans -- those rare times they get screen time -- are made gay so they can't "threaten" the white female lead. John Cho is the only Asian-American guy getting good roles. I do hope that's the start of something bigger, but all the yellowface doesn't have me holding my breath.
DarthMakaveliSithMC 1 year ago 3
@DarthMakaveliSithMC gays have had there share of hate crimes and I am not holding my breath to see a white and yellow couple raising kids
Pinkstonnaked 1 year ago
@Pinkstonnaked And people of Asian descent can't even get a role playing an Asian character? That's a spit in the face. The only "Asian" person getting regular work in Hollywood is Ken Jeong, and he plays buffoons and stereotypes in just about all of his roles. Even worse, he's a doctor and doesn't really need the money. His portrayals wouldn't bother me if Asian-Americans were well represented in movies, but they're not. It's either stereotypical portrayals, or LEFT OUT.
DarthMakaveliSithMC 1 year ago
@DarthMakaveliSithMC I dont know becuase you do have some points and there valid! well I did like Mako portrayel of that movie with Sean William Scott fly away in your own sh*t filled ashes fly away LOL
Pinkstonnaked 1 year ago
@DarthMakaveliSithMC Ken Jeong is great. There's nothing stereotypical about his character in Community. He plays Senor Chang like a angsty suburban teen who's lied his way into a night manager position. I don't think anyone is in danger of believing Jeong's Senor Chang character is typical of most asians.
mccritical 1 year ago
@mccritical Community's perhaps the exception when it comes to Ken Jeong, and the doctor bit he played in Knocked Up is hilarious (especially the deleted scene with him going off!). The problem with most of Ken Jeong's roles is that there isn't much balance in Hollywood when it comes to portrayals of Asians and Asian-Americans. Almost every single one is based on stereotypes. There's a number of movies coming out with white actors playing Asian characters. All lost opportunities, a bunch of B.S.
DarthMakaveliSithMC 1 year ago
@mccritical I guess you didn't hear about his portrayal of an Asian guy who gets beaten up in The Goods. They even showed that clip in the tv spots for the movie! I think the scene might have ended up being cut out of the movie, which is great, because it was too reminiscent of Vincent Chin. Even on Community there are jokes about his race. While his character isn't stereotypical, other characters' reactions to him are. The was one episode where Pierce said Asians can't drive in his presence.
PUFFYsaidgo 1 year ago
@PUFFYsaidgo Pierce is written to be racially, sexually, and ethnically insensitive. The "asians can't drive" line reveals more about Pierce than it does about Chang.
mccritical 1 year ago
@mccritical His race is still brought up. He'll never play Asian characters that don't have there Asian background mocked in some way. And what about The Goods? I haven't seen the movie, so I don't know if that scene still made it to the final cut. But the fact that Ken was okay with it... ugh.
PUFFYsaidgo 1 year ago
@Pinkstonnaked And, finally, I will say that a seemingly growing pattern of hate crimes against Asian-Americans in REAL LIFE in certain areas across the country (they're being attacked, beat, even killed, and no money's even being taken) does show how many in society view Asians. These things happen, and people in charge/power (media, police, politicians) still shy away from calling them hate crimes, perhaps because the perpetrators are black.
DarthMakaveliSithMC 1 year ago
@DarthMakaveliSithMC well hate crimes always grow and then fade back into the depthes of society
there black well proably so! blacks are in power now and it will only get worse for the white man
Pinkstonnaked 1 year ago
@DarthMakaveliSithMC I don't know whether I should be glad that it's a step up from John Wayne.
DoctorWeeTodd 1 year ago
@DoctorWeeTodd I don't see it as a step up, more like a lateral, a sideways step. Actually, it's even a step backward because they SHOULD know better by now. A step up would perhaps be a half White/half Asian actor playing the role. Look at Blacks in Hollywood. It took a long time for "dark" skinned Blacks to get roles, but it did happen, and Blacks are now getting lead roles in big-budget movies. But Hollywood is still hiding Asian actors' eyes on DVD covers. That's no joke.
DarthMakaveliSithMC 1 year ago
@DarthMakaveliSithMC I understand. It sucks, it's wrong. Hollywood and the rest of America should know better.When I mean a step up it's the fact that at least Mickey Rourke can act more than one note unlike the Duke.
And lately he's actually looking like a central Asian. He looks like an old Uyghur woman. So no need to tape up his eyes like John Wayne.
DoctorWeeTodd 1 year ago
@DoctorWeeTodd And no need to cast him either. There are plenty of Asian actors out there who can play Genghis. But Hollywood's clinging to whitewashed casting, like an alcoholic clings to a bottle.
DarthMakaveliSithMC 1 year ago
"We're the victims of a crime, we'll be loving you long time!" <3 <3 <3
JessieJay13 1 year ago 5
But Indians ARE asians -_-
South asia!
Dreamer305 1 year ago 3
Generally when someone says Asian, they mean someone from East and South East Asia. However, you are correct that Indians could also fall under the "Asian" heading.
BlackCatGodess 1 year ago
@BlackCatGodess That's how it is in the USA, at least. In the UK, "Asian" is for South Asian people. It's just like how they use "fag" differently than here in the USA.
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2.think of someone u like
3.press F10 5 times
4.send thes to 5 youtube videos
5.look at your backround
SugarLoveForever 1 year ago
You need to make a music video of this!
lamtsite 1 year ago 4
go, azn, go
klchu 1 year ago
fraking brilliant....
paiwanhan 1 year ago
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I like to think she was saying "play with my violin and masturbate!"
shaftblake 1 year ago
Awesome!
imkluu 1 year ago
Except in Lost where the Asians are awesome. :)
MaiaX3 1 year ago 7
@MaiaX3 Yep, Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon have got some good acting there :P
KynosaurTheMighty 1 year ago
@MaiaX3 Yet, they're still foreign. It's like that's what writers see Asian people as, like there can't be an American person who just happens to be of Asian descent.
PUFFYsaidgo 6 months ago
@PUFFYsaidgo This shouldnt be an Asian pride movie, this should be an accurate adaption of a cartoon. Which this movie was neither.
hotwhire 6 months ago
*sighs with pleasure*
noodlenate 2 years ago
Has to be the best track on the commentary, just for the line making fun of Engrish.
nastyevilbunny 2 years ago 9
Yeah, Maurissa is married to Jed Whedon, Joss's brother. "monkey face" lol, i love Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day
killerwinks 2 years ago 6