Friday, September 19, 2008

hooray for hollywood = lack of asian

Originally posted on xanga.

So, I wrote a blog post about White TV a few months ago. After reading it. I really let hollywood off the hook.

We'll be seeing plenty of Asians in movies and tv series this fall. However, less than a handful will have any meaningful or speaking parts.

A recent YouTube video really brought things back into prospective for me.

I've always had trouble with the white guy saving the [Insert Asian culture here]. From Last Samurai, Rambo 4, and the most recent Forbidden Kingdom. It sorta like slap in the face. 21 was blatant in that it was based off a true story about asians, but the leads were made non asian.

Check out the video:

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