Sigh, it's really a monday. I read this whole commentary on Asian Americans in films thinking you were talking about the Spongebob movie. I was very confused.
-Kevin On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:40:28 -0500, Won Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > brobborb, > > I'm disappointed. As an Asian American you must support this movie. > Asian American's are one of Hollywood's biggest clients, but Hollywood > continually denies us any characters that most of us can relate to. The > majority of Asian American portrayls are either banal Japanese > businessmen or Chinese gangsters. Believe it or not most Asians can't > relate to Bruce Lee or Jet Li. At some point, I thought that there > might be an increase of Asian villains because of North Korea. But it > looks like Muslims might be the choice of villains for Hollywood for the > foreseeable future. Harold and Kumar is a slow step in that direction. > I'm going to go buy the DVD when I get some free time. > > I used to work for a advertising company. The company was fairly large > and prominent. Not as prominent as a Sachi & Sachi but well known. Our > main clients included movie studios like Warner Bros and Paramount. > They take for granted the dollars from Asian Americans; especially > second generation Asian Americans. Let your hard earned dollars talk. > > -- > 2004 - The year $184M couldn't buy a pennant. > > Ron Artest: Extremely flawed, very accidental, semi-martyr > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144086 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
