I can't remember whether we talked about this subject on the list before. But there should be a category for based on a true story or true scenario when they just turn the Asian Americans into white people. At least The Fast and the Furious, and 21, the movie about MIT students counting cards come to mind.
I started thinking about this even more when in a class of 19, no one could name a single Asian American man. On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > There is a slany-eyed white people playing Asians marathon on TCM today. > > Thus far this morning I have seen that great Asian actress Katharine > Hepburn starring as Jade Tan in the great Chinese resistance movie "Dragon > Seed" (1944). This movie also stars notable "Asian" actors John Huston (as > patriarch Ling Tan) and Agnes Moorehead (as third cousin's wife). There is a > scene where Hepburn is holding an actual asian infant that looks eerily like > Kim Hunter holding a real chimpanzee in "Escape from the Planet of the > Apes." > > "Dragon Seed" was followed by that great Asian actor Anthony Quinn playing > Chen Ta in "China Sky" (1945). > > I am currently watching those great Asian actors Paul Muni (Wang Lung) and > Luise Rainer (O-lan) in "The Good Earth" (1937). Is Luis Rainer the only > "Asian" to win an Academy Award for Best Actress? > > "The Good Earth" will be followed by > > "The Bitter Tea of General Yen," (1933) starring that great "Asian" actor > Nils Asther." > > "7 Women," (1966) starring Ann Bancroft (which I may skip because all the > Asians are played by Asians) > > "55 Days at Peking" (1963)starring that great "Asian" actress Flora Robson > as Empress Tzu-Hsi and notable "Asian" actor Leo Genn as Gen. Jung-Lu. > > ~(no)rave! > > >
