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- Asian Racism and the “Asian of Reason” (20)
- Leon: Thank you, Asian Dude, for proving my point. If you are indeed Asian, that is.
- Max: hmmm…I have a hard time believing “Asian Dude” is in fact Asian.
- Asian Dude: So…whats the problem here? AOR has the right to an opinion right? Seems to me like a mountain is...
- Frank Chin debates Yunte Huang on the topic of Charlie Chan (9)
- Nancy: If Earl Derr Biggers made Charlie Chan more like the real Chang Apana (the Chinese detective in Hawaii that...
- Larry: Somebody give Yunte Huang his “Oriental 4 Life” card. Huang’s claim that Charlie Chan is an...
- neaato: goddamn! thank you bigwowo!!!!!! glad you shared w/ us this linkage. here was my comment to the commentators:...
- The Happy Post (21)
- RiceCakeRabbit: I voted! (And hopefully I don’t get spam mails because I was too lazy to create a new e-mail...
- N: @RiceCakeRabbit I voted! (And hopefully I don’t get spam mails because I was too lazy to create a new e-mail...
- RiceCakeRabbit: There is an essence of imprinting when it comes to the IR pairing disparity – and this is why the...
- B.J. Penn disappoints (5)
- jaehwan: Notty, I don’t know if you’ve seen this Bellator submission, but it’s pretty sick:...
- jaehwan: I agree. A point that someone made on one of the forums is that Edgar is really a featherweight, and he did...
- Nottyboy: I don’t want to write off Edgar yet. He has some really good takedowns and great speed. Still,...
- “This is a Bust” by Ed Lin (Review) (2)
- Podcast: URB4N talks about Interracial Relationships (86)
- etain: Yes, I meant that there were 24,000 more marriages involving Asian women than Asian men in 2008. And I still...
- MojoRider: jstele wrote: “Just date who you want. Who cares if there are more Asian women dating outside their...
- uRB4N: Oh, Jesus. Use some deductive reasoning for crying out loud. He obviously means 24,000 more Asian women than...
- Building Subcultures and Accepting Emotions (282)
- King: “How was that King? Enough f-bombs for you? You know certain topics just get me fired up.” Haaa!!!...
- AF/AM couple: N, No, I meant either AFs or AMs I come into contact with (so AF/AM), not an AF/WM couple, but I can...
- N: @AF/AM couple I assume you meant AF/WM in the first line? I got slightly confused reading it. But I do encounter...
- Western Schools in South Korea (10)
- dan: Not sure how I feel about this. If the entire city is more modern, clean, and well funded than any other...
- john: This is a bad idea. It will be like those Indonesian who don’t know Indonesia becuase their parent sent...
- mama nabi: This is interesting – my mom pitched this exact same idea (I remember helping her come up with a...
- A Great Wall (3)
- Dinobot: I heard from somewhere that the construction of Zheng He’s fleet deforested large parts of China,...
- Ngo Bao Chau, First Vietnamese Fields Medal Winner (4)
- Why Am I Doing This? (Review) (14)
- jaehwan: us_Asians, I had a few words to say about David Henry Hwang in the comment section of this post:...
- MojoRider: @us asians, indeed, Eva Cassidy is the best all around female vocalist I’ve ever heard. I...
- us asians: Just some additional thoughts + @Alpha Asian says: I agree with your comment that the “just felt right”...
- White on Rice (Review) (17)
- angrybritishchinese: @simon tsui The audience i saw it with were also rolling in the aisles and shitting bricks. but...
- Simon Tsui: I am disappointed in your review. I watched White on Rice in the movie theatre during the premiere in...
- Tiger Woods and His White Women (22)
- jaehwan: And then it was over. http://www.golf.com/golf/tours _news/article/0,28136,2012613, 00.html?hpt=T2 Sheesh,...
- Chinese economy surpasses Japan (6)
- Asian Racism and the “Asian of Reason” (20)
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Teddy Zee on Hollywood
I copped this from Alpha Asian and thought some of you might find it interesting. Teddy Zee has a long list of achievements in Hollywood. Check out the video above where he shares advice on how to “make it.” He … Continue reading
Frank Chin debates Yunte Huang on the topic of Charlie Chan
Thanks, N and C for sending this: Sleuthing Out Charlie Chan. Click on “Listen To This Show” on the top of the page (or click here), and you’ll be able to hear Frank Chin debate Yunte Huang about Huang’s new … Continue reading
Never Let Me Go, in theaters Sept. 15
a) This movie looks okay. b) The novel was amazing. c) I was going to write a review of the book, talk about the writer Kazuo Ishiguro’s ungodly skill at storytelling, marvel about the way he jumps into characters in … Continue reading
RiceDaddies Founder on the Today Show
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Check out Jason Sperber, the co-chief of RiceDaddies, on the Today Show above. I think he is quickly becoming the most prominent Stay at Home Dad in the … Continue reading
Why Am I Doing This? (Review)
“Why Am I Doing This?” trailer from Tom Huang on Vimeo. bigWOWO rating: Asian American Silver Thanks to Alpha Asian, who sent me the DVD for Why Am I Doing This? by Tom Huang. I was interested in the movie … Continue reading
A Great Wall
Does anyone remember this movie? (Sorry, the video above has some issues with the audio.) It was called “A Great Wall,” and I remember seeing it on an airplane way back when in the mid-80′s. I think it was the … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American, history, media
Tagged A Great Wall, Asian American cinema, Kelvin Han Yee
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White on Rice (Review)
WHITE ON RICE-THEATRICAL TRAILER from Dave Boyle on Vimeo. bigWOWO Rating: Asian American Silver (Minor spoilers to follow. You all might be able to see this On Demand with your cable service.) This one was a hard one to rate. … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American, Reviews, media
Tagged James Kyson Lee, Lynn Chen, White on Rice
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The People I’ve Slept With, opening in SF, LA, NYC
Koji Sakai, a screenwriter and 8A blogger, sent word that his movie The People I’ve Slept With is going to be opening in SF, LA, and NYC. We Portlanders are out of luck, but if you’re in one of the … Continue reading
David Blackwell, First Black Tenured Professor at Berkeley, Dies at 91
I caught this obituary in the NY Times: David Blackwell, Scholar of Probability, Dies at 91. He was the first black tenured professor at Berkeley as well as the first black scholar admitted to the National Academy of Sciences. He … Continue reading
Internet vs. Books
David Brooks, my favorite NY Times columnist, hits it again in his latest: The Medium is the Medium. I strongly suggest reading this piece. In this column, he talks about how the internet is good for disseminating information and keeping … Continue reading