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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:07 PM Original message |
Charlie Chan Movies were my first exprience with Asian-Americans! |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. wow. you're dragging that out again? obviously homage to me |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. branson...give me some more info, here. "Hackneyed Stereotypes? |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I always enjoyed Charlie Chan |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I'm half-Japanese |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. When was the last time you saw one? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I taped the whole series about three years ago when A&E had |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. You wanted to be Chan? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. No...I wanted to have his intelligence in solving BIG Mysteries! |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. Doris Day was my first introduction to white women |
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narcjen (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I thought Chan was great |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Are you looking at through the eyes of an Adult looking for stereotypes or |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Generic, did you ever meet a Doris Day? I knew some..... |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
84. Know why there was no Mrs. Charlie Chan? |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. The Beverly Hillbillies Were My First Experience With White People. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Nasty, Mean, David! Go away! Beverly Hillbillies! |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Ah Jes Loved This White Man |
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narcjen (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I'm glad it wasn't your last |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Ah Also Lurned 'Bout White Peeple From This Man |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Broken Netscape link for Pix. Another one of "them" Western |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. It Was Goober. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:00 PM Original message |
Some posts on this thread are why Liberals get a dirty name for |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
30. I don't hold it against you |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
54. Sigh....Myopic! And PC is more imporant than seeking knowledge |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:27 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I'm only going to say this one more time |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:28 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. White people with slanty eyes |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 06:13 PM Response to Reply #58 |
91. OK...a kick! |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. No, it's Goober! |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
59. there's grandpappy amos & the girls & the boys, |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. Uhhh.. you do know it was a white actor who played Chan right? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Of Course I know that! Doesn't mean they weren't all good actors! |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I guess you think blackface is ok too |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. If it was in keeping with the character.. Do you know Shakespeare |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Are you really comparing |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Keeping with the character? |
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narcjen (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. But his sons were played by real Asians |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Wow! |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Yeah what a great role |
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narcjen (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. Not asexual |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Yes, they were, but that doesn't seem to be important to some as |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. You really don't get it, do you? |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. The actors who played Charlie Chan were not even Chinese |
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narcjen (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. But his sons were played by real Asians |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. Some posts on this thread are why Liberals have problems with labels of |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. You said it |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. I will admit it, Columbia. I am ignorant. |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. No |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. Ah....but you know nothing about me...I think you speak of yourself! |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:26 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I know enough to know that you care nothing about the millions |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:57 PM Response to Reply #55 |
81. Charlie Chan did this to you? Give me a break! |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:00 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Charlie Chan is among the many who are culpable |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I wasn't implying you're stupid, KoKo |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Why can't we accept that lots of kids might have learned good stuff |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:18 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. And why can't you accept |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
63. Wrong? How so? Did Charlie's white actors kill folks or molest |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:42 PM Response to Reply #63 |
73. There is no hypocrisy |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. Give *me* a break |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
46. So, what's your point? I'm wrong that I "learned" from them? Or, |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. It is wrong |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:29 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Well, I seem to have grown up okay! I'm here on this website with you |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:34 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. I'm not accusing you of being a racist |
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narcjen (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
34. I rarely heard Charlie Chan use fortune-cookie one-liners |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
41. dont' forget peter lorre as mr. moto............. |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:17 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. or Breakfast at Tiffany's |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. ...and maybe the weirdest one of all |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:28 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. jeez that was weird |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. OMG! Talk about Sterotypes. Her landlord was really the worst. |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. So you have a problem with Breakfast at Tiffany's? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:35 PM Response to Reply #52 |
66. If you're talking to me, read my post about BAT. A wonderful Movie! |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:38 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Yes, I am comparing the two of them |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:48 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. Because Rooney was playing it to be a stereotype. Chan was |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:51 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. I clearly really can't control myself here |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
48. It's the whole thing of the whitey actor being in "yellowface." I don't |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:37 PM Response to Reply #48 |
68. The movies were black and white. I don't believe a colorized version |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 12:14 AM Response to Reply #68 |
87. I was using "yellowface" as a figure of speech, don't be so literal. |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
61. BTW I'm not saying that there ISN'T good that can come from even |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:40 PM Response to Reply #61 |
71. Mayberry, having grown up in the South, I've had alot to complain |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
62. ben cartright's cook....hop sing |
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narcjen (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
64. Most Asians who criticize Charlie Chan haven't even seen it |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:36 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Proof? |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:38 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Okay by me |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:43 PM Response to Reply #64 |
74. Thank You, narcjen. From reading these posts here, I think most |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:46 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Wow |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 01:28 AM Response to Reply #74 |
89. All I have to say is |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
72. Well... |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:44 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Oh, the poster knows |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:52 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Can you directly attribute what you've experienced to Chan Movies? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:55 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. BTW! For all you here, just wanted you to know Jet Li is one of my |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:02 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. Keep in mind |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:28 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. Can movies be bridges to culture? And, isn't it possible that not |
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TroubleMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
86. Confucius say: |
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DoveTurnedHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
88. You Expressing Your Opinion Is Not Offensive...But Your Insistence |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 05:37 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. DTH, then you are saying "Hush, Hush...we must never discuss what some |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 06:14 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. No one has tried to censor you |
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DoveTurnedHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 06:26 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. Don't Try Invoking Censorship Here, Because It's Complete Bullshit |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 07:50 PM Response to Reply #93 |
97. Then...please explain "my attitude!" |
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Cursive_Knives512 (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 09:03 PM Response to Reply #88 |
101. Well said, DTH. |
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TNMOM (735 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
94. Hope you've met other Asians to round out your perspective |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
95. I remember over a year ago, I started a thread like this 100+ posts |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 07:48 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. Oh dear...."another 'round eye bites the dust.'"!How do you feel about the |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 07:56 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. yes....I understand where you're coming from. I don't think it's bad |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 08:45 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. Why do you feel I haven't gone beyond the "stereotypes? " That's |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
99. WHAT about those "Pink Panther" Movies? Should they be banned as |
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