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Willravel · 11-15-2004, 06:50 PM

This was inspired by the no women thread. I was going to list movies that didn't have asians in them, but I soon realized that the list of asians IN them is much, much smaller than the list of movies without. Actually I can list on one hand all the movies with asians even in secondary roles (excluding movies from asia of course. I mean I'm not stupid, jeez. Why would you even say that?). Seeing movies like Better Luck Tomorrow, the Debut, and Harold and Kumar are welcomed exceptions to the asian free rule of hollywood. Aside from Jet Li, Jackie Chan, and Lucy Liu, I can think of almost no asian actors working in american cinema today. I'd Blame Surf Ninjas, but Ernie Reyes Jr. is actually a really cool guy.

BTW this also applies to Indians (from India, not to be confused with Native Americans), Pacific Islanders, South Americans, and Middle Easterners. There is a very short list for admittance into hollywood. Whites, blacks, and latinos welcome.

11-15-2004, 06:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	No Asians... This was inspired by the no women thread. I was going to list movies that didn't have asians in them, but I soon realized that the list of asians IN them is much, much smaller than the list of movies without. Actually I can list on one hand all the movies with asians even in secondary roles (excluding movies from asia of course. I mean I'm not stupid, jeez. Why would you even say that?). Seeing movies like Better Luck Tomorrow, the Debut, and Harold and Kumar are welcomed exceptions to the asian free rule of hollywood. Aside from Jet Li, Jackie Chan, and Lucy Liu, I can think of almost no asian actors working in american cinema today. I'd Blame Surf Ninjas, but Ernie Reyes Jr. is actually a really cool guy. BTW this also applies to Indians (from India, not to be confused with Native Americans), Pacific Islanders, South Americans, and Middle Easterners. There is a very short list for admittance into hollywood. Whites, blacks, and latinos welcome.