| Genki |
| The best American director was born in Taiwan, one of the top talents in Hollywood did his landmark work in Hong Kong and one of the most critically acclaimed films in the United States last year was entirely in Chinese.<p>Asian film and Asian stars are hot commodities in the U.S. entertainment world.<p>Despite the increased recognition in Hollywood, however, the Asian-American actors who struggle to find work on a daily basis contend that stereotyping is rife and mainstream roles are rare.<p>The top Asian players in the entertainment world have made their mark in mainstream America.<p>Taiwan-born director Ang Lee was named America's best director earlier this year by Time magazine, Hong Kong star Jackie Chan commands about ฟ million per Hollywood picture and last year's martial arts film ``Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' sent a charge through the Academy Awards (news - web sites).<p>But ask Asian-American actors such as George Takei, Robin Shou, Jack Ong, Ravi Kapoor, Alec Mapa, John Cho, Karen Kim and Dustin Nguyen, who have all landed roles on network TV, and they will say Hollywood executives have trouble seeing Asian-American actors in roles beyond martial arts experts and a few other stereotypes.<p>As for the stereotypes, there is the evil Asian man, usually a gang boss from a crime syndicate such as a Chinese triad of Japanese ``yakuza'' gang. Or men can be the undesirable partner who is wrapped up in his work, left his personality in his briefcase and is negligent toward his family.<p>For the women, there is the China doll type -- a fragile and enchanting beauty with a soft voice and long, dark hair. On the evil side is the dragon lady, the strong, seductive, completely unreliable and utterly corruptible woman.<p>For both men and women, there is the fish out of water Asian who hopelessly tries to find his or her way in the United States, while snapping loads of pictures, fiddling with computers and speaking English with a hokey accent. |
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| Talented |
| For some reason, I just don't think any asian actor will be in a lead role for anything other than a martial arts expert. Even if there is ever such a movie, it'll be short lived. |
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| KingKiong |
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Quote: from Talented on 10:37 am on Jan. 3, 2002
For some reason, I just don't think any asian actor will be in a lead role for anything other than a martial arts expert. _ Even if there is ever such a movie, it'll be short lived. _[/b][/quote]<p>i agree...prejudice and discrimination....just look...people are trying to make jet li play the bad guy all the time |
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