Best & Worst Movies | Asian American Poll

BEST & WORST MOVIES
(Updated Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008, 05:11:49 PM to reflect the 100 most recent valid responses.)

Would you go to a movie because it features an Asian in a positive starring role even if you weren't otherwise interested?
No. | 14%
Yes. | 69%
Yes, if the Asian were male. | 17%

Which of the following is the Greatest Movie Ever for Asian Americans?
Enter the Dragon | 15%
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 14%
Romeo Must Die | 5%
The Corruptor | 2%
Dragon: Bruce Lee Story | 57%
Joy Luck Club | 7%

Which of the following is the Most Offensive Movie Ever for Asian Americans?
The World of Suzie Wong | 1%
Sixteen Candles | 13%
Breakfast at Tiffany's | 24%
Year of the Dragon | 25%
Tai Pan | 1%
Joy Luck Club | 38%

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Latest Example of Ambush: So I finally get around to watching the movie "Fargo" (yes, it's about 5 years old) and suddenly in the movie, there's this scene where the star (white female police officer) gets a call at home at 11 pm from a guy with a Japanese name. The scene plays out that the guy is a dork who calls a married, pregnant woman late at night and wakes her up just to say hello. Later in the movie, she meets him in a restaurant and he trys to make a move on her, she rejects him, he starts crying about how lonely he is and that his wife has died of leukemia. The next day she calls a friend and finds out he never even was married to the woman he described as his wife and that she is alive and well. As I watched the rest of the movie, once again the truth became apparent and that was that the scene had no relevance to the movie's plot or story-line at all. Here's some points that occur to me that are oh so familiar with what Hollywood does to us again and again:
#1. The Asian guy is an inconsiderate dork who calls a married, pregnant woman at home late at night and wakes her up.
#2. The white woman rejects his unwanted and clumsy advances.
#3. He then is portrayed as socially inept, weak and unmanly by crying in the restaurant.
#4. Then he is portrayed as an untrustworthy, desperate, liar.
#5. The whole scene is a diversion from the story-line, having no significance or relevance to the rest of the movie. This scene, of course, took time, money, and effort for the producers to arrange.

So there we have it. The pattern from Hollywood continues. Hollywood will spend the time, money and effort to include a scene that has no relevance to the rest of the movie, but containing every negative stereotype of Asian males, just to cater to the need of some of the viewing public to see us denigrated. And Hollywood never does this for what they consider to be a small segment of the viewing public. Conclusion: the segment of the viewing public that enjoys seeing Asian males denigrated is significantly large and Hollywood finds it profitable to please them. It is far too late for this movie, but we should boycott and protest this crap in new movies through groups such as MANAA and others.
Naki Sunday, March 17, 2002 at 15:07:00 (PST)

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