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Envy
Asians just aren't cool enough???
Sunday, May 24 | 7:28 AM
I suscribe to Kevin Jumba's YouTube videos. When a recent update popped up in my email, I came across this video that spoke volumes.
Perhaps I will bring up these examples to illustrate Kevin's thesis :
* A local actor got his break recently playing the father of Chun Li in a recent movie made from a fighting video game whose name I cannot recall now. The actor, Edmund Chen, popped this question to the host of the talkshow, Asia Uncut : why are Asians always portrayed as evil characters in Hollywood movies? With the Petrona Twin Towers as part of the backdrop of the set decorated with many chinese elements, I assume that Asia Uncut is made in Malaysia. The host, incidentally, is a caucasian.
* At Decathlon, an adventure and sports place in Guangzhou where I'd visited recently, all local brands feature caucasians as their models in their advertisement videos and posters.
I leave you to watch the video below to decide for yourself if Asians are cool enough for the media.
Incidentally, on the same day I chanced upon the above, I also stumbled upon a local band, The Great Spy Experiment, featuring some musicans who are teachers!!! They have an album out which I hope to pick up in the stores later. On top of that, they are doing gigs in American and around Asia too! AWESOME!!!
