[DimSim]

To be honest when asians appear in western movies or what not .. they get the crappy role and usually die first. It might even turn out that they are the Villian. Eg. Rain in Speedracer and etc.

Example.
One Asian and a bed


as you can see .. Asian = nerd

[.mio amore.]

"surgery freaks" as what some might say.
In some movies asians are the "nerdy smart people"

[DimSim]

yeah true .. alot of asians are considered 'plastic' from all the surgery
but we can always compare with that of hollywood

[ikrnxinhyungi]

dude... this thread could be major help to the essay i am wrting RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT! (actually i'm taking a break)
i'm writing about how asians are played as nerdy comedic side kicks (such as in twenty-one and get smart)
and about how in twenty-one there isnt enough asians on the MIT blackjack team..
because the character that plays the main role is white... but based on the true story he was suppose to be asian. his name is Jeff Ma
but they made the characters of the white race for more viewers
and on the real MIT blackjack team there was suppose to be more asian for a reason

[killjoys]

it's a shame how asians are portrayed within hollywood
only recently have they decided to give asian americans larger roles in movies
even in dragonball goku is not-asian (a fact I've overcome and accepted), but most of the cast is asian anyway :]

asians are also seen as all martial arts and whatnot =___="
thanks jackie =___="

[mAdNeSs~]

Most of the roles that asian actors play happen to be martial roles.

[LacedOut]

Most of the roles that asian actors play happen to be martial roles.

I agree with that. :3
But what about Lucy Liu & her kick ass buddies, she's not a nerd.. maybe a hot nerd? xD ahaha.
I'm not making sense. lol.

[Christinaisweird]

normall when asians are in movies it's normally a chinese person or what not.
plus, with the funky accent running some kind of store
the only hot asian guy i saw was bryan on the sisterhood of the traveling pants 2.

[dON^_^]

I agree and people don't take Asian actors/actresses too seriously. They just use them for action movies or being the Asian gangster like the Triads or Yakuza. Also non-Asians have the stereotypes of Asians being bad drivers, being only good at math, or believing that all hot/cute Asian girls had plastic surgery.

[angelcadex]

^I seriously don't know any average American who thinks about the surgery thing.

But yeah...nerdy...good with fighting/kung fu...rainbow (srsly >_<)..affiliated with gangs.

[KevNish]

Look on the bright side
Asians=freaking good dancers...
Asians= american hip hop Far East Movement etc.
Asians=good fashion sense
Asians=pretty(girls)
haha

ooh

can whoop ppls asses when needed

[Kittykitt129]

Imma tell you right now...alot of times, in American media, they aren't percieved as pretty or hot unless they have a SUPER hot body and do crazy martial arts...otherwise, I've seen so many times, Asians are made fun of because of their slanted eyes.
Also; Asian chicks are mostly hot. All the time. Because they always have a really tiny waist. They find the drop-dead-bombshell victim-of-plastic-surgery ones to use, alot of the time...
But they guys...not much. Most of the time they are dorks or the sidekick that can kick the hero's ass and just kick peoples' butts all over the floor to help the main person get to where they want to be.

[mAdNeSs~]

I agree with that. :3
But what about Lucy Liu & her kick ass buddies, she's not a nerd.. maybe a hot nerd? xD ahaha.
I'm not making sense. lol.

But Lucy Liu got paid really little compared to Cameran Diaz and Drew Barrymore in Charlie's Angels.
But then Cameran Diaz and Drew Barrymore are more well know.

[Nightmare]

It's all about money. Whose your largest audience and what do they want to see? (I don't have the statistics, but I assumed that the largest movie goers are white teenagers.) That's why in most western movies (especially commercialized movies) Asians usually plays a sidekick.

[JJ.exot5ia]

exactly... that's why i hate watching american movies with asians inside
it only adds to some of the racism we have here...

-Rebecca

[miika]

What about Aaron Yoo? He's pretty cute, plays a few roles, though never too major..
Ahh, white people wanna watch their own race. Just like how in Asian films, there are few white people

[MythnoonA]

^ people might want to see their own 'race'--especially if they hardly ever see them on tv. I never watch anything because I want to see other Caucasian people. I watch it because it's interesting/funny/good. >< I guess I can see how someone who has never been exposed to any people that don't look 'similar' to themself--might want that, though.

dude... this thread could be major help to the essay i am wrting RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT! (actually i'm taking a break)
i'm writing about how asians are played as nerdy comedic side kicks (such as in twenty-one and get smart)
and about how in twenty-one there isnt enough asians on the MIT blackjack team..
because the character that plays the main role is white... but based on the true story he was suppose to be asian. his name is Jeff Ma
but they made the characters of the white race for more viewers
and on the real MIT blackjack team there was suppose to be more asian for a reason

hey Alice ^^;

the only complaint I've heard about Aaron Yoo's character in the movie is that he's a 'stereotypical nerd'. -.- I didn't know the real story, though--only that it's based on one. =.= Wth at changing the story so there are more 'white' actors-- certain things are 'open'--anyone, no matter what his or her ethnic backround--could play the part. That's -______-

as for Asian Americans in Hollyweird, there are a lot more actors and ROLES than people realize--it's not all martial arts (although some actors do use their skills in certain parts--like Dustin Nguyen and Will Yun Lee--both of them have played cops/detectives and other things)--but the parts they've done are really diverse. Sometimes actors do play the main comedic roles, like Jon Cho...not just in Harold and Kumar, but in the series he was in a few years ago.

I remember someone complaining because the villain in Electra was Asian (Will Yun Lee played him) but guess what--that's what he was in the comic book--------but they also seem to ignore that his bad buddies were also of other ethnic backrounds.

Leonardo Nam was also in Sisterhood 1--and how many Asian people do you know like his character in The Perfect Score--definitely not a stereotypical role for an Asian.

Aaron Yoo hasn't done many huge roles--yet--but he's still just starting out. He's also done stage work, and other things. I don't know how big a role he played in Disturbia, because I haven't seen it yet.

[DarkAngelInLove]

well, the media in america is trying to add more asians into their programs

but to many people, we are just short-geeky-accident prone-martial arts doing-doctor being-plain looking-anime crazy-small eyed-"c" word calling-yellow people.

I don't let it get to me even if it's shown in the media. Sooner or later, people are going to notice us as more than a minority like they been doing for other ethnicity

PS" And there was an asian chick in a photo spread in the September cosmo girl and she was pretty cute.

[A m a r a n t h]

dude... this thread could be major help to the essay i am wrting RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT! (actually i'm taking a break)
i'm writing about how asians are played as nerdy comedic side kicks (such as in twenty-one and get smart)
and about how in twenty-one there isnt enough asians on the MIT blackjack team..
because the character that plays the main role is white... but based on the true story he was suppose to be asian. his name is Jeff Ma
but they made the characters of the white race for more viewers
and on the real MIT blackjack team there was suppose to be more asian for a reason

LOL YEA i was going to say that aaron yoo is only like the side character, and how'd they portray him?
Just as a nerdy, nutty, drinking guy. Seriously yea in the real story the main guy was Jeff MA
i watched the movie, watched them interview jeff ma seriously gay

[Sam Sik]

Look on the bright side
Asians=freaking good dancers...
Asians= american hip hop Far East Movement etc.
Asians=good fashion sense
Asians=pretty(girls)
haha

ooh

can whoop ppls asses when needed

You're just doing what the American media is doing.