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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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Review: Netflix’s “Let’s Get Divorced”
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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Hizashi no Naka no Rairu
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Category Archives: TV
Psy Performs With MC Hammer At The 2012 American Music Awards
The 2012 American Music Awards took place on Sunday and to cap the evening off, PSY of “Gangnam Style” fame, performed with MC Hammer – and a little mix of “Hammer Time!” Clearly, “Gangnam Style” is the song and music … Continue reading
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Ang Lee & The Cast Of ‘The Life Of Pi’ On Charlie Rose
Ang Lee’s film, The Life of Pi, is being released next week in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. The director, Suraj Sharma (who plays the boy Pi Patel) and Irrfan Khan (who plays the older adult Pi Patel) appeared on … Continue reading
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PBS’s The Mind of a Chef With David Chang
Watch The Mind of a Chef – Preview on PBS. See more from PBS. Before the election, I caught ‘celebrity’ chef David Chang was also on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where he mentioned that he would have a new … Continue reading
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Election 2012 – Congressional Campaign Ads
http://youtu.be/m_cS0408Ijo Back in 2010, I highlighted Asian Americans running for public office and their television commercials. Now, with a record number of Asian Americans running for Congress, it’s even more important to highlight leadership role models such as these individuals. … Continue reading
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Maya Soetoro-Ng On Her Brother As the President of the United States
Back in September when I was at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, I had a chance to see President Obama’s sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, speak at the Asian American & Pacific Islander caucus. In this Obama re-election web video released last … Continue reading
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Legal Zoom
http://youtu.be/70FVKbIRrDA I’ve heard of Legal Zoom before, and I’m glad to see they are trying to make access to legal advice, information and services more accessible and affordable. Personally, I’ve always felt lawyers were always too expensive and overpaid and … Continue reading
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A Brief Lesson On Melanin Diversity In The Philippines And China
So the other week, Lucy Liu was under fire for her comment on David Letterman’s show about how she looks “a little Filipino” when she tans. Although Lucy has already apologized, a number of people are unsurprisingly still offended by … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Entertainment, Observations, TV
Tagged China, David Letterman, Lucy Liu, Philippines, race
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How To Tell If A TV Character Is A Stereotype
By Jenny An I initially cringed upon hearing that the two Asian lady leads premiering on network TV this year were a doctor and a former doctor. While Sandra Oh on Grey’s Anatomy provided that an Asian doctor could certainly … Continue reading
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Asian American Commercial Watch: “Movement” For Microsoft Surface
This commercial is not so notable for Asian Americans in it as the Asian Americans behind it, such as director Jon M. Chu (GI Joe 2, Step Up 2, Step Up 3D, Justin Biefer: Never Say Never) and our favorite … Continue reading
Asian American Commercial Watch: Volvo’s “The Unexpected Ones” With Jeremy Lin
http://youtu.be/X9ebc-wKoZk Back in August, I had blogged about Jermey Lin and what he was doing during his off-season, which included filming a commercial for Volvo. Originally, Lin had signed a deal with Volvo to promote its brand and cars in … Continue reading
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CNN & NPR Report On Historic Number Of APA Candidates For Congress In 2012
I just caught this CNN story by Kyung Lah that was aired in earlier in October about the high number of Asian American candidates. Yes, there are a record 23 Asian Americans running for Congress (20 of them running as … Continue reading
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What Would You Do If You Encountered A Racist Comedian?
What would you do if you encountered a mean spirited, racist comedian? One response would be to attack the comedian, as one Asian American guy did. The show What Would You Do? wanted to check how people would response by … Continue reading