Bobby Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Dustin Nguyen

In this hourlong documentary, filmmaker Jeff Adachi salutes groundbreaking entertainers while turning a critical lens on the ways in which American cinema has depicted Asian men. Segments focus on the...( read more  read more... ) career arcs of playwright Frank Chin ("The Year of the Dragon"); producer Terence Chang (Bulletproof Monk); actors Dustin Nguyen ("21 Jump Street") and James Shigeta (Flower Drum Song); and comedian Bobby Lee ("Mad TV").

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Unrated, 60

Directed by: Jeff Adachi

Release Date: March 12, 2006

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DVD Release Date: May 1, 2007

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  • October 16, 2009
    Includes greatly specific examples of stereotypes in mainstream films but never coming off as nitpicking or a brothers on the wall moment.
    The only fault is that its focus is solely on strong male role for Americans who happen to be of Asian descent. And running at only an hour i...( read more)t could have brought in the female aspect to it.
  • December 21, 2008
    Quite informative and thoughtful, but it does focus almost exclusively on men.
  • June 7, 2008
    i liked this but i dont see the problem with it asians are just funny

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