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To: JoeProBono
For many activists

Yeah, all three of 'em. It always cheeses me off when Corporate America assumes the fetal position when dealing with these professional victims. Paying attention to them only increases their sense of power. Better to say, "Your complaint has been noted - NEXT?"

I just finished watching all of the Warner Oland DVDs and saw just a cool unassuming guy underplaying his hand - until the final scene when he ALWAYS outsmarted and nabbed the bad guy.

Gee, where were all the Italians "activists" when "Colombo" was in his prime? There were episodes where he was an absolute suck-up to some celebrity, then like Charle, nailed them in the end. Both used the "dumb as a box of rocks" approach, which every viewer knew, and just waited to see the bad guy tripped up.

Put this whiner Choy on the spot and ask him what scene in what Chan movie was so offensive. Bethcha this idiot never even watched those movies.

The character was usually played by white actors who were made up to seem Asian and who spoke English with an exaggerated accent. The portrayals also frequently perpetuated the cliché of Asian-Americans as inscrutable.
In one of the extras on those DVDs mentioned above, they showed Warner Oland touring Shanghai and the narrator made the observation that the Chinese there all thought Warner WAS Chinese. It's called ACTING for a reason, Mr. Choy.

32 posted on 03/13/2010 2:55:15 PM PST by Oatka ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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38 posted on 03/13/2010 3:12:44 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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