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To: adorno

OTOH, they had a white Sweden-born actor playing "Charlie Chan".

That's not to mention Mr. Moto, off the top of my head. And Asians played by Mickey Rooney in some forgotten movie, and Peter Sellars, of course.

Yul Brenner, and John Wayne, and ...

35 posted on 11/23/2014 1:16:45 PM PST by Calvin Locke

To: Calvin Locke

Well at least they made them up to look somewhat Asian.

41 posted on 11/23/2014 1:22:56 PM PST by dfwgator

To: Calvin Locke

“And Asians played by Mickey Rooney in some forgotten movie,”

Actually a pretty famous one, Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

44 posted on 11/23/2014 1:24:55 PM PST by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)

To: Calvin Locke

Asian played by Mickey Rooney in some forgotten movie

Forgotten? Not really. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" remains among the top twenty American movies.

And Rooney's over the top performance is hilarious.

Just my opinions, of course.

53 posted on 11/23/2014 1:33:39 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)

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