The Slanted Screen

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12/05/2018 There are several documentaries like this about racial stereotyping in Hollywood on the streaming service Kanopy. This documentary was released in 2006, the same year Mako died, whose screen interview time is fairly significant, In 2006 Bobby Lee of MadTV was perhaps the youngest up-and-coming talent interviewed. Filmmaker Jeff Adachi goes all the way back to the silent era to begin and I found the information about Japanese silent star Sessue Hayakawa fascinating. Again there is anger from these Asian men at the injustice of racism and stereotypes in the film industry, but many are working to make a change so there is hope for the future. See more 01/19/2015 Solid documentary looking at Asian stars in Hollywood throughout the years and the typecasting that actors of Asian background still face today. See more 06/29/2013 89% Asain American community is upset with Hollywood, for the stereotypical potrayal of asains in film, as they should be. The film should have been loader in its opinion. See more 10/16/2009 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 it could have brought in the female aspect to it. See more 07/17/2009 Excellent. Brings up things I've been wondering about for a long time now. The only issue is that it really should have brought up Asian American women. They have it just as bad, if not worse. See more 03/20/2009 Talks about the history of asian men in american film. Got your famous Asian actors like Mako and Bruce Lee. Talks about yellowface and even whitewashing of scripts today. They think things are getting better, though I'm not entirely sure. See more Read all reviews

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