Not Hollywood, but even my favorite show (tv or movie) of all time is guilty. Doctor Who:
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I see your point, but at this juncture I’m just happy that the needle has wiggled.
David Carradine instead of Bruce Lee for the tv show “Kung Fu.”
That’s a good one, by my favorite just might be the blond haired, blue eyed Chuck Connors as Geronimo. It’s just so wrong on so many levels. Yep, there’s blond hair under that wig, and they didn’t even bother to pretend with the blue eyes.
Katharine Hepburn in Dragon Seed:
Or how producers refused to cast the amazing Anna May Wong in “The Good Earth” because the lead actor they cast was white and showing a white man playing a Chinese man being married to an actual Chinese woman went against the anti-miscegenation laws in place at the time so instead they cast a German woman to play his…
As I’ve gotten older, as much as I love Audrey, the character Holly is a whiny asshole. And the racism is gross.
Marlon Brando in Teahouse of the August Moon:
Or this. Nominated for an Academy Award, even.
Sooo many White girls I know list Breakfast at Tiffany’s as their favorite movie. Personally I could never get past this shit. I know it’s from an earlier era and such but it’s like they went out of their way to be racist when they didn’t even have to be.
It’s something they had to work to avoid!
Honestly, in Hawai’i? I’d imagine finding an actress who is 1/4 Asian, 1/4 Hawaiian, and 1/2 Caucasian would actually be something they could have done.
Anonymous producer: “If you’re going to wait around to find the perfect actress who is a quarter Asian, and not just a quarter Asian but a quarter Hawaiian Asian, you will never cast your movie.”
Funny how only white people seem to have the spirit of so many roles!
About time Hollywood started to get “paranoid” about this. How many roles in the history of Hollywood cinema have been whitewashed?
I was thinking the same thing.
Is there anything we can do (e.g., is there any sort of petition going around or anything like that) that could possibly bring attention to this? Does anyone know if Korea would be likely to aid her in fighting for custody if she is deported?
Thank you thank you thank you for writing about this!!! This has been big news in the DV world, and I am so glad to too Nan Hui getting the wide-spread support she needs right now.
Is there a legal fund anywhere we can donate to?