[QUOTE=Frylock]
Hmm.
Have any white chicks ever gotten plastic surgery to look more Asian?
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See what I mean?
[QUOTE=athelas]
Yeah, I’ve noticed that Asian male actors usually get portrayed as either chaste action heroes (Jackie Chan), nerds (Hiro!), or (more recently, as on 24) shadowy agents of various Asian countries.
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I guess you didn’t see Tony Leung in The Lover :dubious:
John Lone is another. You did see the Last Emporer right?
IIRC Keanu Reeves has been portrayed as a hot stud muffin more than once. And The Rock as well. :smack:
But ya, there aren’t a lot of leading Asian hot dudes in American films. Part of it is the language issue. Asian actors from Asia tend to not have fluent enough English.
Not a lot of roles for Asian Men in American cinema – probably not enough to make much of a living. Russell Chang in Taipan is one, David Wu is another (Wu Man show on Channel V and some bit parts like in the Last Emperor.
Dunno if it’s all the rage, but the epicanthric fold and boob job is “popular” in Asia. Probably less than 1% of the population get it done. You see plastic surgeon adverts thorughout Asian cities including here in shanghai. Think I know more guys who have done the epicanthric fold thing than women. Fake pecs (boob jobs for men that don’t want to work out) have also been popular, especially when I used to live in Hong Kong.
[QUOTE=Waverly]
Err. I’m not sure what you are getting at, though I guess I’ve heard “in their own way” in a context that was more of a backhanded compliment. That wasn’t at all what I meant, though.
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That’s what I meant, and I was just teasing.
[QUOTE=China Guy]
I guess you didn’t see Tony Leung in The Lover :dubious:
John Lone is another. You did see the Last Emporer right?
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Did these guys really play romantic leads, though? Or were they pretty much chaste characters, like the examples mentioned earlier? I’m just asking, since I haven’t seen these films.
Neither one is pureblooded Asian though, nor are they easily identifiable as Asian. While one might rightly suspect that they have Asian blood in them, it’s not something that’s immediately obvious. Heck, a bunch of people that I know were surprised to hear that Keanu wasn’t pure Caucasian!
I think that’s a minor consideration, though. It certainly doesn’t stop a lot of Asian women from being cast as romantic leads.
[QUOTE=Waverly]
Err. I’m not sure what you are getting at, though I guess I’ve heard “in their own way” in a context that was more of a backhanded compliment. That wasn’t at all what I meant, though.
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You’re quite clever, in your own way.
(I think the phrase you meant was “In their own right”.)
" Why asian guys can’t get white girls "
Here’s an amateur’s video, pretty funny.
[QUOTE=Anaamika]
Have you ever seen an Indian fight in a movie? Utterly ridiculous.
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If they didn’t start singing and dancing in the middle of the fight scenes it’d help!
d&r
[QUOTE=dropzone]
If they didn’t start singing and dancing in the middle of the fight scenes it’d help!
d&r
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But I like the singing and dancing!
I didn’t know Keanu was Asian, either, actually. And I liked the Matrix films.
[QUOTE=JThunder]
Did these guys really play romantic leads, though? Or were they pretty much chaste characters, like the examples mentioned earlier? I’m just asking, since I haven’t seen these films.
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The Lover verges on softcore porn at places, so no - not very chaste 
( and Jane March, also half-Asian and Tony Leung make for two very attractive leads ). Further Tony Leung is in the new Ang Lee film Lust, Caution, which is quickly becoming notorious for its graphic sex scenes as well.
However The Lover was a French film ( L’Amant ) and Ang Lee moves on the edge of Hollywood as well, so I’d call them more arthouse exceptions to the rule.
[QUOTE=dropzone]
If they didn’t start singing and dancing in the middle of the fight scenes it’d help!
d&r
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But sometimes singing and dancing inexplicably in Kato masks is all you can do.
[QUOTE=Tamerlane]
However The Lover was a French film ( L’Amant ) and Ang Lee moves on the edge of Hollywood as well, so I’d call them more arthouse exceptions to the rule.
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Makes sense to me, then. Let’s face it; Hollywood doesn’t think that a romantic Asian male lead would be credible to the American public. And frankly, I think that Hollywood is right.
[QUOTE=Tamerlane]
The Lover verges on softcore porn at places, so no - not very chaste
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I don’t think there’s any “verges” about it. The movie consists of Jane March getting plowed vigorously and frequently, interspersed with some boring, angsty arthouse drama.
[QUOTE=Tamerlane]
Further Tony Leung is in the new Ang Lee film Lust, Caution, which is quickly becoming notorious for its graphic sex scenes as well.
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The most glacially-paced, BORING graphic sex scenes ever.