film, the measure of all things

“Asian-American faces are simply inadequate for American audiences, even in a movie that so obviously celebrates our cultural heritage.”

The most offensive aspect of that statement is its cynicism; but, that’s something we should expect from the suits in Hollywood.

Posted at 1:52pm and tagged with: Asian-Americans, racism, Hollywood, The Last Airbender,.

Why I Won’t Be Watching the Last Airbender Movie
“Asian-American faces are simply inadequate for American audiences, even in a movie that so obviously celebrates our cultural heritage.”
The most offensive aspect of that statement is its cynicism; but, that’s something we should expect from the suits in Hollywood.

March 31st 2010

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Roger Ebert , asking the question I always ask myself after watching a Hollywood movie.

My answer: They shoulda done it with HBO.

Posted at 3:27pm and tagged with: film, Hollywood,.

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Why does [insert random Hollywood movie here] have to end with an action sequence? Characters not rich enough? Story run out? Little minds, jazzed by sugar from the candy counter, might get too worked up without it? Or is it that executives, not trusting their artists and timid in the face of real stories, demand an action climax as insurance? Insurance of what? That the story will have a beginning and a middle but nothing so tedious as an ending?

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October 17th 2009

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The Secret Lives of Queer Leading Men

Posted at 9:11pm and tagged with: gay rights, Hollywood, actors,.

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Bragman, who’s legally married to the prizewinning horse trainer Chuck O’Donnell, handles the interview with an easy confidence: His parents were “tolerant and accepting” when he came out of the closet in his 20s; Proposition 8 was “extremely painful”; gays and lesbians need to “call people on their shit.

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