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• [1] wayne from nyc June 10, 2008 - 01:06PM

  I would like to point listeners to a book

  by a previous guest Sheridan Prasso; "The Asian Mystique"

  
  
• [2] Chris from NJ June 10, 2008 - 01:09PM

  How about looking at depictions of Irish, Italian, Germans, Scandanavians etc. Or are they too white to worry about?

  
  
• [3] Lloyd from Manhattan June 10, 2008 - 01:13PM

  Did you see David Henry Hwang's play "Yellow Face"? An amusing look at whites playing Asians. Funny that all the Charlie Chans were played by white actors. But Keye Luke was the Americanized Number 1 Son. Gee, Pop!

  
  
• [4] mh June 10, 2008 - 01:18PM

  ...al pacino (italian american) plays a cuban in scarface.

  anthony quinn (mexican american) plays a greek in 'zorba the greek.'

  lou diamond phillips (filipino american) plays richie valens (mexican american) in 'la bamba.'

  
  
• [5] MichaelB from UWS of Manhattan June 10, 2008 - 01:18PM

  And now it's sort of come full circle, where roles are filled in a color-blind manner (but the subject is debated back and forth depending upon whose ox is gored, so-to-speak.)

  
  
• [6] veronica from manhattan June 10, 2008 - 01:23PM

  I love Robert Osborne on TCM!

  
  
• [7] kj June 10, 2008 - 01:24PM

  The black character in Rush Hour is extremely demeaning. He is a stupid, ignorant, peevish child in a man's body.

  I wonder if this character was created for the international market as much as for the American.

  
  
• [8] Chris from NJ June 10, 2008 - 01:24PM

  The number of non-Italians portraying Italian-Americans is very high. Much worse is that the Italian-Americans characters are usually portrayed as dimwitted uneducated thugs.

  Irish are usually stubborn drunks...

  etc

  
  
• [9] http://ShanghaiYang.tripod.com from NYC June 10, 2008 - 01:53PM

  Ditto kj above (7). Leonard (the host) was just going to say sth. about Rush Hour 3 but didn't get a chance to elaborate. The truth is it's an awfully silly film with all the Asian stereotypes intact. Plus Chris Tucker's name got listed before Jackie Chan's (Chan's was the first in the previous two). The very talented Hiroyuki Sanada ("Twilight Samurai", etc.) got only limited airtime. Hollywood still has a long way to go in accurately portraying Asians on the big screen. Btw, this DVD ("The Slanted Screen"), fyi: http://www.amazon.com/Slanted-Screen-Jason-Scott-Lee/dp/B000NJL4SU/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1213119278&sr=8-1

  
  
• [10] David Hume June 10, 2008 - 01:53PM

  TCM is the best TV station. Get Robert Osborne back on with a better topic. Great guest, get him back soon.

  
  
• [11] Dolores Kaczmarek from Elmwood Park, Il 60707 June 28, 2008 - 08:24PM

  Mr. Osborne;

  I watch TCM classic Movies daily. I am really

  begging you to schedule the showing of Magnificent Obsession with Robert Taylor and Irene Dunne.

  Robert Taylor became a star due to this movie

  just as this movie made Rock Hudson a star in 1954.

  Please also show The Conpirator with Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor. This movie gave

  her the first screen kiss.

  I don't ever see them listed and I check every

  day. Please make my wish come true

  I'm an invalid and watch Tv all the time.

  Thank you Mr. Osborne,

  Dolores Kaczmarek