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When you look at a character like Chow in the Hang Over, mostly if your not Asian. You see a funny caricature of Asian people. When first introduce, Chow was just an ambiguous Asian gangster. He spoke broke english with an Asian accent. He had funny lines and an attitude that showed he was someone to mess with.
As the series on movies we're released with the Hang Over, Mr. Chow was further made into a caricature and slowly developed as more than human and not just a caricature. When it comes to characters like Chow, there is a good and a bad balance.
The bad balance is that to those that dont know better or choose to not know better. He is Asian people in America. Something that can generalize an entire group of people because not many Asian characters exist on TV and Movies. And when they do, either its an asian backdrop, or no note is mention about the fact that they are asian other than in passing.
The good balance is that, he created a memorable character, which lead to him getting other rolls where he could show range beyond that caricature roll. Having him in that role highlighted the fact to the ignorant that asian actors are more than ninja roles and mute henchmen.
So sometimes, in my opinion. The problem with Mr. Chow is that he is needed to open doors. The problem with Mr. Chow is that in America, minorities have to be first humiliated before they are humanized
As the series on movies we're released with the Hang Over, Mr. Chow was further made into a caricature and slowly developed as more than human and not just a caricature. When it comes to characters like Chow, there is a good and a bad balance.
The bad balance is that to those that dont know better or choose to not know better. He is Asian people in America. Something that can generalize an entire group of people because not many Asian characters exist on TV and Movies. And when they do, either its an asian backdrop, or no note is mention about the fact that they are asian other than in passing.
The good balance is that, he created a memorable character, which lead to him getting other rolls where he could show range beyond that caricature roll. Having him in that role highlighted the fact to the ignorant that asian actors are more than ninja roles and mute henchmen.
So sometimes, in my opinion. The problem with Mr. Chow is that he is needed to open doors. The problem with Mr. Chow is that in America, minorities have to be first humiliated before they are humanized
