I even liked the idea behind the arrogant, wise-ass “old age asian master of a mystical martial arts” despite it reinforcing (in principle) a stupid Asian depiction that catered (and still caters) to western stereotypes of Asians because it was incredibly funny.

Having said that, i must say as an Asian American, that despite enjoying the movie, i was INCREDIBLY offended that Joel Grey was cast as Chun. I like Joel Grey whenever he pops up in things like House M.D. or ST:Voyager. But drawing “chinky” eyes on him and a ridiculous accent was tantamount to a Caucasian playing an African American by painting himself in shoe polish and saying “yes'm, I sho does like me some collared greens.”

I realize the movie was from (arguably) a different era (the 80's) but inane casting like M.Night Shamalyan's Avatar the Last Airbender reminds me that that kind of crap still exists today and America still has a long way to go in terms of “walking the walk” and not just “talking the talk”. Bad enough Asians get type cast in stereotypes – but when we get shut out from actually playing the stereotypes, there's something REALLY wrong with racism in Hollywood.

I even liked the idea behind the arrogant, wise-ass “old age asian master of a mystical martial arts” despite it reinforcing (in principle) a stupid Asian depiction that catered (and still caters) to western stereotypes of Asians because it was incredibly funny.

Having said that, i must say as an Asian American, that despite enjoying the movie, i was INCREDIBLY offended that Joel Grey was cast as Chun. I like Joel Grey whenever he pops up in things like House M.D. or ST:Voyager. But drawing “chinky” eyes on him and a ridiculous accent was tantamount to a Caucasian playing an African American by painting himself in shoe polish and saying “yes'm, I sho does like me some collared greens.”

I realize the movie was from (arguably) a different era (the 80's) but inane casting like M.Night Shamalyan's Avatar the Last Airbender reminds me that that kind of crap still exists today and America still has a long way to go in terms of “walking the walk” and not just “talking the talk”. Bad enough Asians get type cast in stereotypes – but when we get shut out from actually playing the stereotypes, there's something REALLY wrong with racism in Hollywood.

I even liked the idea behind the arrogant, wise-ass “old age asian master of a mystical martial arts” despite it reinforcing (in principle) a stupid Asian depiction that catered (and still caters) to western stereotypes of Asians because it was incredibly funny.

Having said that, i must say as an Asian American, that despite enjoying the movie, i was INCREDIBLY offended that Joel Grey was cast as Chun. I like Joel Grey whenever he pops up in things like House M.D. or ST:Voyager. But drawing “chinky” eyes on him and a ridiculous accent was tantamount to a Caucasian playing an African American by painting himself in shoe polish and saying “yes'm, I sho does like me some collared greens.”

I realize the movie was from (arguably) a different era (the 80's) but inane casting like M.Night Shamalyan's Avatar the Last Airbender reminds me that that kind of crap still exists today and America still has a long way to go in terms of “walking the walk” and not just “talking the talk”. Bad enough Asians get type cast in stereotypes – but when we get shut out from actually playing the stereotypes, there's something REALLY wrong with racism in Hollywood.

I even liked the idea behind the arrogant, wise-ass “old age asian master of a mystical martial arts” despite it reinforcing (in principle) a stupid Asian depiction that catered (and still caters) to western stereotypes of Asians because it was incredibly funny.

Having said that, i must say as an Asian American, that despite enjoying the movie, i was INCREDIBLY offended that Joel Grey was cast as Chun. I like Joel Grey whenever he pops up in things like House M.D. or ST:Voyager. But drawing “chinky” eyes on him and a ridiculous accent was tantamount to a Caucasian playing an African American by painting himself in shoe polish and saying “yes'm, I sho does like me some collared greens.”

I realize the movie was from (arguably) a different era (the 80's) but inane casting like M.Night Shamalyan's Avatar the Last Airbender reminds me that that kind of crap still exists today and America still has a long way to go in terms of “walking the walk” and not just “talking the talk”. Bad enough Asians get type cast in stereotypes – but when we get shut out from actually playing the stereotypes, there's something REALLY wrong with racism in Hollywood.