09-17-2017, 02:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-17-2017, 03:10 PM by Drunk Monk.)
Worst case of yellowface was Breakfast at Tiffanys. Rooney's Yuninoshi spoils a wonderful film. The Godd Earth was rough too. I remember having to watch that in elementary as part of world history and thinking wth?
Actually what was interesting about 6th Happiness was that it was astonishingly non-racist for the times. There's this line that the love interest (allegedly half Chinese but played by Curt Jurgens) says about 'could you ever love someone from a different race?' and Ingrid consents - pretty friggin progressive for back then. (The real Gladys Alward upon who this story was based complain because that character was completely Chinese in reality and not a love interest because she was devout and chaste, but what's the point of an Ingrid Bergman flick I feel she doesn't have a kiss scene?) Even Donat's character wasn't too chinky-chinky as James Hong used to say.
As for Lovecraft, I think he hated all humans. If you didn't have a face full of tentacles, you were beneath him.
As the token minority in DOOM, I feel obligated to play the race card here as much as possible. Especially lately.
Actually what was interesting about 6th Happiness was that it was astonishingly non-racist for the times. There's this line that the love interest (allegedly half Chinese but played by Curt Jurgens) says about 'could you ever love someone from a different race?' and Ingrid consents - pretty friggin progressive for back then. (The real Gladys Alward upon who this story was based complain because that character was completely Chinese in reality and not a love interest because she was devout and chaste, but what's the point of an Ingrid Bergman flick I feel she doesn't have a kiss scene?) Even Donat's character wasn't too chinky-chinky as James Hong used to say.
As for Lovecraft, I think he hated all humans. If you didn't have a face full of tentacles, you were beneath him.
As the token minority in DOOM, I feel obligated to play the race card here as much as possible. Especially lately.
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