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Posted by NYC XYZ on 02/28/06 02:14
theresa wrote:
> helenuhm wrote:
> >
> > How about this for the analysis of "All American Girl"?... It just
> > wasn't funny. To be fair to Cho, she never accused ABC execs for being
> > racists for the failure of the show. However, she did make her mark as
> > a stand up comedian, making fun of the ABC execs, and how ABC's execs'
> > obsession with her weight drove her into bolemia which hardly borders
> > novelty when talking about Hollywood.
> >
> > To be honest, I don't think the show was worse than 99.9% of the crap
> > they have on WB or the UPN channel.
>
> Actually, she inferred quite strongly they were racist when she
> noted they hired an "expert" to teach her to be Asian.
OMG, was that for real? I remember her saying that in a skit, but I
thought it was part of the skit, it was so funny, that. You mean it's
for real!!!!!!
I shouldn't be surprised. Lotsa these Asians you see on TV, in the
movies, actually have no problems speaking English, but their directors
want them to do the "Oriental guy" routine -- Pat Morita comes to mind.
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