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12697627, it's racist, and wack, but was also an attempt at empathy
Posted by Mynoriti, Tue Jan-13-15 04:54 PM
it perpetuated a bunch of stereotypes but also tried to take the angle of "put yourself in someone else's shoes", while also trying to hold a mirror to white america
that's not to say it was deep, or that it doesn't suck, but I agree with John Forte that it was more well intended than flat out mockery we saw in so many 80s movies. Something like Long Duck Dong was there for the sole purpose of "lol look at the funny oriental".
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