The Slanted Screen

Name: The Slanted Screen
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2006-03-12
Duration: 1 h
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Frank Chin, Daniel Dae Kim, Bobby Lee

2006
1h

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7.2/10

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From silent film star Sessue Hayakawa to Harold and Kumar Go to Whitecastle, the Slanted Screen examines the portrayal of East Asian men in film and television, and how new film-makers are n... Read allFrom silent film star Sessue Hayakawa to Harold and Kumar Go to Whitecastle, the Slanted Screen examines the portrayal of East Asian men in film and television, and how new film-makers are now redefining age-old stereotypes. Includes interviews with actors Mako, Cary-Hiroyuki Tag... Read allFrom silent film star Sessue Hayakawa to Harold and Kumar Go to Whitecastle, the Slanted Screen examines the portrayal of East Asian men in film and television, and how new film-makers are now redefining age-old stereotypes. Includes interviews with actors Mako, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, James Shigeta, Dustin Nguyen, Will Yun Lee, Phillip Rhee, Tzi Ma, comedian Bobby Lee,... Read all

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7/10

An Unexamined Minority

From silent film star Sessue Hayakawa to "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle", the Slanted Screen examines the portrayal Asian men in film and television, and how new filmmakers are now re-defining age-old stereotypes.

This documentary opened my eyes a bit, as I was not even familiar with the work of silent star Sessue Hayakawa. In fact, it never even occurred to me how much the Asian community was excluded from Hollywood.

So, Bruce Lee was the "James Dean" of the Asian community? I can see that. For years, there were whites playing Asians (typically nasty, villainous Asians) and even today racism against Asian stereotypes is more tolerated and "acceptable" than against other targets.