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Oh my the words will continue in the comments section at the LA Times post. The intelligent Quotient will vary, but the stupid ass to a moderately smart person who probably is on par with the 5th grade reading level that’s used in print. I think GR at times, is at 3rd grade, but who’s counting. Check out the LA Times blog of it. We’re getting a few emails here and there, nothing too much. I especially like the folks who try and dismiss the affects of Long Duk Dong without having any experience living through that. Sure, I’m fine now, and I don’t really give a shit, nor do I think about LDD at all anymore, but for a while, it was tormenting. You might think, what’s the big deal? But imagine if you did the same to an African American character, ala Gods Must Be Crazy?
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The story of Donger surfaces once again. It's been decades, but even now it sort of affects us. It's nearly gone, and most people you ask, if they're young have no idea who he is and what the film is about. There's already two generations of teenager movies which have come and gone, but this one still hits below the belt. The weird thing is that John Hughes should get the finger, not just Gedde....
The story of Donger surfaces once again. It’s been decades, but even now it sort of affects us. It’s nearly gone, and most people you ask, if they’re young have no idea who he is and what the film is about. There’s already two generations of teenager movies which have come and gone, but this one still hits below the belt. The weird thing is that John Hughes should get the finger, not just Gedde. Thanks Alison MacAdam for helping us relive it one more time! The audio won’t be up until later today. I’ll add the link later. If you want to see the link. Then go here.
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Today was my Dad’s 79th birthday. He looks great for 79. I hope my skin is that smooth when I’m that age…if I even live that long.He was actually born on the March 24th, 1929 of the lunar calender. When he immigrated to America and they asked him what his birthday was, he just gave the immigration guy his Chinese birthday and never bothered to correct it. Kind of cool, I think. I’m not really sure how to calculate that far back but does anyone know what day March 24th on the Western calendar was in 1929?That’s my brother in law Andrew and my sister Greta. We had a nice little dinner in Berkeley, then we came home so I could pack. Heading back to HK tomorrow. This was an awesome trip. Went to the film fest, met up with old friends, met very nice and interesting new people, ate good food and found peace in myself. What more could I ask for?
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Gave a talk at my high school, Head-Royce, last week. My old English and Japanese lit teacher Barry Barankin somehow found me through the SF Asian American Film Festival people and invited to me to talk about how I got where I am today. It was cool seeing all my teachers from way back when( I graduated class of ’92) and to see they were still inspiring students and still looked pretty much the same. The talk was fun and the students had a lot of great questions. There were a lot more Asian kids than when I was there and some of the students even did wushu. When I was in high school, I was the only one who did any martial arts!From left: Jeff Key my art teacher, Johnny Wang my classmate and buddy, My Mom, Me and Barry Barakin. Jeff and Barry took me and several students to Japan for a summer class trip back in 1990. It was my first time to Japan and I loved it, which is probably why I went back to study in college and have been back dozens of times since, When I was working on Shinjuku Incident, I couldn’t help but think of the great times we had 18 years ago! Teachers are important people in this world and these guys definitely influenced me heavily.
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