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deoxxys posted...

Not canceling the dead specifically but more so what what blackjackcat posted how somehow its bad to have foreigners with foreign accents portrayed in media.

This part isnt a reply to you but it has always annoyed me how people seem to have deemed mimicking specific foreign accents as "offensive".
Try using a Russian, German, Irish, French or Scottish accent....thats fine. But a Japanese, Chinese, or Indian accent? Thats a big no no, why?
Lets be honest, accents are sexy, funny, cool and sometimes plain entertaining. But many times people strive to get rid of their accents, which is sad.

The use of accents is okay, but when the archetype of the time is "All Asians speak broken English" it's kind of offensive. I get that it's not unrealistic that people have accents, but I'm pretty sure that wasn't a realism choice and more "The honky American audience wouldn't relate to a well speaking Asian man."

Again, if the man was okay with that, that's fine and all, but if you catch up on the bullshit that Asian actors have to go through, someone saying "You're a great actor, but you need to be a stereotype to get work" is pretty messed up.

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