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marginalia

[omg which icon do i pick?]

Jun 07, 2007 12:35

hmm.

i am not smart enough to meta on this, ( so i am really just posting links regarding pirates 3 -- including spoilers -- and asian men in films & tv, with a smidge of heroes, albeit only in my brain )

fandom:meta-unfic, thinking cap:arts & culture

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starfishchick June 8 2007, 15:01:56 UTC

Says Cajayon, "Mainstream America, for the most part, gets uncomfortable with seeing an Asian man portrayed in a sexual light."

Really? Huh. But it's true, I can't think of many movies or TV shows with an Asian man in a sexual (or even romantic) light.

marginalia June 8 2007, 16:37:00 UTC

it is interesting, for sure.

gement June 13 2007, 17:38:45 UTC

But... but... I've just started watching, but Hiro/Ando would be the best pair ever! I was looking forward to reading scads of it! Grrr.

Great, now I'm sensitized to another jerky media stereotype thing. Like I didn't have enough to do from applying the Bechdel Test to all my entertainment options. (It's not that I restrict my viewing, but now I'm disappointed far too often.)

marginalia June 13 2007, 17:41:40 UTC

they -are-. there should be. there's... a little. not nearly, nearly enough. my impression is that fandom's largely about the nathan/peter (blech) followed by sylar/mohinder. LAME.

the bechdel test is good. and depressing. i know what you mean.