Generic Asian
I have recently watched a few different incredibly juvenile Hollywood comedies, which were exactly how the trailers make them seem. This brought to mind something that Batman Begins (a film far superior to most modern comedies), with its ninjas in China / Ken Watanabe as an old Chinese dude sequence, did. Asia really seems to be one gigantic entity to America. I mean, the opposite is true, too, I think. (All foreigners seem to come from the same place to Japanese people, at first blush.) Here are 2 clips from American made movies. The first is from Rush Hour 3 (which according to a Japanese friend of mine sounds like “Welcome” as said by a Lawson convenience store employee 「ラッシュ・アワー・３」->「いらっしゃいませ～」…I dunno). The second is from Balls of Fury. The video quality is pretty bad, sorry. I’m having issues with the encoding process I use.
Can you find the joke in this that doesn’t make sense? Granted, the film is based on characters who make inaccurate stereotypical assumptions and whatnot. But still. Did you catch it? Hint, it’s before the Chinese name remix of the Abbott and Costello routine at the end.
Ok – I don’t know where to begin on this. There are sumo wrestlers bringing his palanquin in, there is a tribal blowgun (lacquered, actually), and loads of other stuff mixed in. How many different Asian cultures can you identify in this mish-mashed scene? Sorry for the slapdash editing.
Customary Drivel, Humor, Media, Unsolicited Commentary, Video
