The Hangover Asian Americans
When was the last time you seen an Asian American play a main role in a movie? Today in society you do not see many Asian Americans playing the main roles in movies, and or television shows. Most Asian Americans do not play main roles because they are not seen as the typical dream guy, and is not what American are used to seeing. This might be why directors do not choose to put an Asian American in the main role. The Asian Americans usually just play the role of the model minority stereotype such as a goofy person,a wealthy,and or karate kid.
In the movie “The Hangover” there is an Asian American named Ken Jeong that plays the role of a shady Asian gangster named Mr. Chow. In the movie he is the goofy,rude,crazy and loves to screw people over. …show more content…
In a action scene Takashi finds Sean and Takashi girlfriend named Neela who is Peruvian talking. Takashi gets mad and challenges Sean to a race for the girl, but in order to race Takashi he has to race all of Takashi’s friends. This illustrates that the Asian American in this movie is seen as a person who has the best racing cars, the best looking girlfriend, and is really good at racing. This is important because it is showing the model minority of Asian American, of how they can race, owns the best cars, and have the money to pay for the expenses of the …show more content…
Han which was Jaden Smith also known as Dre karate trainer. In one of the scenes Dre was protecting an Asian girl named Meiying that he liked that was getting bullied by an Asian boy. Dre got beat up by this boy for hanging out with Meiying. During this scene Mr. Han was around when they came down chasing Dre and protected him by fighting the Asian American boys that were bullying Dre. This proves that Asian Americans are mostly wanted for these karate movies, and or karate parts either playing the master or an extra karate person. This is significant because most people in America believe that all Asian Americans know karate or are involved with karate, which may not always be true.
In a popular show called “Wild N’ Out” that is shown on MTV there is only one Asian American named Tim Chantarangsu who is known as Timothy DeLaGhetto that take part of the Wild N’ Out cast. Timothy plays himself on the shows, he is known as a comedian and a youtube
In the movie “The Hangover” there is an Asian American named Ken Jeong that plays the role of a shady Asian gangster named Mr. Chow. In the movie he is the goofy,rude,crazy and loves to screw people over. …show more content…
In a action scene Takashi finds Sean and Takashi girlfriend named Neela who is Peruvian talking. Takashi gets mad and challenges Sean to a race for the girl, but in order to race Takashi he has to race all of Takashi’s friends. This illustrates that the Asian American in this movie is seen as a person who has the best racing cars, the best looking girlfriend, and is really good at racing. This is important because it is showing the model minority of Asian American, of how they can race, owns the best cars, and have the money to pay for the expenses of the …show more content…
Han which was Jaden Smith also known as Dre karate trainer. In one of the scenes Dre was protecting an Asian girl named Meiying that he liked that was getting bullied by an Asian boy. Dre got beat up by this boy for hanging out with Meiying. During this scene Mr. Han was around when they came down chasing Dre and protected him by fighting the Asian American boys that were bullying Dre. This proves that Asian Americans are mostly wanted for these karate movies, and or karate parts either playing the master or an extra karate person. This is significant because most people in America believe that all Asian Americans know karate or are involved with karate, which may not always be true.
In a popular show called “Wild N’ Out” that is shown on MTV there is only one Asian American named Tim Chantarangsu who is known as Timothy DeLaGhetto that take part of the Wild N’ Out cast. Timothy plays himself on the shows, he is known as a comedian and a youtube