The Slaunted Screen Film Analysis

In the video, the slaunted screen, the premise begins with an immensely popular Asian American male idol, Sessue Hayakawa, who was one of the most recognizable stars in early Hollywood silent era. He starred in more than ninety films even with white female leads. That was the prime time of the Asian American actors. However, unlike Sessue, the Asian actors nowadays are little thought as sex symbols, even some are mould into masculine gender prowess such as kungfu masters. Moreover, according to Asian American filmmakers, Asians have little possibility becoming leading roles in Hollywood. For decades, Asian men have been portrayed and stereotyped; as villains, super geeks, cruel exotics, or waiters and foreigners barely speak English. Now the
As a consequence, the dearth of Asian men in film or television can cause negative impact on young Asian boys. Like the symbolic interactionism says, people act accordingly from their interpretation of the meaning of their world. Individuals will interpret each other's behavior and it is those interpretations form the social bond. Therefore the way children received the characters and dramas on TV can become the way in which they view themselves and how the society view Asian men. Children are sensitive to media, thus not seeing diversity on screen can result in a certain lack of social worth.They will think they are under a society that Asian men are been neglected and discriminated, which may lead to lowered self-esteem and increased racial bias
So there can be less ethnic audience to watch the TV or film which leads to the reduction of the ratings. Therefore, the more ethically diverse casts and writers the shows and movies have, the more likely viewers can be drawn to. Besides, Hollywood' films are gaining an increasing profit in the international market. For example, China has been making a lot of contributions to the gross of Hollywood films in recent years. So if there is an increase in diversity of actors will draw more viewers and thus will increase the incomes of TV or film