So the news says. Don't make me no never mind (a black stereotypic idiomatic expression) as I refuse to do cable so won't miss what I didn't have in the first place. Anyways, the next thing you know the three stooges will be banned for being too violent. Then _A day at the races_ will be banned for being racist - those Marx brothers... communists for sure... So what if the lead character for racist reasons wasn't chinese (all three or four?) of them. It doesn't detract from the fun of the movie and if ethic purity in characterization is the factor then I can think of a lot of movies that need be banned for the same reason (from Anthony Quinn to Lou Diamond Phillips as the actors). And it is a fact from what I vaguely recall of the CHarlie Chan movies that a lot of the stereotypes were bang on. The chinese really do refer to "number one son" just like they refer to "number 15 philosopher's dorm" (I have pictures of that apartment building in beijing). I can also think of movies that streotyped white men - a basketball movie comes to mind. This cultural 'book-burning' is no less wrong even when it is supposedly towards a good end.10 responses total.
it would've been much more interesting if they'd cast a black guy instead of woody harrelson.
I have never seen a Charlie Chan movie, but I have read some of the Charlie Chan books. Supposedly they were the first popular novels in English to feature a Chinese protagonist. I'm disappointed to hear about this, but I can't say that I'm surprised to hear about "Faux" doing something dumb.
This is news to me. I didn't hear about there being a CC fest in the first place. I'm a big fan. I guess some poeple are trying to do a orwellian re-write of history along with the book burning. We will see this trend escalate in the future. suxors bigtime
It's ironic that it's Fox doing the banning, given the amount of crap it produces and airs.
The banning doesn't shock me, but the idea that Fox would back down from something because it's not PC does. I mean, these are the people who gave us "Joe Millionaire". (In spite of all the rhetoric that allowing gays to marry would destroy the institution of marriage, I think Fox is doing a much better job than homosexuals ever could.)
Really?
MSNBC has fired Michael Savage, who apparently didn't realize that he couldn't get away with the same stuff on TV that he can get away with on his late-night radio show: http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2003/07/07/savage/index.html Excerpt: MSNBC on Monday fired Michael Savage for anti-gay comments. The popular radio talk show host who did a weekend TV show for the cable channel referred to an unidentified caller to his show Saturday as a "sodomite" and said he should "get AIDS and die." "His comments were extremely inappropriate and the decision was an easy one," MSNBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines said. There was no immediate comment from Savage, according to a spokesman at his office in California.
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His ratings sucked. Isn't it the same network that canned Phil Donahue recently? An ethical business to invest in - "show me the money, honey".
Not only did his ratings suck, but some major advertisers had pulled out. He should stick to late night radio, where they're desperate for any content at all.
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