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OceanLee
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 Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 4:35 pm Post subject: Asians on TV! |
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I've been noticing a lot more Chinese actors being given screen time on TV recently, which I think is brilliant. And their not playing the usual roles of Zen masters or evil triads either, but normal everyday people - just like us! So I'm going to start a list and hopefully people will add to it. Here's mine that I can recall:
The CTU agent in '24' (recurring role)
The police contact in 'Dark angel' (recurring role)
The honourable bugging specialist in yesterdays 'Smallville' (guest spot, and coincidentally same actor as in Dark angel)
The principal and his son in 'Smallville' (recurring season 1)
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One of the cadets in 'Space, above and beyond' (lead role!) |
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snikto
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I hate to disappoint but the agent in '24' was not chinese but korean |
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OceanLee
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| Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2003 10:22 am Post subject: |
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Damnit!
Still, one more oriental face to make up the numbers... |
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snikto
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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what about Ming-Na on ER ??
One thing about that though, why can't her boyfriend be chinese ?? Where are the chinese guys on TV ?? |
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Evermark
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 9:12 pm Post subject: That's America |
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I noticed that you only mentioned American TV programmes... what about back in UK?
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mojo
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| Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 9:32 am Post subject: |
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| Last time I saw any Chinese on UK TV was in The Bill and it was about triad gangs or something... also there's that friend of the girl Julia Swahilia(sp?) in Absolutely Fabulous? I think you'll find that there aren't that many Chinese actors in the UK... |
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tenpence
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| Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 11:45 am Post subject: |
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| what about chinese popstars then? |
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mojo
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 11:53 am Post subject: |
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| I don't know any Chinese popstars and don't even listen to any Chinese music. I guess not speaking Cantonese might be part of that reason! |
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OceanLee
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| Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 3:42 pm Post subject: Re: That's America |
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| Evermark wrote: | I noticed that you only mentioned American TV programmes... what about back in UK?
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In starting this thread I hoped to highlight the positive aspects of Asians in TV who weren't playing stereotypical roles. I think your post though does highlight how behind British TV is in showing Asians as part of British society. As for musicians, I think there is one A-list band with a chinese bassist, Foo fighters I think :) |
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Abbey
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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| My m8 entered into a competition to be a children tv presenter on bbc a while back in the summer, he made it to the final stages and was down to the last ten i think. but he didnt win it, alot of ppl thought he was cool but he just didnt have the edge, but the winner was so annoying. |
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 4:22 pm Post subject: Second Generation |
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I've just finished watching 2nd Generation that was on Channel four a weeks back. I taped it and I've been busy you see. Anyway I thought that it was pretty good. Don't know how 'authentic' it is but I enjoyed it.
Now all they have to do is make a Chinese version!
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dramatisedlife
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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there was a chinese guy on CSI: Crime scene investigation *ooooooooo* (that ooo, was from my friend Iain!) Anyways... yes, there were two chinese guys. One was dead, the other was working on the case...it was cool
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snikto
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:06 pm Post subject: Chinese actress on learning zone programme |
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on the Learning Zone programme 'Macbeth Shorts' there was a Chinese actress (shock, horror!). It was a programme about the play and had actors play key scenes in it.
The actress (I don't know her name) played the nurse in the scene where Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking and goes on about washing her bloodied hands - "Who knew the old man had so much blood in him?"
As it was part of Learning Zone it was on early in the morning so you'd have to have been a night owl or insomniac to see it, and also an English student.
I've seen her before though, she's Scottish and appeared in Taggart (I think). Bit of a surprise though, chinese actor doing Shakespeare. I didn't think the BBC would do that. And you don't normally see chinese actors playing Shakespeare. |
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OceanLee
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 10:50 am Post subject: |
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Another one:
Buffy the vampire slayer final series, one of the chosen slayers (I watch it on BBC so I'm a little behind) is supposedly from China.
Unfortunately she seems to be a terrible actress with a penchant for overacting. And the words coming out of her mouth sound like a strangled duck speaking cantonese underwater. Maybe its actually Madarin or a different dialect of cantonese to what I'm used to and shes speaking perfectly and its my own ignorance thats gonna make me look stupid. Hmmm |
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OceanLee
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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Keep forgetting to add this one:
Some chinese girl (20-30?) co-presenting an early morning childrens tv programme, target audience is probably kindergarten. I've only caught it twice and didn't actually watch it (for obvious reasons), but I think it might be british made, and her command of english is good so shes probably a BBC. |
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