Tuesday, February 26, 2013

"You mad bro?"

"Is it just me, or do all asians look the same?" its not the first time i heard it, and im sure it wont be the last. Todays media seems to believe that if there is an asian character then they must all have this similar look. One of the most common asian character style that I believe exists is the classic mad looking asian for examples;

       






   "What would a classic fighting game be without your token old asian man, who's a master kung fu artist?" This is Heihachi, he is featured in the Teken video game series, and probably the first face the comes to my mind when I think of old Asian video game character.














The furious face of the character "DK" from Justin Lins movie "Fast and Furious, Tokyo Drift" this role is interesting, because guess who his enemy........ yea, a white guy.










The infamous Ricky Tan, the role of the evil backstabbing criminal featured in the movie series "Rush Hour" 





Its characters like these who give that lasting impression, that leads audiences to believe thats asians are always the "bad guys". And unfortunately I don't think that characters like these are going to get out of style anytime soon. I expect to see more characters alike.




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