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(Credited cast) | Frank Chin | ... | Himself |
 | Daniel Dae Kim | ... | Narrator |
 | Bobby Lee | ... | Himself |
 | Jason Scott Lee | ... | Himself |
 | Will Yun Lee | ... | Himself |
 | Mako | ... | Himself |
 | Tzi Ma | ... | Himself |
 | Dustin Nguyen | ... | Himself |
 | Phillip Rhee | ... | Himself |
| James Shigeta | ... | Himself |
 | Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | ... | Himself |
 | Kelvin Han Yee | ... | Paul Fang |
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Slanted Screen, The (2006)
**** (out of 4)
Extremely well-made documentary that takes a look at how Asians were shown in movies and TV. The film goes all the way back to the silent films of Sessue Hayakawa up to current films like Romeo Must Die. We gets clips from various white actors including Christopher Lee, Lon Chaney, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Mickey Rooney and Bela Lugosi playing Asian characters and how these stereotypes caused studios not to hire Asian actors. We also get a rather heated debate on if Bruce Lee was good or bad for the Asian community. The film runs just under an hour and while I think the movie could have been improved with a longer running time, the director does a great job at tackling a lot of subjects within the running time. Mako, Jason Scott Lee, James Shigeta, Dustin Nguyen are among the actors interviewed and all of them tell some very strong stories of what it was like seeing whites playing Asian characters. A Hollywood insider said Asians keep getting bad roles simply because whites and blacks don't want to see them on the screen with bigger roles. This was true in the silent days and continue today so hearing someone actually say it is rather refreshing.