So did anyone actually watch the show?

In my opinion, I’m fine with the casting of Jamie Chung for the sole reason of marketing. Can you name another young Asian-American actress that has the looks and name-recognition? (say what you like about it, but a lot of people watch Real World) At least they didn’t change the lead character to a white girl, like they did with her main love interest…

With acting, it’s not about who you are inside but what you portray outside. I think James Kyson Lee does a damn fine job as Ando in “Heroes” even though he’s not a native Japanese person. Meanwhile, Daniel Dae Kim (who’s Korean, obviously… well maybe not to Cass) plays a horrible Korean… just ask anyone who’s fluent in the language (even though he was born in Korea, he was raised in PA and barely spoke the language).

And we could extend it beyond just race too. Should Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal been barred from “Brokeback Mountain” because they’re not gay? Should Gary Sinise not have been picked as Lt. Taylor in “Forrest Gump” because he’s neither a veteran nor a cripple? Or Tom Hanks because he’s not mentally ill? I think those movies and many others would’ve been vastly different had these limitations been set…

The job of actors and actresses is to extend our belief beyond the real world. They should be casted based on their performance, not their looks. Hell, look at the uproar that was raised when Robert Downey Jr. was casted a “black” actor in “Tropic Thunder”… those comments were squelched immediately as soon as people watched his performance.

Now if you want to critique Jamie for her bad acting, then by all means, go ahead… but at least she’s hot

Also, Cass, Lucy Liu’s character on last season’s Cashmere Mafia was asian (obviously) but named Mia Mason. Kinda disconcerting…

I need to make clear is not the fact that someone can’t or won’t open up an Asian American friendly studio, it’s the issue that Asian Americans won’t support it either. The problem is with the people, not the corporate situation.

Face it: this is Hollywood. Its primary targets are not Asian-Americans but little white tweens that get their mommy and daddy to buy everything for them. Until Asians prove that we’re a distinct and profitable market (most of us shop exactly like whites), then advertisers and producers won’t even bother listening to our wishes.

If you don’t like how Asian-Americans are being represented in the media, then feel free to finance your own movie/television show. Though to date, Justin Lin is the only Asian I can think of that succeeded (albeit with some initial help from M.C. Hammer…)

or just do what I do and watch Chinese/Korean/Japanese-produced stuff, which is leagues better anyway

Jamie Chung is Chinese, not Japanese, and you can tell just by looking at her, even if you didn’t know the last name (at least, everyone where I live can).

These people are supposed to be native to Japan, but most of them pronounce the japanese words incorrectly…

Can we have a TV show just once, where the main character is asian, but we don’t have any ‘ancient asian’ plot, and they don’t have an asian name? I’m half Okinawan (it’s a type of Japanese), and my first name is Irish, and my last name is Polish.

sorry for ranting a bit…
again, i think it’s a good show, and i would love to see it be made into a regular TV show, despite its… ‘issues.’

For a teenage girl martial art story, I like the concept of the Little Phoenix and the Reign of Fists by Mishann Lau much better. But of course, martial arts is a stereotypical Asian storyline …