Comments on: I Finally Got Around to Seeing Sixteen Candles – OMG! http://www.8asians.com/2008/09/20/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-sixteen-candles-omg/ A blog for Asian Americans Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:56:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Asians Make Up Only 0.4% Of Stars On Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame | (simple) | 8Asians.com http://www.8asians.com/2008/09/20/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-sixteen-candles-omg/comment-page-1/#comment-162777 Asians Make Up Only 0.4% Of Stars On Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame | (simple) | 8Asians.com Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:32:02 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2056#comment-162777 [...] when it comes to including more minorities and for non-stereotypical roles (remember this and this), but the stat is still shocking. MOODTHINGY How does this post make you [...] [...] when it comes to including more minorities and for non-stereotypical roles (remember this and this), but the stat is still shocking. MOODTHINGY How does this post make you [...]

]]> By: The Slanted Screen Documentary Now Available Online for Free | Current Events | 8Asians.com http://www.8asians.com/2008/09/20/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-sixteen-candles-omg/comment-page-1/#comment-158473 The Slanted Screen Documentary Now Available Online for Free | Current Events | 8Asians.com Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:01:23 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2056#comment-158473 [...] and Asian American male actors and filmmakers I or others on 8Asians have blogged about, including Sixteen Candles, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle, Long Duk Dong, Bruce Lee, [...] [...] and Asian American male actors and filmmakers I or others on 8Asians have blogged about, including Sixteen Candles, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle, Long Duk Dong, Bruce Lee, [...]

]]> By: Creator of Long Duk Dong Dies « Asian American Movement Blog http://www.8asians.com/2008/09/20/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-sixteen-candles-omg/comment-page-1/#comment-125531 Creator of Long Duk Dong Dies « Asian American Movement Blog Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:18:11 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2056#comment-125531 [...] blogger on 8Asians puts it, “Without John Hughes, there is no Long Duk Dong. And without Long Duk Dong, there is no longer a free pass to laugh at racist jokes for 90 [...] [...] blogger on 8Asians puts it, “Without John Hughes, there is no Long Duk Dong. And without Long Duk Dong, there is no longer a free pass to laugh at racist jokes for 90 [...]

]]> By: Facebook User http://www.8asians.com/2008/09/20/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-sixteen-candles-omg/comment-page-1/#comment-128388 Facebook User Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:44:29 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2056#comment-128388 I don't think John Hughes was going for realism. It's been ages since I've seen the movie, but I always thought the Dong character was supposed to be comedic, not an accurate representation of what the life of a foreign exchange student would be like. So of course things about him were heightened with the gong effect and weird name (not to say that it's any less offensive). <br><br>And welcome to 2009. :) Now you have to catch up with Back to the Future, Goonies and Ghostbusters! I don't think John Hughes was going for realism. It's been ages since I've seen the movie, but I always thought the Dong character was supposed to be comedic, not an accurate representation of what the life of a foreign exchange student would be like. So of course things about him were heightened with the gong effect and weird name (not to say that it's any less offensive).

And welcome to 2009. :) Now you have to catch up with Back to the Future, Goonies and Ghostbusters!

]]> By: 8Asians.com » John Hughes, Creator of Long Duk Dong, Dead of Heart Attack http://www.8asians.com/2008/09/20/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-sixteen-candles-omg/comment-page-1/#comment-125514 8Asians.com » John Hughes, Creator of Long Duk Dong, Dead of Heart Attack Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:52:13 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2056#comment-125514 [...] radars, consider this thought, paraphrased from twitter user @wafflesgirls: Without John Hughes, there is no Long Duk Dong. And without Long Duk Dong, there is no longer a free pass to laugh at racist jokes for 90 minutes. [...] [...] radars, consider this thought, paraphrased from twitter user @wafflesgirls: Without John Hughes, there is no Long Duk Dong. And without Long Duk Dong, there is no longer a free pass to laugh at racist jokes for 90 minutes. [...]

]]> By: Facebook User http://www.8asians.com/2008/09/20/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-sixteen-candles-omg/comment-page-1/#comment-125516 Facebook User Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:44:29 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2056#comment-125516 I don't think John Hughes was going for realism. It's been ages since I've seen the movie, but I always thought the Dong character was supposed to be comedic, not an accurate representation of what the life of a foreign exchange student would be like. So of course things about him were heightened with the gong effect and weird name (not to say that it's any less offensive). <br><br>And welcome to 2009. :) Now you have to catch up with Back to the Future, Goonies and Ghostbusters! I don't think John Hughes was going for realism. It's been ages since I've seen the movie, but I always thought the Dong character was supposed to be comedic, not an accurate representation of what the life of a foreign exchange student would be like. So of course things about him were heightened with the gong effect and weird name (not to say that it's any less offensive).

And welcome to 2009. :) Now you have to catch up with Back to the Future, Goonies and Ghostbusters!

]]> By: 8Asians.com » Model Minorities in Reality TV: The Amazing Race’s Tammy & Victor Jih http://www.8asians.com/2008/09/20/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-sixteen-candles-omg/comment-page-1/#comment-114241 8Asians.com » Model Minorities in Reality TV: The Amazing Race’s Tammy & Victor Jih Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:34:45 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2056#comment-114241 [...] Is this better than how typically Asian Americans are portrayed in television and film, like Long Duk Dong in Sixteen Candles? [...] [...] Is this better than how typically Asian Americans are portrayed in television and film, like Long Duk Dong in Sixteen Candles? [...]

]]> By: 8Asians.com » Saturday Night Live - Stereotyping Asian American Men: An Asian American/Asian Canadian Blog http://www.8asians.com/2008/09/20/i-finally-got-around-to-seeing-sixteen-candles-omg/comment-page-1/#comment-94868 8Asians.com » Saturday Night Live - Stereotyping Asian American Men: An Asian American/Asian Canadian Blog Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:34:36 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2056#comment-94868 [...] Asian American men a break. We *are not* all geeks and nerds who are pre-Med or engineering, etc. I had just previously written about Long Duk Dong in Sixteen Candles, and now I see this? Am I overreacting? As Angry Asian Man would say, [...] [...] Asian American men a break. We *are not* all geeks and nerds who are pre-Med or engineering, etc. I had just previously written about Long Duk Dong in Sixteen Candles, and now I see this? Am I overreacting? As Angry Asian Man would say, [...]

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