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What a racist movie


Having white people play Asian characters what the actual *beep*

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The character of Doctor No was half-Chinese and half-German, per the description in Fleming's novel.

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Funny thing is if an Asian character played a white character, no one would care.

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Why do you care so much? You should understand that 1. This was the early 60s so this kind of ignorance was everywhere. Yes it's dumb but that's how things were back then. 2. Dr. No was half-Chinese and half-German in the novel. How many half-asians and half-white mixed actors were around back then? You look very young so how would you know?

And it's not like they had him doing stereotypical crap like Jerry Lewis did with the stupid over the top "japanese accent" or any other over the top stuff. He was just a white man with slightly asian-made eyes to fit the part. He only mentioned once that he was the "product of a union between a german man and a chinese woman" and that's it.

I was actually surprised at how little ignorance was shown regarding that in the movie, considering who Dr. No was and that it was the early 60s. You should really stop showing how racist you are by pulling that card out for such little reason. I'm asian btw and I see nothing wrong with the ethnic aspects of this film. It wasn't the best bond film but definitely it's earned its place among the annals of classic 60s films.

Lighten up and stop being the racist yourself.

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Another nutcase brainwashed by the vomit-inducing PC culture. An ignorant one, too.



"facts are stupid things" Ronald Reagan

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Another nutcase brainwashed by the vomit-inducing PC culture. An ignorant one, too.


Couldn't have said it better myself.

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Play the race card much? Let me guess, the chip on your shoulder has held you back in life, right?

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The most racist thing is that they are trying to make Bond a black guy nowadays.

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Aw, god! Remind me to not see that silly movie if they ever sink so low into Politically "Correct" murk to actually make that stupid goofy schlock-crap. The Ghostbusters remake ultra-flop would look as successful as E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial in comparison.

No, wait, nevermind: I'm sure I won't need to be reminded. Wow, Hollywood! How cheap can you be? No, no, don't answer that, Hollywood, no, really, no, don't bother. Wow!

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I thought you were going to mention the treatment of the Quarrel character--which was racist. And obviously so, making him role his eyes in fear while the 'laughing trumpet' plays on the sound track. Ignoring that but mentioning 'white people playing Asian characters' was ridiculous.

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It wasn't so much racism as we understand it today. In the UK the Unions insisted that all parts in a film had to be first offered to British Actors and Actresses regardless of the characters ethnic background and god help any production that didn't. The producers would have to go to quite lengthy protests and demonstrate why a British actor couldn't be used.

This rule was dropped eventually but still existed on TV productions well into the 1980's.

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