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Originally posted by kddani
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What would people think if someone put on yellow face (i.e. asian)?
Or red face? (american indian)
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As someone of Asian descent, I think yellowface is kind of insulting. I saw a movie the other day called "The Sleeping Dictionary", where Jessica Alba was playing someone who was half Indonesian, half English. I couldn't stop wondering why they didn't get an actress who was half Southeast Asian in the role, even though Jessica, who is part Hispanic does "pass" as someone who is Eurasian. Several years ago, when Miss Saigon opened on Broadway, many Asian actors were upset that Jonathan Pryce was playing the Engineer, a character that is half French, half Vietnamese. They felt that the role should have been played by someone who was of Asian descent. I believe that every actor in that role since Jonathan Pryce left has been of Asian descent.
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