1. Asian American Race, Class, Gender, And Television Action: Vanishing Son And Martial Law
... in a double episode of Martial Law/Walker, Texas Ranger in which the Shanghai detective teams up with the Texas lawman in order to cleanse American society, and, by implication, the television screen, of racism. As Sheldon Lu notes in his analysis of the teaming of Chinese martial artist Sammo Hung and karate champion Chuck Norris in this double episode: Their heroic acts ... . Moreover, the episode presents Ray's criminal, fatherly affection as a consequence of his own unhappy, fatherless childhood. Rather than agree to let Cliff's mother raise their son, Ray feels a father on the run i...
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- Approx Pages: 38
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate