1. Asian American Race, Class, Gender, And Television Action: Vanishing Son And Martial Law
... - of Roger's impressively large, Rambo-like crossbow, the triumph of the non-white underdog over the over-armed and overconfident white bourgeois couple resonates allegorically with the American loss in Vietnam. In addition, in an earlier episode, Wa-Go's criminal associations are linked to Southeast Asia and American involvement there through the figure of the General (Haing S. Ngor), who represents the dark side ... to the racial status-quo: The secret behind the handsome, tough, worth millions Asian-American Russell Wong may be that in fact he is half-White. Thus he represents only li...
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- Approx Pages: 38
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate