Morning Tea: Chinese pollution in California, Hollywood’s first Asian-American sex symbol, China Bowl 2007 Update
February 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment
- Long before the controversies surrounding Zhang Ziyi and Bai Ling, there was Anna May Wong. In the new edition of Danwei.tv’s Sexy Beijing series, host Su Fei interviews Graham Russel Gao Hodges, the author of the recent book Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend. It’s a fascinating story that touches on many aspects of the Chinese-American experience in the early 20th century including discrimination against Asian-Americans, anti-miscegnation laws, as well as the criticism for “bringing shame on Chinese” that Wong received when she later visited China. Wong actually lost the female lead in the 1937 film adaptation of The Good Earth to a white actress because European actor Paul Muni was cast as the male lead and Hollywood codes prevented movies from showing an intimate relationship between Caucasians and Asians. (Even if they were both playing Asian characters.) Danwei has Youtube and Tudou links for your viewing convenience, be sure to check it out.
- Finally, yesterday’s broadcast of the Super Bowl on CCTV 5 has got us thinking about the upcoming China Bowl 2007 featuring the (recently jobbed) New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. Shanghaiist reports on China Bowl fever down in Jiangnan and The Mighty Ho reports from Shanghai that he was one of nearly 500 people crowded in the streets around Big Bamboo, Malone’s, and G-Spot watching the game. TMH is already planning a long, crazy weekend with a few hundred of his fellow football fans from down Shanghai way to come up to the capital city for partying and pigskin. Note that ESPN reported yesterday that the date for the China Bowl has been changed to Thursday, August 9. (The original date was 8/8). No word yet on ticket sales, but if anyone has a tip drop me a comment.
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1 HHH // Feb 6, 2007 at 4:25 am
The Shanghai train is getting ready to party!
See you at the China Bowl tailgate!
THE Mighty Ho
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