By Ivan Guerro.
If Pixar’s ‘Up’ Were Made in 1965
January 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Tim Kang: Almost the subject of Nikkei Heritage Science Issue Editor’s Note
January 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In an early draft of my editor’s note for the science issue of Nikkei Heritage, I made mention of an Asian American actor who appeared in a Shell gasoline ad. It turns out said actor was Tim Kang, whom I recently interviewed for the Nichi Bei Weekly. Here’s the original draft, in which I make [...]
Eric Mar VS Aasif Mandvi
January 21, 2011 By 1 Comment
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c San Francisco’s Happy Meal Ban www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog</a> The Daily Show on Facebook San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar appeared the other night on the Daily Show, which would have been fantastic if they weren’t completely unfair [...]
Parks and Rec Returns Tonight!
January 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Just a reminder, “Parks and Recreation’s” third season premieres tonight! The show, which features the great Aziz Ansari, is better than the last couple seasons of “30 Rock” in my opinion (with the exception of a funny, but rather unfair/offensive episode about a delegation from Venezuela, unfortunately penned by Alan Yang). The new season loses [...]
Haley Kiyoko, star of Disney’s new high school musical (not High School Musical)
January 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
More hapas on (kids) TV! So apparently Disney is putting together a high school musical TV movie (not a High School Musical© TV movie, mind you) called “Lemonade Mouth.” The star is Nikkei, and Disgrasian has the rundown. Here’s an excerpt: Hayley Kiyoko (pictured, center), who plays one of the lead misfits. Because the 19 [...]
Meet George Takei, ‘Supah Ninja’
January 14, 2011 By 2 Comments
His ninja name is Hologramps. I was going to try to write something funny, but I couldn’t top that. Looks like it could be a pretty good kid’s show. The main character is supposed to be a Nikkei kid, Mike Fukunaga, from a ninja family. The actor, Ryan Potter, looks pretty damn hapa to me. [...]
More Thore!
December 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“It seems that Marvel Studios believes that white people should have nothing that is unique to themselves.” Good point, Council of Conservative Citizens. First it was the water fountains, then the country clubs and then the presidency. Now comic book movie depictions of Norse Gods?! According to the Guardian, the CCC is calling for a [...]
Behind the “Legend of Kamui” — Sampei Shirato
December 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
In a recent issue of Nichi Bei Weekly, I review the live action film adaptation of the “Kamui” manga series, a project that brings the work of Sanpei Shirato together with Kankuro Kudo and Yoichi Sai. The film, which was pretty ok, will be released on dvd and bluray on Dec. 28, conveniently timed so [...]
Ryuichi Sakamoto x Michael Jackson
December 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Given the cash-in nature of posthumously assembled albums, I’m a little surprised by the restraint in terms of celebrity guests featured on the tracklist for “Michael,” the new MJ album. Akon, 50-Cent and Lenny Kravitz, all of whom he had been working with before his death were not big surprises (Kanye West and Will.i.am, who [...]
Michael Jackson and the invisible line
December 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It’s been about a year and a half since Michael Jackson’s death and a little longer since I wrote a column about it for the Nichi Bei Times. (I’m putting it at the end of this post for anyone interested). In a matter of hours, MJ went from being one of the media’s favorite punching [...]
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