a dapper (and sometimes disgruntled) take on popular culture
Posted in Asian American, Food on Jul 27th, 2010
After a night of hardcore partying with narcotics and donkey shows, my friends and I went to Bar Basic on 4th and Brannan to find a bunch of people singing drunken karaoke in a non-ironic way. It was like we accidentally crashed a corporate party where the uncool employees were forced to have a fun.
But [...]
Posted in '80s, Actors, Asian, Asian American, Asian Americans, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture on Jun 10th, 2010
Chan and Smith get jiggy with it in “The Karate Kid”
Harald Zwart, the director of The Karate Kid (out in theaters June 11) said the following to ComingSoon.net:
To me, it was never a remake; it’s a retelling of a story.
So despite what people are writing about this movie, it isn’t a remake. It’s a retelling; [...]
Posted in Asian American, Pop Culture on Apr 8th, 2010
Actually, I am one of 17 Asians who blog on 8Asians.com, a site that is the authority of all that is Asian.
I started giving my take on Asian Americans in pop culture a couple of weeks ago and it’s been pretty darn fun. I am just doing my civic duty by reppin’ my culture with [...]
Posted in Asian American, Asian Americans, Entertainment, Music, Pop Culture, Television on Apr 7th, 2010
Have you seen the dude that Gawker called the Chinese Susan Boyle?
His name is Lin Yu Chun and the homeboy can sing – but he looks like a Cabbage Patch Kid. Like Susan, he needs a bit of a makeover.
Then there’s this kid:
Sure, he’s lip syncing – but this definitely outdoes the other dude [...]
Posted in Asian, Asian American, Asian Americans, Concerts, Entertainment, Music, Pop Culture on Mar 24th, 2010
South by Southwest is one of the most prominent indie music extravaganza in the nation – maybe even the world. Actually, Austin is considered “The Live Music Capital of the World” so the latter is probably more accurate.
Having lived there before, I do miss the easy access to live music, so going back to delve [...]
Posted in Actors, Asian, Asian American, Asian Americans, Celebrities, Entertainment, Pop Culture, Television on Feb 2nd, 2010
In this week’s episode of How I Met Your Mother, Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) tries to have the “Perfect Week” (hence the title of the show) by sleeping with a different lady every night – but his danger of genital wart-infused promiscuity isn’t the focus of this episode. The focus (for me at least) was [...]
Posted in Asian, Asian American, Asian Americans, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Pop Culture, Television on Jan 26th, 2010
John Park only hinted at the “I’m-in-an-Asian-family-therefore-my-parents-want-to-be-an-engineer/doctor-excuse” so that doesn’t make him the annoying typical reality show competition Asian boy.
With his emo/preppy Pete Wentz bangs and his bellowing baritone, Park made waves in his audition in Chicago a couple weeks ago – and he made Shania Twain get all hot and bothered with her phallic [...]
Posted in Actors, Asian, Asian American, Asian Americans, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture on Jan 14th, 2010
Remember when I did that whole Asians in pop culture tally thing? Well if you didn’t notice, I lost track – but that doesn’t mean I lost love for my fellow Asians.
I was delighted to see Nikki Soohoo representing in The Lovely Bones.
I love her name because it rhymes with Yoo-hoo.
Posted in Actors, Asian, Asian American, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Music, Pop Culture on Nov 24th, 2009
Rain is ready to slice and dice as Raizo in ‘Ninja Assasin’ (Photo credit: Warner Bros. Pictures)
When I meet with Rain, he is all smiles. You would never think that this guy would be the lead in Ninja Assassin, a gory, slice and dice joyride produced by Andy and Larry Wachowski (the Matrix trilogy) and [...]
Posted in Actors, Asian, Asian American, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture on Aug 28th, 2009
Ang Lee has seamlessly jumped from Jane Austen fare (Sense and Sensibility) to gracefully flying martial artists (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) to giant green comic book superheroes (Hulk) to lovelorn cowboys (Brokeback Mountain) to a film called Lust, Caution (which is basically self-explanatory). With his latest film, Taking Woodstock, Lee shows that his directing chops [...]