tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post6135363598342510905..comments2024-03-04T10:20:10.154+00:00Comments on Anna Chen: Madam Miaow Says: BBC jumps the orientalist shark: Fu Manchu in EdinburghMadam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-67991315682255662972010-09-14T23:32:38.878+01:002010-09-14T23:32:38.878+01:00Recently had cause to think about the Fu Manchu...Recently had cause to think about the Fu Manchu movies from the early fifties being used as propaganda vehicles, coinciding with the anti-Chinese paranoia connected to the Korean war(brainwashing etc) and which connect directly to McCarthyism. I found myself in a discussion with a group of American film goers. Was surprised how persistent and deep these prejudices can be.The MacPuddock.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15447052642177475696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-2744081819287699142010-08-13T09:56:15.145+01:002010-08-13T09:56:15.145+01:00Agreed, Bartholemew, not even "Ming vase"...Agreed, Bartholemew, not even "Ming vase" nowadays.Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-50469896582636865162010-08-13T09:31:10.462+01:002010-08-13T09:31:10.462+01:00It's annoying the way that certain Chinese wor...It's annoying the way that certain Chinese words have been introduced into English in this way. Everyone in the UK knows the word "Manchu" in relation to "Fu Manchu", but I doubt anyone much knows about the Qing Dynasty or Northeast China.<br /><br />The same goes for "Ming" - the word inevitably evokes thoughts of "Ming the Merciless", who's basically a Chinese villain running a whole planet.Richard Bartholomewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269314859641526019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-74322195165403905532010-08-12T00:13:40.505+01:002010-08-12T00:13:40.505+01:00Ed ...
I'm not even RECEIVING yr emails!
Fac...Ed ...<br /><br />I'm not even RECEIVING yr emails!<br /><br />Facebook me with yr address and we can chat it up BIG time!VenerableSagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079094267060544265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-2161700656178571942010-08-11T18:29:01.405+01:002010-08-11T18:29:01.405+01:00Hi Ed,
Coincidentally, a British academic sent me...Hi Ed,<br /><br />Coincidentally, a British academic sent me the same article today. <br /><br />A depressing final line. I wonder why they want Fu Manchu? Reflecting fear and envy of the new superpower?<br /><br />Incidentally, my father quite liked Charlie Chan despite the character being played by an actor in yellowface. At leasr they were trying to be respectful.Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-91604653369949010412010-08-11T17:29:58.636+01:002010-08-11T17:29:58.636+01:00Aaah, that gittar guy never answers my e-mails. an...Aaah, that gittar guy never answers my e-mails. anyway, this was in the Times today. Pix and everything:<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/11/books/11chan.html?_r=1&th&emc=thEd Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12846657618234700638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-80036954097778867302010-08-10T15:02:54.627+01:002010-08-10T15:02:54.627+01:00The fear that C21 will be 'the Chinese century...The fear that C21 will be 'the Chinese century' in the same way that C20 was 'the American century' manifests itself in all sorts of odd ways. Innit?VenerableSagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079094267060544265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-29355852067352283842010-08-10T12:52:44.463+01:002010-08-10T12:52:44.463+01:00Thank you very much, Ed. Email Charles to get my e...Thank you very much, Ed. Email Charles to get my email.<br /><br />Harpy, it is truly half-witted. Racism as play? Nice.<br /><br />The Blind Banker presents the Chinese in a wholly negative light, pandering to and resuscitating racist stereotypes and antiquated prejudices which I thought had long since died out.<br /><br />They then compounded this insult to an entire race of people — 500,000 of us living in the UK, many of us second-generation native-born citizens — by broadcasting a Radio 4 programming presenting the Yellow Peril figure of Fu Manchu as if he was a real person. No attempt was made to subject these prejudices and stereotypes, coming as they do from a thankfully bygone era, to any kind of modern interrogation. Instead, they were re-imported, intact, into the present day.<br /><br />They would not -- and could not -- have done this with any other race. I cannot imagine blacks, South Asians, gays or Jews being treated in such a hostile and derisive fashion.<br /><br />The previous Minister of Culture, Ben Bradshaw, pointed out that there were hardly any Chinese faces in the media or being represented in the culture. When they fill the vacuum with dehumanising depictions such as those populating these two programmes, they do a grave disservice to a significant section of the population, many of whom pay their licence fee.<br /><br />I wonder if they still have a functioning diversity section at the BBC?Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-50344520856617035472010-08-10T12:36:03.129+01:002010-08-10T12:36:03.129+01:00just listened to it on iPlayer and it's dreadf...just listened to it on iPlayer and it's dreadful, utterly dreadful, lacks political insight just capitulates to this racist stereotype of the so-called "yellow peril"... No critique. No nothing of analysis... Why are they doing this? I felt like I had been transported back yet worryingly this is something made in 21st century......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-67510569751308429752010-08-09T12:23:51.147+01:002010-08-09T12:23:51.147+01:00Anent this, I sent a link to a New Yorker story I ...Anent this, I sent a link to a New Yorker story I haven't read yet to that guitarist who lives in your place, which examines the Charlie Chan books, and the actual Hawaiian detective (whose name I believe was Chang) who inspired them to some extent. Happy to send it directly, but I lack an address.Ed Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12846657618234700638noreply@blogger.com