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Rating: Summary: Frank Chin is Review: always a pleasure to read. You won't be sorry if you buy this book!
Rating: Summary: My Favorite Book by Frank Chin Review: I liked it more than DONALD DUK (although, I loved that book), because it's a step higher in experiencing how it is to be a Chinaman. Frank Chin has changed my life, but no other book has done it more than this one. Incidentally, Chin happened to be the first Asian in history to get a play produced in America. If you're interested, you should get it here ... Since his play came out it caused a storm of controversy, as this one will too.
Rating: Summary: My Favorite Azn Am Book of All Time Review: The dialogue is priceless in this novel! I'm going to read it again and again. It takes place mostly in the 60s, where our hero, Ulysses, grows up as a brakeman for the railroad. His father is a movie star who banks off of what Frank Chin calls the white "racist love" of America. What would that be? Well, being Charlie Chan's son, being a "neurotic, exotic" Asian, being a prostitute, dragon lady, or an effeminate, passive individual; all in all, having a westernized expectation of an Asian. Our hero, Ulysses, is the true Chinaman and you should make an effort to read this book.
Rating: Summary: Frank Chin's Magnum Opus! Review: You won't be sorry. This book entails many of Frank Chin's thoughts on Charlie Chan, theatre, movies, railroads, etc. You can't help but tell how some of the events in Ulysses' life reflect that of Frank Chin's (you'll know what I mean when you read this book). Bear in mind though, this is a very thick and dense book. It'll make a good read as you travel (like how I did), but I go back to the book as a reference point on how Hollywood has stereotyped Chinese, or just to simply read great story and dialogue. Frank Chin is an expert on pointing out stereotypes, and you should be too. Why not start by reading Gunga Din Highway? For your information there is a movie entitled Gunga Din (stars Cary Grant) that is probably one of the most blatant racist movies I've ever seen. Furthermore, did you know that they were thinking about making Charlie Chan into a movie (starring the no-talent Russel Wong) as a some sexy Chinaman (Charlie Chan is an effeminate character)? Frank Chin comments that this won't help the Chinese image because it's like putting a black man in a Ku Klux Klan hood!Read this story about Ulysses who endures through a life surrounded by people who expect him to live like the stereotypical Chinaman. Are you living like that?
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