Word: asianized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...posted lists of organic chem exam grades weren't bad enough, something new and dreadful has taken up residence in the Science Center lobby. An untitled display about Asian American identity and the value of "Asian American" as a label now occupies a space across from the Green-house Cafe...
...exhibit consists of pieces of imperial red parchment mounted on sticks of bamboo. Yes, you heard correctly: bamboo. Using bamboo sticks for a display that questions Asian American stereotypes is the equivalent of triumphantly shouting, "Ah-so! Me breakee stereotypes!" Come on people, get with the program. This is the nineties and the medium is the message...
Written on the pieces of red paper are students' responses to the question: "Do you strongly identify with being Asian American, or is it just another label?" The responses are plagued by pathos-laden drivel, minority activist jargon and ethnic angst of the Amy Tan variety. They are exactly what one would expect from self-serious Asian college students looking to add excitement to their petty bourgeois existences...
Some movie stars measure their worth by how many millions of dollars they make. Jackie Chan, Asian action-star extraordinaire, measures his by how many of his bones he has fractured while executing his films' incredible stunts. Let him count the breaks: "My skull, my eyes, my nose three times, my jaw, my shoulder, my chest, two fingers, a knee-everything from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet." Chan broke an ankle while jumping onto a moving Hovercraft in his new film, Rumble in the Bronx, which opened in time for Chinese New Year last...
...Asian audience gasps at these scenes but never doubts them, because everyone knows Jackie does his own stunts-including some (the coals, the peppers, the industrial alcohol) that suggest Method acting taken to the edge of madness. Lest doubts linger, his films provide instant replays from different angles. Under the closing credits are outtakes showing blown stunts, with comic or near tragic results. Executing a fairly routine jump in Yugoslavia for The Armour of God, he missed a tree branch, hit his head on a rock and almost died. Chan has a memento of the accident: a thimble-size hole...