Word: chen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Chris S. Chen '90, is coordinating the exchange with the help of his roommates John C. Hou '90, T. James Lawrence '90 and David A. Stonehill...
Jimmy Smith, described by another comedian as "a large Kentucky Fried Chicken of a man", was the evening's sole professional stand-up comic. "He was hilarious," said Maye I. Chen '92. Fellow Freshman Rebecca D. Knowles agreed. "He could make a bad joke and completely resurrect it, getting everyone to laugh...
Harvard's improvisational comedy group "On Thin Ice" also sent a delegation. Members from the group took turns cavorting on stage, then froze into inexplicably comic postures. "I'd never seen that done before," said Chen...
There are virtually no Asian movie stars besides Pat Morita, who played "Arnold" on Happy Days (in heavily accented English) and Mr. Miyagi in Karate Kid (also in appropriate patois). Last year when John Lone and Joan Chen delivered two excellent performances in The Last Emperor they were both completely ignored by the Academy Awards...
...Lone and Chen at least had the good fortune to end up in a film that was an intelligent depiction of Chinese history. When Asian-Americans do get parts in Hollywood films they are almost invariably stereotyped. Who can forget the absurd "Long Duck Dong" character in Sixteen Candles...