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Originally posted by TightPants:
The one problem I have though, is that although the history suggests that the Western and Eastern cultures melded, there are no central characters of Oriental decent.

Doesn’t that seem strange to you?

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Originally posted by Hoagie:
there are a few background people that look asian, at least on Persephone. most notably the girl with the chinese characters tattooed down her right cheek.

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Originally posted by Okkay:
Maybe by that time, if the cultures have indeed mixed that much, maybe there just aren't that many pure asians left. Maybe everyone's just mixed, which is why no one looks asian.

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Originally posted by Haken:

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Originally posted by TightPants:
The one problem I have though, is that although the history suggests that the Western and Eastern cultures melded, there are no central characters of Oriental decent.

Doesn’t that seem strange to you?

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The PC term is "Asian." And, yeah, it's strange, but unfortunately that's Hollywood's shortcoming.

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The one problem I have though, is that although the history suggests that the Western and Eastern cultures melded, there are no central characters of Oriental decent.

Doesn’t that seem strange to you?

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The PC term is "Asian." And, yeah, it's strange, but unfortunately that's Hollywood's shortcoming.

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'Tis strange indeed. There may be something instructive in a couple of recent shows and the casts in them. Years ago when Joe Straczynski was casting for B5, he became unhappy with the fact that actors being pitched to him were pretty much of uniform culture. He hired new casting agents and insisted on blind casting for roles. More recently, the Battlestar Galactica miniseries cast seemed very reflective of current NorthAm society.
In the Firely universe of strong Chinese influences from language to clothes to foods and customs, it's very strange to see so few faces of that strong culture. I can't imagine this is Joss's ideal and the situation may very well have several reasons for being this way and possibly mostly out of his control, a.k.a. Hollywood's shortcoming, as Haken notes above.

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Originally posted by Okkay:
Maybe by that time, if the cultures have indeed mixed that much, maybe there just aren't that many pure asians left. Maybe everyone's just mixed, which is why no one looks asian.

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correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the Asian traits and features are generally the dominate ones. ie dark hair, brown eyes, tan skin and such. As oppose to the Aryan traits.

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Originally posted by Shiksa:
It's also worth noting that culture and DNA are not necessarily inseparable. At one time, most of Europe was dominated by Roman culture, but that did not mean that all, or even most of the population was of Mediterranean descent.

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You know, they say mercy is the mark of a great man.

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Originally posted by TightPants:
"Asians can't be good and tough" .... I say this sarcastically because I have heard interviews with Jackie Chan where he complained of similar problems ... he wanted to take on more serious rolls but for whatever reason, Hollywood seems to still perceive Asian men as either bad guys, or cute good guys ...

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You know, they say mercy is the mark of a great man.

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Originally posted by Wren:
Sorry if this doesn't make sense, but I have to rush.

The lack of Asians doesn't seem strange to me, infact I am glad they resisted sticking in a 'token' Asian person.

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
It's definitely not a Joss issue; I've read in interviews about Asian-American actors having trouble finding (i.e., not even being considered by casting directors for) roles that call for more than just "doing snap-kicks."

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It's also worth noting that culture and DNA are not necessarily inseparable. At one time, most of Europe was dominated by Roman culture, but that did not mean that all, or even most of the population was of Mediterranean descent.

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okay, not to be too picky. what what percent of Romans made up of the Roman Empire? and what Percent of east asia (not counting the majority of the russians) makes up the earth's population?

not to say that there's no validity to your statement, but unless the America side of the Alliance brought "small pox" to the Asia side, I'm having a bit of a hard time convincing myself about this situation.

but then again, that's just me...
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