Why? No one is going to move to a place without some sort of motivation, be it political, financial or some other reason.
Why did they make Linda Park's character Japanese?
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I got on a elevator once with a friend of mine who's of Japanese and Korean ancestry. A group of Japanese business men were also in the elevator and they started talking to her in Japanese. They not only thought she was 100% Japanese but was actually from Japan. (or at least well versed in the language) She had no clue what they were saying. Her family had pretty much down played anything Japanese or Korean when she was growing up. I had to teach her how to use chopsticks when we went out for Japanese food.
Whaty can I say? My vision of the future is based on what I percieve as logical trends and motivations, rather than the lyrics of a U2 song.
Honestly I think Hollywood should just be safe and call their Pan-Asian actors "Hawaiian." LOL I mean, Hawaii has a lot of Japanese and Chinese as well as actual Native Hawaiians. I've met a few girls from Hawaii and honestly some of them you couldn't tell if they were Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Islander or what. Partially because they had a little of all of 'em in their family tree somewhere. Grandma was native Hawaiian, grandpa was Japanese, they had a little hawaiian japanese kid that married a korean chinese kid. And so on.
In some sims that I write, I've used Asian actresses that I liked and then just said they had family that lived in hawaii and left it there. Then it saved me from trying to figure out if the actress is korean, chinese, japanese, or whatever. Now us white folk... you can be any thing LOL.
In some sims that I write, I've used Asian actresses that I liked and then just said they had family that lived in hawaii and left it there. Then it saved me from trying to figure out if the actress is korean, chinese, japanese, or whatever. Now us white folk... you can be any thing LOL.
Hawaii IS geographically and culturally mid-point between east and west in many ways.
I vacationed there once and was thrilled to look just like everybody else. For once I was in the majority. Many people there tried to speak to me in different languages - I was a little ashamed I only spoke English. Very likely the only time I expect that to happen!
I vacationed there once and was thrilled to look just like everybody else. For once I was in the majority. Many people there tried to speak to me in different languages - I was a little ashamed I only spoke English. Very likely the only time I expect that to happen!
Here's another version of the origin of Sulu's name.
I'm reading Inside Star Trek by Herb Solow and Bob Justman. From the book:
I'm reading Inside Star Trek by Herb Solow and Bob Justman. From the book:
Hello. My name is Bina and I just joined.
The thing about Hoshi Sato was that, to me, she seemed nothing more than an American of Asian descent. There was nothing about her, other than her exotic sounding name and her physical features, that was Japanese in any way."
BINA writes: DUKHAT, Hoshi was EXCEPTIONAL. She spoke I think 24 languages. How many languages do YOU speak?It was mentioned in one episode. It was 24 or 26. She mentioned in that one episode that she wanted to rely less on the Universal Translator as well.
And as much as I like Lt. Uhura (the Communications officer in TOS), I think Hoshi was better then her in the linguistics field. In Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country, Uhura was not able to speak Klingon. And Uhura was serving on the flagship of the Federation-Enterprise. It took time for Hoshi to really get her "space legs." But she did eventually.
No, it isn't. As others have mentioned, Sulu was not specifically intended to be Japanese, but rather "pan-Asian." Sulu is the name of a region in the Philippines. At no time in any episode or film was Sulu ever called Japanese onscreen. Actors of various ethnicities tested for the role, including James Hong. The only reason fans assumed the character was Japanese was because Takei got the part (well, that and the samurai in "Shore Leave"). His given name Hikaru was chosen by novelist Vonda McIntyre in 1981 and only officially applied to the character in the sixth movie.
Of course, now Sulu is being played by Korean actor John Cho. So even if he had been "correct" before, he isn't now.
Welcome to the forum, Bina.
An excellent place to say hello to everyone is our welcome thread, which you'll find pinned to the top of the forum.As for this thread, it looks like it strayed off topic 5 years ago and died. Best to let it rest in peace.
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