The Slanted Screen

The Slanted Screen is a 2006 documentary film written, produced, and directed by Jeff Adachi about the stereotypical depictions and absence of Asian males in American cinema and other media from the silent era (when Sessue Hayakawa rivaled Douglas Fairbanks^[1]) to the present day.^[2]

Interviewees

• Eric Byler
• Gene Cajayon
• Terence Chang
• Frank Chin
• Bobby Lee
• Jason Scott Lee
• Will Yun Lee
• Justin Lin
• Tzi Ma
• Mako
• Dustin Nguyen
• Phillip Rhee
• James Shigeta
• Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Darrell Y. Hamamoto, PhD

Films Featured

Films featured in The Slanted Screen are:

• They Call Me Bruce?
• Flower Drum Song
• Bridge to the Sun
• The Crimson Kimono
• The Steel Helmet
• The Replacement Killers
• Romeo Must Die
• Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
• Mortal Kombat
• The Debut

See also

• Stereotypes of East Asians in the Western world
• Portrayal of East Asians in Hollywood

References

1. ↑ Perpetuating the Yellow Peril - In These Times
2. ↑ 'Slanted Screen' Rues The Absence Of Asians

External links

• Official Site
• "Perpetuating the Yellow Peril" In These Times
• Mastropolo, F. Hollywood's Racial Catch-22, ABC News, September 27, 2006
• The Slanted Screen at IMDB