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00:00But I'm just not that attracted to Asian men.
00:05Asian male characters in film and TV have long been sidelined,
00:09emasculated, and denied the chance to have romantic or sexual relationships.
00:14That's when they're not openly mocked.
00:16If you promise not to be angry, I might let you take those pictures we mentioned.
00:19When?
00:19Sometime.
00:20Anytime.
00:22In an inverse of the trend of fetishizing Asian women through the lotus blossom trope,
00:27Asian men are consistently desexualized on screen,
00:31and this has directly led to the damaging widespread perception in US society
00:36that Asian men are less masculine or sexually desirable.
00:39I did read somewhere that the people that do worst on the apps
00:42are Asian men and black women.
00:44Well, it's great why people finally have an advantage somewhere.
00:46Here's our take on how the asexual Asian trope has been used
00:49to spread stereotypes of Asian men in real life,
00:52and why it's more important than ever to move past it.
00:56They also want, you know, nerdy Asian men to feel that they are worthy of love.
01:02The problem is when you make fun of them
01:04in the secondary role where you don't explore their whole lives.
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01:18Cinema is full of Asian male characters who have been stereotyped and belittled,
01:34their foreignness frequently treated as the butt of the joke.
01:38You gonna f**k on me? Nobody's gonna f**k on you!
01:41We're on your side! I hate Godzilla!
01:43While today we've at last moved beyond the regressive idea
01:46that an accent is a funny joke,
01:48So grandpa's hyena don't get disturbed?
01:51Hernia!
01:55The asexual Asian man trope is still omnipresent,
01:58coming through in a variety of forms and character types.
02:01Everybody, please! Han just clearly injured his vagina.
02:05The stereotypical Asian male character might be nerdy, weak, or effeminate,
02:10especially in contrast to hyper-masculine white male characters.
02:14He's typically reduced to a marginal role like sidekick to a white guy,
02:21mysterious martial arts master,
02:27or cartoonish villain,
02:28and an overwhelming number of these characters
02:33have no romantic relationship in sight.
02:36If Bruce Banner's driving a rental car and turns into the Hulk,
02:40do you think he's covered,
02:41or does he need to add the Hulk as an additional driver?
02:44You really need a girlfriend.
02:46But it wasn't always like this.
02:47In the early days of silent film in Hollywood,
02:50Japanese actor Sasu Hayakawa became a huge star,
02:53and one of Hollywood's first iconic sex symbols.
02:56So why was he also one of the last leading Asian men
02:59in the following decades?
03:01The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882,
03:03which prohibited Chinese immigration into the U.S.,
03:06represented an American fear of yellow peril.
03:08A letter appeared in the pages of the New York Sun,
03:11written by a young Chinese immigrant.
03:13This country is the land of liberty for all men of all nations,
03:16except the Chinese.
03:18This was the idea that Asian immigrants posed a threat
03:20to an American way of life.
03:22As a result of these fears, Asian men in early cinema were villainized
03:26as dangerous threats, often to white women.
03:28In the 1915 movie The Cheap,
03:30Hayakawa plays a predator who exploits a spoiled white society woman.
03:34The Fu Manchu movies also played into this trope.
03:37I will wipe out your whole accursed white race!
03:40Oh no!
03:40But Fu Manchu himself was almost always played by a white man in yellow face,
03:45painting Asians as villains,
03:47while reminding the audience of who held the real power.
03:50It is said that the devil plays for men's souls.
03:53So does Dr. Fu Manchu, Satan himself, evil incarnate.
03:59Meanwhile, in real life, labor and immigration laws meant
04:03that Asian men had to take jobs that white men didn't want,
04:06such as laundering, cooking, and washing dishes,
04:08which were seen as women's work.
04:10This was later reflected in on-screen portrayals
04:13that dismissively portrayed Asian men in these kinds of roles.
04:16He does the dishes and helps with the laundry, you betcha.
04:20Over the decades, increasing numbers of Asian men found success
04:24in high-powered fields like medicine and law,
04:27thus solidifying the model minority myth.
04:29I'm telling you, those Asian guys love crunching numbers.
04:31Yet Asian men's growing class power was plagued by a desexualization
04:36meant to reinforce the existing power dynamic,
04:39which kept white men on top.
04:41As Matthew Salesis writes for The Guardian,
04:43this emasculation of Asian men was a deliberate way for white men
04:46to show that societal power may come at the cost of sexual power.
04:50The model minority Asian American male might become a doctor,
04:54or lawyer, or engineer, but he can't get the girl.
04:57Meanwhile, this desexualized portrayal came in sharp contrast
05:00to the hyper-sexualized depiction of Asian women
05:03through the submissive exotic lotus blossom trope.
05:06She says she's very happy to belong to a handsome captain.
05:09She says she's gonna serve you well.
05:11Asian men were often made out to be inferior choices
05:14or threats to Asian women, who were then available
05:16to be rescued by white men.
05:18Maybe I can save one of them with your help.
05:22Ultimately, it was this combination of the emasculated Asian man
05:26and the objectified lotus blossom that allowed for white male supremacy
05:30over both Asian men and women.
05:32What's happening, hot stuff?
05:40There are a variety of different tropes and cliches used to desexualize,
05:45sideline, and emasculate Asian men in pop culture.
05:48Let's take a look at some of the most common ones.
05:50This time I'm warning you!
05:52I am definitely this time going to call in the police!
05:56The FOB, or fresh-off-the-boat character,
05:58is primarily used as comic relief.
06:00So, what's your name?
06:02Dong.
06:03What's your first name?
06:06Long.
06:07Cinema is full of offensive examples of this,
06:11like Mickey Rooney's yellow-faced portrayal of Mr. Yunyoshi
06:14in 1961's Breakfast at Tiffany's,
06:17and 1984's Sixteen Candles' Long Duck Dong,
06:20an exchange student whose broken English and inability to assimilate
06:23into American culture makes him a laughingstock for his peers.
06:27Oh, no more Yankee, my wanky.
06:30The donger need food!
06:32The FOB character is especially damaging in how it depicts Asian men
06:35as bumbling and stupid,
06:37ignorantly suggesting that having an accent is a sign of low intelligence,
06:41and turning the difficulty of the immigrant experience
06:44into something to snicker at.
06:45The little boy take knife.
06:46The big boy take a donut.
06:49Bad boy!
06:50Any sexual or romantic interest these characters display
06:53are usually part of a larger joke made at their expense.
06:56People with boobs touch me?
06:58She means aside from your mom.
07:00Didn't know.
07:01The television series Two Broke Girls came under fire
07:03for its depiction of Han Lee, a Korean immigrant
07:06whose difficulty adjusting to American culture
07:08and getting girls is a constant running joke for the main cast.
07:12With his cost to my chances of getting laid are higher than ever!
07:15The sidekick is another popular way Asian men are portrayed in media.
07:22Can I be your guy in the chair?
07:24What?
07:24Do you know how there's a guy with a headset
07:27telling the other guy where to go?
07:29Like, if you were stuck in a burning building,
07:30I could tell you where to go.
07:31One of the earliest examples is the character Kato,
07:34played by Bruce Lee in the 1966 series The Green Hornet.
07:37Kato serves as the Green Hornet's valet and martial arts expert.
07:40Cornet sting.
07:45Check.
07:47Let's roll, Kato.
07:48As a sidekick, the asexual Asian usually doesn't have the opportunity
07:51to experience romantic relationships,
07:53as these are reserved for the usually white protagonist.
07:57Even a modern example, Ned Leeds in Spider-Man Homecoming,
08:00initially plays into this,
08:01though it corrects the problem by giving Ned a romance in the sequel.
08:04We actually got to talking on the plane,
08:06and it turns out we have a lot in common.
08:08So, uh, we're boyfriend-girlfriend now.
08:10Similar to and sometimes overlapping with the sidekick,
08:13the nerd is another common portrayal of an Asian man
08:16where he's typically in the background,
08:18playing a supporting role and notably desexualized.
08:22The nerd plays heavily into the model-minority stereotype,
08:25assuming that Asian men are naturally smart,
08:27especially in STEM fields.
08:29But this intelligence comes at the cost of being socially awkward
08:33and unable to have relationships.
08:35She asked me a question.
08:36I should probably not.
08:37They're painted as awkward and never seen as a real romantic threat.
08:42Mind if I sit over here?
08:45I was married to Linda Cooksey.
08:46No, why don't you sit over there?
08:48I prefer that.
08:49Another variation on the asexual Asian is the guru.
08:52The guru is wise, sometimes mystical,
08:55and most importantly, old.
08:56His age and wisdom seemingly put him above the triviality of romantic relationships,
09:05and he almost always lives alone.
09:07The guru also often takes on the role of mentoring the white protagonist,
09:11usually in martial arts.
09:12Akson?
09:13Akson?
09:15Akson?
09:17Similarly mystical, cartoonish, and asexual feeling is the Asian male villain.
09:22You insult for my honor again,
09:26and I kill you.
09:27He serves as an obstacle for a usually white male protagonist to overcome,
09:31often representing an ambiguous Eastern threat to Western supremacy.
09:35The Americans are fools.
09:37I offered my services, they refuse.
09:39Playing into the idea of yellow peril,
09:41villainous Asians can also pose as threats to helpless female victims,
09:45providing an opportunity for the protagonist to display his superiority,
09:49physically and sexually, when he succeeds in getting the girl.
09:52Finally, the asexual Asian has also been repeatedly portrayed as a martial arts star.
09:57Is it true what they say about Hong Kong?
09:59What's that?
10:00I don't know, all you guys do kung fu.
10:03Of course, state law.
10:05This particular portrayal and the popularity of the kung fu movie
10:08began in large part with Chinese martial artist and actor Bruce Lee.
10:13My style?
10:15You can call it the art of fighting without fighting.
10:18Lee's departure from the portrayal of the weak and submissive Asian man
10:21helped audiences see Asian men as strong and masculine.
10:25A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready.
10:29And gave a lot of Asian men confidence and pride in their heritage.
10:32Still, Lee's popularity also helped perpetuate stereotypes about Asian men,
10:37for example, their innate knowledge of martial arts
10:39or other Asian forms of fighting.
10:41And he was rarely given love interests or romantic partners in his films.
10:45In Lee's most famous film, Enter the Dragon,
10:48his co-competitors Roper and Williams both spend the night with prostitutes.
10:52I'll take you, darling.
10:54And you.
10:55While his character stays focused on the mission,
10:58the film Romeo Must Die is also infamous
11:01for its desexualization of its Asian male lead.
11:04Despite the film being a literal retelling of Romeo and Juliet,
11:07the film's version of Romeo, Han Singh, played by Jet Li,
11:10isn't even allowed an on-screen kiss with his co-star, Aaliyah.
11:14You didn't really think you was gonna get them panties now, did you?
11:17What?
11:17Trish!
11:20You didn't really think she was gonna give it up to you now, did you?
11:22When the studio showed a test cut of the film that did include a kiss scene,
11:26the audience reacted so poorly that the scene was changed
11:29to a platonic hug in the final cut.
11:32Despite all the superficial differences
11:34between these categories of stock Asian male characters on screen,
11:37we can see how as a group they've led Asian men to be consistently perceived
11:41as nerdy, effeminate, and not interested in,
11:44or a poor option for romance.
11:46I have made a big decision.
11:48You're having a sex change?
11:49I totally support you, but be careful, Han.
11:54Female to male is very tricky.
11:56All these portrayals shape our opinions of Asian men in real life,
12:00and have real-world consequences.
12:02Excuse me, do you like Asian men?
12:05No.
12:07Asian men and black women are viewed as the least desirable racial dating groups,
12:12according to a 2014 OkCupid study.
12:14And the lack of romantically desirable Asian male characters on screen
12:18can also lead to Asian men internalizing this narrative themselves.
12:27Paxton Hall Yoshida, the hottest guy at Sherman Oaks High.
12:31Look at this kid's jawline.
12:33In 2016, a social media campaign called
12:35Hashtag Starring John Cho went viral,
12:38photoshopping images of actor John Cho as the leading role in popular film posters.
12:42While Cho went on to play the lead in movies like Columbus and Searching,
12:45the campaign highlighted how rare it was to see leading Asian men on screen,
12:50especially in films with romantic elements.
12:52In recent years, we have at last seen evidence of this trend changing.
12:57You smell really good.
12:59There are now more positive, well-rounded Asian male characters
13:02who experience on-screen romantic relationships.
13:05Crazy Rich Asians launched Henry Golding's profile as one of
13:09contemporary Hollywood's rising sex symbols.
13:11Wherever you are in the world, that's where I belong.
13:15Always Be My Maybe and Mulan highlight the romance
13:18between an Asian woman and a non-stereotypical Asian man.
13:21Hello, my name is Marcus.
13:22We're going to explore your carcass.
13:24More and more examples also pair Asian male leads with non-Asian women,
13:28moving away from the stereotype that only Asian women are interested in dating Asian men.
13:33I am your bride.
13:34Kumail Nanjiani co-wrote and starred in romantic comedy drama The Big Sick,
13:38which looks honestly at how an interracial relationship
13:41between a white woman and a man of Pakistani heritage
13:43has to reckon with complex cultural baggage.
13:46You know how we have arranged marriage in my culture?
13:50These are those women.
13:52These are women in Pakistan who want to marry you?
13:55They're not in Pakistan.
13:56Insecure's interracial relationship between Molly and Andrew
13:59shows Molly's initial bias in dismissing Andrew as a romantic partner.
14:03Well, why aren't you excited about him?
14:04Is it because he's Asian?
14:05Because no judgment.
14:06Wait, judgment?
14:07Before she eventually comes to see him as a highly romantic and sexual man,
14:11as well as a true catch.
14:13What did it do?
14:14Or do it don't do?
14:16Oh no, it do.
14:17It definitely do.
14:18The relationship between Steven Yeun's Glenn and Lauren Cohen's Maggie
14:22is one of the longest lasting romances on The Walking Dead.
14:25Maggie, I love you.
14:27I should have said a long time when it's been true for a long time.
14:30And one that features Glenn as just an ordinary guy,
14:33without any qualifiers that elevated him above normal Asian men.
14:37Additionally, the rise in popularity of K-pop bands like BTS
14:41among young female audiences shows us that society is open to redefining
14:45what kind of masculinity is attractive,
14:48opening the door for Asian men who are not traditionally masculine
14:51to have opportunities at romantic relationships in media.
14:54We've been partnering with UNICEF's In Violence program
14:58to protect children and young people.
15:00In the end, Hollywood's countless desexualized and dismissive portrayals
15:04of Asian men have served to subconsciously reinforce
15:07Asian male inferiority and white male superiority.
15:11The asexual Asian trope, as an inescapable ubiquitous cliché,
15:15limits the representation of Asians on screen,
15:17and in our culture's collective mind.
15:20We got an ATM.
15:21I thought we already had an ATM.
15:23Asian transgender male.
15:27Well, thank you for saying male.
15:28Perhaps most importantly, it sends a damaging message
15:31to an Asian male viewer about himself,
15:34which is based solely on false myths and a purposeful attempt
15:38to marginalize an entire culture.
15:40Romantic relationships are not a necessity in order to tell a story
15:43about a fully formed three-dimensional character of any background,
15:46but it's important to portray Asian men as viable options for romance,
15:51to present their desirability as one realistic aspect of their full humanity,
15:55and to remind everyone just how much they have to offer.
15:59Will you marry me and make me the happiest man in this world?
16:02Yes, yes, yes, I will marry you!
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