See, I'm going to see it, even though I'm also pissed off by Exotic Asian stereotypes (at one company I worked at, every single married white programmer was married to an Asian woman. And while I can't point at any one couple and say "your relationship is unhealthy" and I'm sure most of them were good healthy relationships, the Japanophilia in geek culture is freaking disturbing. To be fair, in recent years, it's geek *girls* exoticizing what they see as effeminate Japanese men ("oh they are so kawaii!" they cry, right before I smack them down).
But I'm going to see the movie because, even though Zhang Ziyi and Michelle Yeoh will not actually have swords or kick any ass, I know they *can*. Same reason I'm going to see the new Zorro movie, even though it looks lame. If someone kicks ass with a sword, I adore them. If said someone is a man in black or a hot hot woman, I fall in love for all time.
Then I will hate the movie because in my heart I will be expecting them to break out the whoop-ass at any moment.
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Date: 2005-11-28 08:44 pm (UTC)But I'm going to see the movie because, even though Zhang Ziyi and Michelle Yeoh will not actually have swords or kick any ass, I know they *can*. Same reason I'm going to see the new Zorro movie, even though it looks lame. If someone kicks ass with a sword, I adore them. If said someone is a man in black or a hot hot woman, I fall in love for all time.
Then I will hate the movie because in my heart I will be expecting them to break out the whoop-ass at any moment.