Collateral Damage of Full Metal Jacket
When Gunnery Sergeant Hartman said, “There is no racial bigotry here,” I knew that Full Metal Jacket would make me want to throw up in disgust. The film did not disappoint.
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World War II conjures many words and places to mind: Pearl Harbor, Manzanar, the beach of Normandy, Hiroshima, perhaps even the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the all-Japanese American team that emerged from the war as the most decorated regiment in the U.S. Armed Forces. Lesser known, however, are the Filipino and Filipino American veterans who…
DetailsThe Hunger Games’ Casting and the Problem of the White Savior
Note: This quarter, Pacific Ties will be publishing online rather than in a print issue. We decided to focus our articles around war and violence in the API community. This article was written in response to The Hunger Games movie casting choices. Although the casting choices do not affect the API community specifically, the novels…
DetailsThe Hunger Games: American Archetype
BY CAROL LEE As an avid reader and loyal fan of all literature captivating and unique, I immediately jumped on The Hunger Games bandwagon at my friends’ and even my 14 year old sister’s insistence. I found Collins’ ideas incredibly fresh and her characters poignant, especially Katniss who strikes me as an empowering female figure.…
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San Francisco is a world-class city that never sleeps and Chinatown is a small but lively segment of the Bay Area metropolis. On the way to Chinatown, people pass through an area called the Tenderloin, the home of various quirky and colorful characters. Tourists can find 30 blocks of historic Chinese American history in Chinatown.…
DetailsIron Man 3: Rise of the Mandarin?
With the success of The Avengers, media consumers like myself can’t help but look to the future and think, “What next?” Well, what’s next is Iron Man 3. But now I’m wondering, what does the comic book industry have anything to do with Asian Americans? Unfortunately, it has everything to do with Asian Americans. The…
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