watched the WB show, off centre today. one of the four main cast members is an asian-american male, actor john cho who plays "chau," a quirky "off centre" guy who works at the nearby vietnamese restaurant. in the first episode, i watched him strut around topless (he isn't the most well built of humans) and try to get more airtime on the psuedo MTV by getting with a girl from the real world. that first episode kind of mocked the real world in general but it also made chau the butt of all the jokes. in the second episode, chau gets drinks thrown on him at bars when he tries to pick up girls. his two friends bet bills on whether or not he gets drinks tossed in his face, or just gets straight up slapped. when one girl actually likes him, the two friends bet on whether or not the girl has a penis. *haha* as it turns out, this girl, dawn, only likes him because she gets to put him in situations where he gets beat up a lot. moral of the story? asian guys can't get none unless they get beat up. emasculation people. e-mas-cu-la-ti-on. oh, and they make him love richard grieco and val kilmer. you can't get gayer than that.



they couldn't even make chau a martial artist. he has to get his ass beat up every five minutes. at least he speaks proper english most of the time. furthermore, chau is the "silly weird one" of the group. sort of like a male "phoebe." his character pretty much perpetuates the myth that asian-americans are merely a joke. and that asian-american males are weak and unsightly. oh if only i could scream.



actually. the show's pretty funny. and it's semi-neat when any asian male representative gets on tv. to the show's credit, asian guys probably do get rejected a lot at bars so that part is kind of true isn't it? and plus, all the message boards say that chau "rocks" and he's the "only reason that show is still on the air." whether or not that's a good or bad thing, i dunno. whatever, asian males on tv can't be a bad thing.