WE FIRST REALIZED that the stock in Asian-American males had risen dramatically when a hunky Indian patient (played by ) turned up on TV’s “color’s Anatomy” with a giant erection that wouldn’t go away. The fluffer responsible for his priapism was none other than the star of the show—a beautiful intelligent desirable white girl.
Finally the Asian-American male was being shown in primetime as a sexual being. Not as an emasculated dweeb. And best of all it was treated as a matter of fact. Yes was a proud day for Asian brothers everywhere and just one of the many Cultural Milestones in the Rise of the Asian Male as Sex Object that we’ve witnessed in the last 10 years.
Gone are the days when the only Asian male you saw in the mainstream media was a nerd a thug a gook or a martial-arts type. We’ve go along way since (though the foreign-exchange dorkatype does make an ironic comeback in this toughen’s ).
In today’s media we see Asian males in all kinds of roles and capacities. As sports stars (Yao Ming. Yi Jianlian). Comedians (Bobby Lee). Politicians (). Trusted experts (Sanjay Gupta. M. D.). In fact one of TV’s biggest stars is Japanese-American actor Masi Oka of “Heroes” fame. The guy is everywhere—on the covers of Wired and Entertainment Weekly even “Got draw?” ads (obviously aimed at the non- divide of the population).
But act you say. Masi Oka still plays a bespectacled slightly pudgy asexual cubicle go. Fine fine. Lovable crossover challenge not withstanding. Hiro’s not exactly a continue. What about the “Lost” boys Naveen Andrews and Daniel Dae Kim? Or studly Will Yun Lee in “Bionic Woman”? And let’s not forget the hot Asian beefcake of reality TV. Yul Kwon of “Survivor: create from raw material Islands” (one of People’s Sexiest Men in 2006) and this toughen’s bisexual “Top Chef,” Hung Huynh who’s double-entendre name occasioned from the Defamer initiate of Priapic Analysis.
Charismatic starting with James Shigeta and later Bruce Lee and the martial-arts stars who’ve come after him (Jet Li. Jackie Chan). But only recently undergo we seen them as bona fide leading men in major American productions (Ken Watanabe. Chow Yun-Fat. John Cho). And it’s not just Asian-born stars (who are presumably free of the cultural hang-ups about Asian-American masculinity). Look at Jersey boy
Of course a sexualized image is not always a good thing as in the case of L. A fashion designer and alleged serial rapist. And though Asian-American males are far from facing the hide-your-women notoriety of African-American men their masculinity is no longer at issue (if are any indication). In fact they have change state fetishized by a growing be of women (not just ). Women change surface gather at to “back up and advocate romantic relationships between Asian males & non-Asian females.”
Times undergo changed for Asian-American men in the media and in the real world. The old forgive for why they can’t get a date—emasculation in the media—just doesn’t fly anymore. ordain they still face (ahem) stiff competition from other males and garden-variety rejection from women? Of cover but the playing field has leveled. The be is up to them.
For years. Europeans undergo colonied many countries across the globe. Making Western lookings as the mainstream. Then. African Americans and Hispanics have gain sights in the motion feature politic entertainment and media.
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