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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse
Uhh no. Chopsocky refers to a particular genre of movie. Low budget, fromage, and lots of good old fashioned arse kicking. It's an insult to a movie to be called that ("Hey Seagal - Exit Wounds was a piece of chopsocky!"). Jet and Jackie are the de facto faces of that genre.
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Many asians find "Chopsocky" denigrating (also the implications of chopsticks) and Chopsocky is not reflective of Jet and Jackie's genres aside from maybe Jackie's output in the 70s...it's also disparaging as you obviously have no awareness of their films in Asia aside from the horribly done dubs and transfers brought to America.
Sorry I'm getting antsy, it's just that on one hand you are walking the highground of blaming hollywood for settling for Asian stereotypes and no finding a Japanese actor for a traditionally Japanese character and then you continue on to denigrate the big asian actors that have for a sense "made it" in the international scene and disparage a great deal of Asian filmmaknig which you are totally ignorant of (where these actors actually have deep and dramatic roles that have been at international film festivals). First you say that it's sad that Hollywood has not come out with any big asian actors and then you call what asian actors there are for being defacto "chopsocky". What came first, the chicken or the egg? What a hypocritical stance.