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Charlie Chan Featurette
Enjoyable featurette included on the Charlie Chan in London DVD. It basically covers the history of the character Charlie Chan and his popularity. It features lots of clips from the films and interviews with a number of experts as well as Layne Tom, Jr. who acted in some of the films. They cover the racism existing in America at the time Chan was created. They discuss how Earl Derr Biggers created Chan to combat negative stereotypes of the Chinese with characters like Fu Manchu. So here he creates a character that is arguably the greatest American detective. A character who is always good and always the smartest person in the room. Most of the people they speak with seem to have a balanced view of the issue of a white actor playing Chan. Only one person seems to really have a gripe, though she tries to be diplomatic about it. There's a very amusing part where they show a message Warner Oland filmed for Pennsylvania moviegoers to try and get them to vote against the law banning movies on Sundays. Chan buffs will love that. It's a brief short so don't expect too much but it's informative and pleasant.
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- utgard14
- Feb 12, 2014
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