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A kid dreams of playing professional basketball in order to escape his dead-end job, living in the suburbs, his bossy older brother and running his Mom's ping pong classes.A kid dreams of playing professional basketball in order to escape his dead-end job, living in the suburbs, his bossy older brother and running his Mom's ping pong classes.A kid dreams of playing professional basketball in order to escape his dead-end job, living in the suburbs, his bossy older brother and running his Mom's ping pong classes.
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- 1 win & 1 nomination
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Did you know
- TriviaThe Ping Pong Palace hosts two annual events: The Golden Cock Championship (in it's 15th year) and the Lil' Paddlers Tourney.
- Quotes
Christopher 'C-Dub' Wang: [speaking to fat kid] What's your name?
William Lin: William.
Christopher 'C-Dub' Wang: Free Willy, listen up. Don't ask stupid questions and you won't get stupid answers.
- ConnectionsReferences Kung Fu (1972)
- SoundtracksWake Up Call
Written by OD Hunte and Seyi Bello (as S. Bello)
Performed by Slic One
Published by OD Hunte (ASCAP) and S Bello (MCPS/SESAQ)
Courtesy of OD Hunte T/A Souther Cube Records
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Real Chicken Soup for the Asian American Soul
As a Chinese male growing up North America, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. There are very few mainstream Asian American movies produced in the US, despite the large Asian community. Often, those that are made have a great deal of stereotypes and are made by non asians. The movie validated a lot of my feelings growing up in a traditional Chinese household, yet within an American cultural environment.
I liked this movie because it played against stereotype and made fun of the stereotypes. Real life can be really cheesy sometimes, and this movie had a lot of cheese.
From the beginning, I was startled to see a Chinese face on TV actually talking like a real person in real life, and not like a trained TV personality as a news anchor. And C-dub's character just grew on me. It was real and funny. The kids are cute. His parents were like real Chinese parents. The older smart medical brother is a stereotype but played for laughs. Even Ms Chinatown didn't look like she spoke Chinese. The Chinese would slip into the English/Chinese words in the same sentence. And thats how it really is in real life. It doesn't make sense, it lacks continuity, but its real.
I liked this movie because it played against stereotype and made fun of the stereotypes. Real life can be really cheesy sometimes, and this movie had a lot of cheese.
From the beginning, I was startled to see a Chinese face on TV actually talking like a real person in real life, and not like a trained TV personality as a news anchor. And C-dub's character just grew on me. It was real and funny. The kids are cute. His parents were like real Chinese parents. The older smart medical brother is a stereotype but played for laughs. Even Ms Chinatown didn't look like she spoke Chinese. The Chinese would slip into the English/Chinese words in the same sentence. And thats how it really is in real life. It doesn't make sense, it lacks continuity, but its real.
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- jesusnj
- Jan 7, 2009
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- Also known as
- Игрок пинг-понга
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $77,907
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $30,797
- Sep 7, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $77,907
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
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- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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