PBS Documentry 'Seeking Asian Female'

Mogambo

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« on: May 06, 2013, 09:18:23 AM »

Steven is a 60-year-old parking-garage attendant who lives in a small apartment above a store in the Northern California suburbs. He’s white, which is significant because he has what is politely known as an Asian fetish and popularly known as yellow fever. “They’re all so beautiful,” he says, looking at a display of thumbnail images of prospective Asian brides.

Ms. Lum indicates that she set out to profile a man obsessed with Asian women in order to understand a phenomenon that has weighed on her own life: “I’ve been stared at, hit on and harassed by so many men like Steven,” she declares. “Seeking Asian Female” doesn’t have a lot to offer as anthropology, however. The nature of Asian fetishism remains as mysterious, or perhaps as obvious, as ever. Where the film succeeds is as an acerbic romantic comedy with Ms. Lum as a bumbling Boswell, alternately speeding the course of love or throwing up roadblocks.

http://tv.nytimes.com/2013/05/06/arts/television/seeking-asian-female-on-pbs-shows-an-internet-order-bride.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes


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Re: PBS Documentry 'Seeking Asian Female'

« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2013, 03:30:40 PM »

Thanks! I've set my TiVo to record it tonight.

That description is a little confusing. I thought they were looking for an actress to perform a reenactment in a documentary that is still in production.

The photo helps.


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Re: PBS Documentry 'Seeking Asian Female'

« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2013, 08:24:14 PM »

Looking forward to the followup, equally objective documentary, where they follow women of other races crazy over attractive Indian/Asian men. Lots of ladies here seem to qualify.


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Re: PBS Documentry 'Seeking Asian Female'

« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2013, 09:00:42 PM »

Quote from: Dil Bert on May 06, 2013, 08:24:14 PM

Looking forward to the followup, equally objective documentary, where they follow women of other races crazy over attractive Indian/Asian men. Lots of ladies here seem to qualify.

This made me laugh out loud. Shukriya!


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Re: PBS Documentry 'Seeking Asian Female'

« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2013, 11:57:18 PM »

This American Life did a piece about Lum and this couple documentary a while back, in the Tribes episode.

Quote from: Dil Bert on May 06, 2013, 08:24:14 PM

Looking forward to the followup, equally objective documentary, where they follow women of other races crazy over attractive Indian/Asian men.

They are out there, thankfully Wink


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