ABSTRACT

What comes to your mind when you think about Asian men? The Kung Fu masters Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, famous for their martial art skills? Or those who excel professionally such as Yo Yo Ma (a cello player), Michael Chang (a tennis player) and Yao Ming (a basketball player)? What about Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's who plays the grumpy, almost hysterical Japanese landlord who constantly shouts at Audrey Hepburn? Or William Hung, the infantile and non-threatening (sexually and physically) Chinese boy who jumps and sings with "no regrets" in American Idoll