ALL-AMERICAN GIRL, I'M THE ONE THAT I WANT, FRESH OFF THE BOAT, THE COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER
Hello. If you missed class, viewing these (mainstream) texts is conceptually important for you to build upon your understanding of the strategies that can be utilized in the representation of Asian Americans and how to forge counter-hegemonic media. For example, we can deconstruct ALL-AMERICAN GIRL in order to see how Margaret Cho reconstructs (herself) in I'M THE ONE THAT I WANT. Please make up/catch up with the screening material. And please let me know if you have any questions. ~Professor Kim
ALL-AMERICAN GIRL, "Redesigning Women"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_35OnSvdqyE
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I'M THE ONE THAT I WANT, an excerpt: Starting at 27.10 (with “I came home to see my Grandfather …”) to 38.22 + 43.23 to 45.45
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3hodr9
FRESH OFF THE BOAT, "Coming From America" (Season 3, Episode 1)
*McHenry Library (Digital Scholarship Commons) has ALL-AMERICAN GIRL, I'M THE ONE THAT I WANT, and several seasons of FRESH OFF THE BOAT in its Media Collection, you can see additional episodes of FOB such as the Pilot episode and "Success Perm" in Season 1, "The Manchurian Dinner Date" in Season 2, and "How To Be an American" in Season 3.
(Links to an external site.)THE COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER !969-1971), "Bully for You", starting at 26:00 (in this Yuja video which includes 6 episodes)
https://media.ucsc.edu/V/Video?v=2998514&node=10304344&a=350594975&autoplay=1
(Here is a blurry YouTube post of a 10 minute clip, approximately what we saw in class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XBDqg-HQ6M)
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Here are the Discussion Questions and a few additional slides.