7.20.2009

casting call seeks "chinamen"

Attention, Chinamen! Who says there are no good roles for Asians in Hollywood? A reader named Jae passed along this casting call that popped up on LACasting not too long ago, for an Untitled SAG Feature Film. It's kind of extraordinary, on a couple of levels:
Chinamen / Co-Star / Male / 20 to 60 / Asian
Looking for a small person. Dwarf or midget. Must be small and know how to speak Chinese. Bald head with a fu man chu.
Look, most Asian American actors know that casting calls for stereotypical Asian roles, in one form or another, are fairly frequent. This is one of them. But this one goes the extra step -- they're specifically looking for "Chinamen." You gotta love it. That's racist!

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