Comedy / Drama / Short (2005) 23 minutes ~ Color
This Film Short was inspired by, and based on the experiences of Josiah D. Lee, an Asian actor who came to Hollywood with dreams of stardom. What he found was that he was consistently relegated to role after stereotypical role: the Chinese food delivery boy, the Kung Fu guy, and other demeaning characters.
This film shows what a couple of days in his life are like as Josiah struggles to try and fit into a society and an industry that never looks much beyond the outer shell to the person inside.
Director: Kitty Kavey (as Kitania Kavey)
Writer: David Mulligan
Stars: Josiah D. Lee, Gabriel Ahn, Rhonda Marie Alston
This Film Short was inspired by, and based on the experiences of Josiah D. Lee, an Asian actor who came to Hollywood with dreams of stardom. What he found was that he was consistently relegated to role after stereotypical role: the Chinese food delivery boy, the Kung Fu guy, and other demeaning characters.
This film shows what a couple of days in his life are like as Josiah struggles to try and fit into a society and an industry that never looks much beyond the outer shell to the person inside.
Director: Kitty Kavey (as Kitania Kavey)
Writer: David Mulligan
Stars: Josiah D. Lee, Gabriel Ahn, Rhonda Marie Alston
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00:00Dude, I can't believe you made Brittany so upset.
00:05You know, you always gotta be rockin' the boat.
00:08Or as they call it in your homeland, the rickshaw.
00:12You know what, man? I'm just sick and tired of being stereotyped.
00:16I'm an actor, not just an Asian guy.
00:22What do you want, Josiah?
00:25I wanna be cast based on my acting ability, not some cookie-cutter character.
00:31Okay, so I'm Asian. Big deal.
00:34I know for a fact that there are real Asian radar operators in the U.S. Army.
00:39Well, there's none.
00:41And how the hell do you know?
00:43Because your eyes are too squinty to see the radar screen.
00:49You know what? Just for that, I'm gonna kick your ass.
00:55Come on.
01:01Wow.
01:03How did you do that?
01:05It's the ancient Chinese secret.
01:08I mean, the way that you just...
01:10You took my arms off and bashed them over my head.
01:14Squinty eyes, my ass.
01:17Wanna go again?
01:19Yeah.
01:22So what'd you do about your agent?
01:25I fired him.
01:27Again?
01:29How many times is this?
01:3147.
01:33So I guess that means that you're not gonna do the kung fu gig?
01:36Yes.
01:37Come on!
01:39We're playing video games on a 16-screen TV at a 15% interest rate.
01:43It's gonna be 20, 25 by the time you pay this up.
01:46It's not what you play, it's that you're getting paid.