EP62 - Breakfast at Tiffany's, Yellowface, and Whitewashing

August 08, 2019 / Morgan Jaffe

EP62 - Breakfast at Tiffany's may be a classic film but it's hard to ignore Mr. Yunioshi, a Japanese character played by a white man in yellowface. While discussing this adaptation of Truman Capote's 1958 novel, let's look at the history of yellowface in Hollywood, reminding ourselves that while we might not see someone doing such a blatant caricature yellowface and its racism, xenophobia, and orientalism still seeps into pop culture today - but now more covertly through whitewashing.

Art by Jeremy Ferris.

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categories / anti-immigration, books, film, orientalism, racism, white supremacy, whitewashing, xenophobia
tags / Breakfast at Tiffany's, yellowface, Truman Capote, anti-Asian, anti-East Asian, Anti-Japanese, Mr. Yunioshi, Mickey Rooney, Anna May Wong, Dr. Seuss, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Marlon Brando, D.W. Griffith, Frank Capra, Fu Manchu, Warner Oland, John Wayne

EP54 - Sixteen Candles and Toxic Masculinity

April 11, 2019 / Morgan Jaffe

EP54 - Sixteen Candles is an 80s classic, but when you rewatch it it's easier to see the films problems: racism, homophobia, and - above all - that masculinity and a guy's reputation are marked by the relationships and control men have over women.