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Isn’t He Lovely: The Curious Case of Community’s Ken Jeong

Social Commentary post by CristenConger on October 5, 2011 - 9:53am; tagged Asian American men, Comedy, community, Daniel Dae Kim, desexualization, isn't he lovely, ken jeong, Racialicious.
closeup of ken jeong as Mr. Chow wearing a plaid shirt and smiling on the poster for The Hangover Part 2.

I wish that The Hangover had hit theaters in 2007 to get that roundtable’s perspective on Mr. Chow, because my immediate reaction to the role in the context of Asian American stereotyping was that it represented more of the same. Don’t get me wrong: Ken Jeong is a hilarious scene-stealer. And I get the fact that the comedy intentionally flaunted stereotypes to elevate the oh-no-they-didn’t factor, but I still give Mr. Chow a meh.

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