l'Otters
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I don’t know what any of those people you mentioned look like.
Is 'oriental' the correct term?
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MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
You could of course always google them but I'm sure you do even if you don't immediately visualise them. Kim Kardashian seems to be famous primarily for being Kim Kardashian. Daniel Dae Kim who is Korean-American has been in Lost, Hawaii 5-0, Babylon 5 Crusades, New Amsterdam and the Good Doctor and those are series I can name without googling, I'm sure he has been in loads of other stuff. Idris Elba comes from Hackney and is more of a film actor (though he has been in some British TV most notably Luther) again most notably the 3 Thor movies, 2 of the Avengers movies, Promethus, Pacific Rim and one of the Fast and Furious movies. I'm pretty certain that the vast majority of people watchng a film or a TV show with either of these gentlemen in would say to themselves. "I know him erm, erm, erm, yes it's so and so he was in whatever"
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Have to confess that I am impressed that there is someone who does not have a TV in this day and age.
l'Otters
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I think if you want the book to last, using references from contemporary culture is probably not going to provide the visual illustration you were going for. Stars fade and which of them will stay in the popular imagination in decades to come?*
eg, time was when even I knew what Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan looked like, but doubt many of a younger generation do now.
Some famous people of yesteryear do stick around in peoples minds eg Marilyn Monroe and Charlie Chaplin. They’re exceptions though..
*that’s assuming we’ll have the luxury of sitting about reading books in decades to come.
eg, time was when even I knew what Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan looked like, but doubt many of a younger generation do now.
Some famous people of yesteryear do stick around in peoples minds eg Marilyn Monroe and Charlie Chaplin. They’re exceptions though..
*that’s assuming we’ll have the luxury of sitting about reading books in decades to come.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
How's about The Wire?
Athos
Well-Known Member
It wasn't just a pun; as I explained, it was to make a more serious point.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
'Write about what you know' tends to be a safe bet.
dude you fucked it, just suck it up. everyone knew the point you were making.
Athos
Well-Known Member
bimble
floofy
crap idea for fiction though.
klang
klang
I'd be: 'looked like that holiday pal who gets his towel on the beach first'.
Dom Traynor
Tino Pai
But they clearly have the internet where upon you can watch tv.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
As others have mentioned, "oriental" is archaic and kind of vague. Although, there is a popular book by Edward Said?
As to the correct naming of the peoples of the region, why not use a name from the country that their parents/grandparents etc came from. As in "Mariko said to her daughter, Ellen"... or, perhaps turn it round... "Jeong hoon despaired of the Western culture that his children and theirs had embraced"...
As to the correct naming of the peoples of the region, why not use a name from the country that their parents/grandparents etc came from. As in "Mariko said to her daughter, Ellen"... or, perhaps turn it round... "Jeong hoon despaired of the Western culture that his children and theirs had embraced"...
keybored
Well done. You remember cat good.
Have inserts in the middle pages, give it that vintage feel.
girasol
Addicted to handstands!
I just think it's too generic to describe people with such a broad term: i.e. x looked Asian is like saying x looked European or African. It's vague, BUT if that's how the character describes people, then I'd say it's valid to say Asian and even Oriental. It really depends on the message you are trying to convey about the character doing the description. If it was the actual writer doing a description I think it could be more specific, as the writer you would know their precise origin, as a character you might not.
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girasol
Addicted to handstands!
Yeah, not having a physical TV ain't the same as not having a TV these days. You can watch TV on your phone! And many people do. Also I class YouTube and Netflix as TV even if some people seem to think they are not!
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
I remember this with the Albanian waiters in Little Italy in New York too.
l'Otters
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I have access to netflix but generally can't be arsed with it. Haven't had a telly since I moved out of home in 1997 & although it's been occasionally nice to watch a series via some streaming website, for the most part I just don't have the habit or desire for it.
Similar to me really. The most I watch TV is my fortnightly sojourns northwards (to hang out with my mother, and son, but she’s locked in that mindset of indoors entertainment = TV) but otherwise mostly can’t be arsed. My son seems to watch YouTube more than actual programmes unless it’s a film he likes. He best not start watching conspiracy shit.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
I haven't plugged in my TV since I set it up so a few people could watch the footy on it.
Dom Traynor
Tino Pai
A swift clip round the ear should put paid to any of that nonsense.
Yeah but I don’t want him to chin me when he turns 18. So I’ll just rip the piss relentlessly if he entertains such shite.
That’s amazing
8ball
Decolonise colons!
That’s amazing
Tbf, would be super funny to go to an English pub in Tokyo or something that had the same idea. Would be hard to be angry.
Went to an Irish pub in Orlando that was getting close tbf.
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