william hung

k... i am not really in the mood to write extensively about this subject, but I figured I'd write my fair comment becuase it bugs me to hear about william hung being paraded (and parodied) as a celebrity.

I don't necessarily feel sorry for him.. who knows if he knows better or not...that's besides the point. Sure he's funny, and awkward, and kinda clueless. It was funny once to show him display his lack-of-talents on American idol, but is it really necessary to have him shamelessly sing for jeering crowds at baseball games, concerts, etc?

I dislike what they're doing also because he's one of the few Asian people given celebrity status in North America. However, he is represents and every single negative "funny" Asian stereotype from the days of Hollywood Yellowface. His gawky, bucktoothed, slanty-eyed features are exaggerated and made out to be something that's okay to laugh at. He bares a scary resemblance to Mickey Rooney's awful and insulting yellowface role in Breakfast at Tiffany's:



It disturbed me to hear white kids on the subway do a rendition of Hung's uncoordinated song and dance complete with a garbled "Chinese" accent. For American pop fans, the prospect of a linguistically challenged "Oriental" belting out the latest hits has served as a fail-safe source of entertainment for years. The worst part is that Hung is not a fictional character like Ms. Swan, for example ...he is not an actor playing a role, but a real person.

But everyone says...."who cares...he's making a ton of money." What does it say about the world if money justifies every act of wrong? Hung's fans are both insincere and ignorant to their exploitive sense of fun.

It was funny once when Hung did his thing on his own.

To make a joke and a commodity of him is insulting.