Mr. Chow Say F Your Stereotypes
“Every Asian actor has to read, and has read a role, and has performed a role that required an accent,” said Ken Jeong, who is a doctor in real life. “That’s the business you guys set up for us. That’s just the way it’s done. And that’s fine, but to me, it’s my job to make fun of that stereotype. We get ridiculous lines that we audition for all the time; “Asian Guy No. 2,” Asian Assassin No. 3. It’s demeaning.
“Chow to me, was my response to that. Making fun of that stereotype. When Alan’s falling out of the car, I go [in Mr. Chow’s voice] ‘Ha ha, funny guy, fat guy fall down, funny.’ Here’s a guy who is mocking the Asian stereotype mocking why people laugh at the fat guy falling down in movies. There is levels upon levels of meta humor.”
Get it? Jeong continued, “Chow in comedy terms is a meta joke. You’re commenting on a comedy. You’re commenting on my Long Duck Dong exists [Sixteen Candles]. You’re commention on why Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Mickey Rooney’s character exists. Chow to me was my meta response to all that.”
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