I think it is still acceptable to refer to things as "Oriental", but not people.
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mistermycroft — 9 years ago(August 19, 2016 02:30 PM)
I was in high school in the late 1980s, and the teachers would ridicule Mexicans, Italians, Hindus, Arabs, and gays in front of the whole class, and no one thought anything of it, or did anything about it. Now, you'd be fired for that
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Killtrend — 9 years ago(October 09, 2016 11:05 PM)
I agree with you.
And yes, Jake did hint at sexual assault/rape. He said Carolyn was 'so drunk' that he could 'violate her in 10 different ways' and she wouldn't know it. I mean Really?
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rushmoore16 — 9 years ago(January 27, 2017 06:01 AM)
It's interesting to me that folks project the snowflake generation's ultra-sensibilities on a movie made over 30 years ago. As if Hollywood is expected to predict political correctness rather than make a commercially successful movie. My guess is that in 30 years, we'll look back at the junk Hollywood is making today and wonder why we were so easily offended that we couldn't make a movie that depicted reality. Like it or not, 16 Candles was real in 1984 and it's what people would pay to go see. Just because the content would melt snowflakes today doesn't make it a bad or offensive movie for 1984.
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scottlyle — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 12:49 PM)
I just watched much of it last night and talked with my wife about which of the teen movies of that era were our favorites. We both like this movie, but noticed that it is much more mean-spirited than most of the others on our lists. I don't doubt there are things in Better Off Dead, One Crazy Summer, Fast Times at Ridgemont High or Real Genius that wouldn't be kosher today, but I doubt you'd find as much questionable material in all of them combined as you do in this one movie.
It's pretty easy to find accounts of Asian teens at the time who saw a rise in ridicule they endured because of this movie (some are even listed in the trivia). So it wasn't OK then, either. It was just more accepted by white people at the time. -
Hanz-Willhelm2 — 9 years ago(February 08, 2017 06:13 AM)
Do you want a tissue? Maybe some counseling?
You poor thing. What doesn't offend you?
Here's a little secret. It wasn't intended to be real..it's comedy. Try learning when to take things seriously and when not to.
Have fun being "offended".
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