Lucy Liu?!?!?! C'MON!!!
So...working with mayonnaise on white bread all the time I now know what the average Canadian thinks is a compliment to an Asian woman.
mayo 1: "Hey M!! The other night I was watching 10 hottest people on E television and I saw Lucy Liu and thought- THIS IS SO YOU!!! You're SO LucyLiu!!!"
M: "ummmm....okay...." (i give the polite but tight smile)
mayo 2: "I agree!!! You're SO LUCY LIU!!" (mayo 2 looks at mayo 1 and poses in karate stance)
M: "well...i actually don't think i look anything like her...to be honest..."
mayo 2: "NO WAY!!! YOU ARE TOTALLY HER!!!! C'MON - it's LUCY LIU!! And you've got that whole karate thing going for you - long hair - feisty eyes - so sexy."
mayo 1: "Yea - 10 hottest person in hollywood"
Okay at that point, I really had no choice but to swivel my office chair away from them and pretend like I had some urgent matter to resolve. I've given up on trying to explain that there's no way 1.2 billion of us can look the same.
For the record, I really don't look anything like Lucy Liu. I have a square jaw, rounder eyes, bangs, fuller lips, way fuller body...It's not that I take offense at the physical comparison ~ I just really DON'T look anything like her.
It would seem that she is the only Asian representation in Hollywood and has somehow become the standard of what a "hot Asian woman" should look like. It's also unfortunate that she's usually playing some sort of dominatrix Asian slut/bitch personality...And while I do not take serious offense at the physical comparisons to LL, I am not partial to the sexual connotations that come with the territory.
My final comment is that there has been an evolution in the way "hot Asian women" are perceived in society. It's evolved from the geisha to the dominatrix.
So...working with mayonnaise on white bread all the time I now know what the average Canadian thinks is a compliment to an Asian woman.
mayo 1: "Hey M!! The other night I was watching 10 hottest people on E television and I saw Lucy Liu and thought- THIS IS SO YOU!!! You're SO LucyLiu!!!"
M: "ummmm....okay...." (i give the polite but tight smile)
mayo 2: "I agree!!! You're SO LUCY LIU!!" (mayo 2 looks at mayo 1 and poses in karate stance)
M: "well...i actually don't think i look anything like her...to be honest..."
mayo 2: "NO WAY!!! YOU ARE TOTALLY HER!!!! C'MON - it's LUCY LIU!! And you've got that whole karate thing going for you - long hair - feisty eyes - so sexy."
mayo 1: "Yea - 10 hottest person in hollywood"
Okay at that point, I really had no choice but to swivel my office chair away from them and pretend like I had some urgent matter to resolve. I've given up on trying to explain that there's no way 1.2 billion of us can look the same.
For the record, I really don't look anything like Lucy Liu. I have a square jaw, rounder eyes, bangs, fuller lips, way fuller body...It's not that I take offense at the physical comparison ~ I just really DON'T look anything like her.
It would seem that she is the only Asian representation in Hollywood and has somehow become the standard of what a "hot Asian woman" should look like. It's also unfortunate that she's usually playing some sort of dominatrix Asian slut/bitch personality...And while I do not take serious offense at the physical comparisons to LL, I am not partial to the sexual connotations that come with the territory.
My final comment is that there has been an evolution in the way "hot Asian women" are perceived in society. It's evolved from the geisha to the dominatrix.
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