I think about casting people who are the "wrong" Asian ethnicity in roles, however, and I wonder when and how that can be done reasonably, you know?

Yeah, philosophically, I'm happy with this just as soon as I start getting roles intended for Caucasians because it can be done reasonably. When I was a kid, I got cast as Jewish, Thai, and a sheep. I was pretty happy to get those roles. But I also auditioned for stuff like Oklahoma and the Miracle Worker and I didn't get those roles.

Once it stops being a limiting factor in my casting for me to be Japanese, I'm happy for other ethnicities, including Asian ones, to be able to play the few Japanese roles there are out there, particularly the few that aren't racist.

Addendum to say, I understand it's a complex issue, and casting directors cast for other stuff like hair color and body shape and those are limiting factors that I would have had to accept being judged on were I to have gone into the field as a career. But philosophically, I'm going to defend the roles intended for a specific ethnicity to be played by actors of that ethnic heritage until there's a more even playing field otherwise.

When I was a kid, I got cast as Jewish, Thai, and a sheep.

I can't believe you took roles away from hard-working sheep actors.

All the world knew that Cipowitz couldn't possibly have grown up in Brooklyn (unless there is a Chicago neighborhood called "Brooklyn") and they got away with that shit for a decade. Hell, they got Emmys with that shit. It's a million and change tops being tormented with this one. BUT WE WILL BITCH WITH YOU!!!!!

Or I could offer to be DDK's dialect coach. Quick, Liese, teach me that dialect...

But philosophically, I'm going to defend the roles intended for a specific ethnicity to be played by actors of that ethnic heritage until there's a more even playing field otherwise.

That really seems reasonable. Or at the very least justify it in the text.

I'm afraid my primary interest with the new 50 is whether they're going to update Wo Fat. Because Wo Fat rocked.

Oh lord, how I want a malasada. DH walked about three miles in Honolulu to get us some hot, fresh malasadas. I still dream about them.

If you're moving, just ship the sex toys ahead of you.

If you're moving, just ship the sex toys ahead of you.

"Will nobody think of the sex toys?!"

If you're moving, just ship the sex toys ahead of you.

It makes me think of my Finnish ancestors when they moved to the US. The first thing they'd do with their land is build a sauna. Then they'd live in (and use) the sauna while they built a house and barn. That way they had the most important thing first.

Sorta' the same thing with moving to a new place and sending the sex toys there first....

It makes me think of my Finnish ancestors when they moved to the US. The first thing they'd do with their land is build a sauna. Then they'd live in (and use) the sauna while they built a house and barn.

Mine did the same thing! In fact, I believe my grandmother was born in the sauna, either because the main house wasn't done yet or because it was a good source of hot water.

Mine did the same thing!

Where did they live? My grandparents had a dairy farm near Alexandria, MN. My great-grandfather worked in the mines in Minnesota (I think) to raise the money to bring his wife over from Finland.