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Hace 5 días · Over the past couple of decades, John Hughes. ’ Sixteen Candles has been seen in a new light, with many calling out its portrayal of foreign exchange student Long Duk Dong, played by Gedde ...
Hace 6 días · Everett. “ Sixteen Candles ” actor Gedde Watanabe says it “didn’t really occur” to him in 1984 that his character Long Duk Dong “was a stereotype.”. “It didn’t really occur to me ...
Hace 6 días · Gedde Watanabe has enjoyed a lengthy career in Hollywood. The actor’s big break was the 1984 film “ Sixteen Candles ,” in which he played foreign exchange student “Long Duk Dong.”
Hace 5 días · John Hughes movies as a rule haven’t aged well — just ask Molly Ringwald about Breakfast Club.But few characters are more problematic than Long Duk Dong, the horny Asian exchange student in Sixteen Candles played by Gedde Watanabe.
5 de may. de 2024 · Gedde Watanabe now, and as Long Duck Dong in Sixteen Candles It's been 40 years since Sixteen Candles was released in theaters, and while times have certainly changed — and Molly Ringwald recently opened up about parts of the movie that haven't aged well — Gedde Watanabe, who played foreign exchange student Long Duk Dong, says he didn't realize his character was an offensive stereotype.
Hace 5 días · Mon., May 6, 2024, 1:26 p.m. EDT · 3 min read. Gedde Watanabe didn't consider his “Sixteen Candles” role racist at the time. The actor played foreign exchange student Long Duk Dong in the John Hughes flick. Plenty has been said about problematic character Long Duk Dong in John Hughes ' Sixteen Candles, but actor Gedde Watanabe, who played ...
Hace 6 días · Gedde Watanabe Watanabe is glad that the times have somewhat changed since the film. "In the '80s, my career was playing a lot of foreign people from other countries," he said.
