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Diversity, Film and TV, Politics, Race Relations

Asian Americans Protest Casting Of Michelle Yeoh On Star Trek: Discovery

November 26, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

HOLLYWOOD, California (The Adobo Chronicles, Los Angeles Bureau) – Asian Americans have long criticized the lack of Asian American lead actors and actresses in Hollywood films and on prime time television.

They protested when Emma Stone was cast in the role of a quarter Hawaiian in the film, ‘Aloha.’ With the release of the new Disney film, ‘Moana,’ they are not happy about how Polynesia was portrayed as an encompassing race. They are angry that in the film, ‘Doctor Strange,’ a character that had originated in comic books as a Tibetan monk was reimagined as a Celtic mystic played by Tilda Swinton.

When “Fresh Off The Boat” made it to prime time TV, they said, “it was about time.” When a Filipino American became the love interest of a white womn in “My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, they were titillated.

Now, Asian Americans are again complaining after Michelle Yeoh was cast in ‘Star Trek: Discovery.’

‘Discovery,’ the name of the show’s main ship, marks the franchise’s return to the small screen since ‘Star Trek: Enterprise’ concluded in 2005.

Yeoh is best known for her role in ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.’

In in new upcoming series, Yeoh is set to play the character of Han Bo, Captain of the USS Shenzhou.

In criticizing Yeoh’s casting, Asian American activists said that they are unhappy about her role as the captain of a ship other than Discovery. “It seems the show’s producers think the seasoned Asian actress is not capable of being the captain of the main ship, and that’s why they cast her to be the leader of a lesser ship,” they said.

Damned if you do. Damned if you don’t.

Business, Diversity, Fashion, Immigration, Politics

Macy’s To Give Away Trump Clothing Line Items On Black Friday

November 23, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – Shortly after Donald Trump launched his candidacy for president, Macy’s decided to drop the Donald J. Trump Clothing line in protest against the Republican’s comments about Mexicans and immigrants.

Now that Trump has been elected, Macy’s said it will continue to boycott they Trump collection of suits, shirts and ties and mor

But there is one problem.

Macy’s has accumulated a huge inventory of Trump’s clothing line collection which is just sitting idle in its warehouses.

Today, Macy’s announced that on Black Friday — the biggest shopping day of the year — it will give away Trump collection items to the first 1,000 customers at each of its department stores nationwide, or until supplies last.

A spokesperson for Macy’s said that it is the store’s way of thanking its loyal customers while getting rid of the boycotted items, thus freeing much-needed warehouse space.

Macy’s stores nationwide will open at 12:01 am on Friday.

Media reports say that shoppers have already begun camping out in front of Macy’s stores nationwide.

Diversity, Government, International, Politics, Social Media

Why The Alleged Plot Of FilAms Organizing To Unseat President Duterte Is Nothing But A Hollywood Myth

November 6, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

HONOLULU, Hawaii (The Adobo Chronicles, Honolulu Bureau) – The latest bombshell announced by Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Dueterte was a supposed plot by Filipina American millionaire Loida Nicolas-Lewis and Hungarian American billionaire George Soros to unseat him, a plan that was apparently being hatched by Filipino Americans.

While the revelation was understandably upsetting to many Filipinos and Filipino Americans, an investigative research by The Adobo Chronicles’ interns shows that the plan was more of a myth.

The investigation clearly showed that despite Nicolas-Lewis’ millions of dollars to possibly finance the plan, it wasn’t enough to stage the unseating of Duterte which could only come in the the form of a “coup” or an EDSA-style people power.

First of all, the alleged plan couldn’t be hatched or carried out in the U.S. since it would require an overwhelming, if not totally united, support from the more than 3 Million Filipinos living in America.

We can’t even count how many Filipino organizations there are in America, each having their own agenda, political leaning and what not. Even coalitions of FilAm organizations are no where close to representing the majority of Filipinos in America. We have women’s organizations, LGBT organizations, regional organizations, university alumni organizations and what not. They could never agree on anything.

And how exactly will FilAms launch a coup from the U.S. ? A million march in Washington, D.C.?

More like several hundreds, our researchers pointed out.

And Duterte will be watching it live on CNN (assuming it’ll even cover it) from Davao City and saying to himself, ‘Those sons and daughters of a wh*res!”