More on the Token Ethnic Girls
The Gawker posted this awhile ago, burning Gossip Girl producers for the lame ethnic stuff in “Seventeen Candles.” Try this for a scorching:
If you’d thought they were street urchins or petit bourgeois wenches brought in as ladies-in-waiting by the more progressive white folks, you’re wrong, because last night’s thing was held at the shiny condo of Asian One’s brother (”Hey, your brother’s place is incredible!”) So if they’re natives (and not Natives), why are they always dressed as anime characters?
As an ethnic girl myself, I have to say I agree. The Katy and Isabel characters are just weird - their wardrobes are weird, their last names are weird, and they barely have any lines - we’re not even talking intelligent lines here. I also thought that Serena’s token Japanese line was completely stupid! Do you say “gracias” to the waiter at a Mexican restaurant?
What are your thoughts about Katy and Isabel? Do you believe the previous story I covered about how ethnic girls aren’t funny?
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