Slog - Comments on "Whassa Happening, Hot Stuff?"

Comment by Carollani

Carollani — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:13:38 -0800

That's a great strip. Thanks for sharing.

Comment by Julie

Julie — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:18:29 -0800

This is posted in conjunction with an NPR piece I heard yesterday on the character of Long Duck Dong. It was pretty interesting...

Comment by stinkbug

stinkbug — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:24:22 -0800

"I can�t tell if the strip is from 2001 or 2007"

Maybe just read the NPR page?

"In 2001, graphic novelist Adrian Tomine (Shortcomings) published a pungent one-page comic describing his own history with the legacy of Long Duk Dong."

(note: he was interviewing Gedde for an issue of Giant Robot.)

Comment by hm

hm — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:27:43 -0800

My main problem with sixteen candles is the part where Jake Ryan, the supposed nice guy, gives his unconcious girlfriend to a random guy who has sex with her, and then no one seems to think there was anything wrong iwth it.

Comment by kebabs

kebabs — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:44:19 -0800

I feel your pain, Adrian. I woke up at 3 am this morning to watch the baseball game (such a fucking waste of time and energy, I know) and in the very first inning, the announcer said that Kurt Suzuki, the A's catcher, was making a "homecoming" to Japan. Uh, I think the fact that he was born in America and lives in California made this a..."there-going".

And I just know that when Kristi Yamaguchi loses to some hot guy on Dancing With the Stars, it'll read "American beats Yamaguchi in TV dance contest."

Comment by Medina

Medina — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:58:49 -0800

Remember, Japanese (and many other asian nations) citizenship is based on blood (Jus sanguines), not on where one is born (jus soli).

Comment by linus

linus — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:59:16 -0800

come on it was the 80's! date rape hijinks were a natural part of growing up back then...everyone was in on it! untill the damn NO MEANS NO! people ruined everyone's (us horny young virgins wthout a chance in the world ) fun.

oh yeah and speaking from an insensative lily white lower income sunova be-ach who never got to enjoy any fruits of white privalage and resents being resented and guilt tripd just because of my skin coler....I find racial humor absolutly hilarious...liberating even. at least donger was played by an asian instead of mick rooney

Comment by mattymatt

mattymatt — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:08:13 -0800

Have you read "American Born Chinese"? It's a fantastic comic that goes into great depth about the Asian American Experience, whatever that is.

Comment by left coast

left coast — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:08:31 -0800

Shortcomings was great. I would totally recommend it, and it's available from SPL. Anyone know what the deal is with the cliff hanger ending, will it continue?

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:13:22 -0800

Linus, you're scaring everybody again.

Comment by linus

linus — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:24:16 -0800

good

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:53:13 -0800

Sadly, while linus is scaring everyone, he's more right than many people realize.

It's weird thinking about how people thought back then ... but they did.

Comment by Paul Constant

Paul Constant — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:52:37 -0800

Left Coast, that wasn't a cliffhanger ending. That was a too-ambiguous ending. And it was the end. I loved it up 'till there, but the lack of an ending really pissed me off.

Comment by --MC

--MC — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:28:47 -0800

Gedde Watanabe? He was great in "UHF".
"Supplies!"