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Date Posted: 00:03:39 11/12/12 Mon
Author: kayleetara
Subject: Re: Ethnic stereotypes abound on BONANZA
In reply to: Jarrod 's message, "Re: Ethnic stereotypes abound on BONANZA" on 14:53:31 09/23/12 Sun

Have you seen the episode where Hop Sing falls in love with a white woman? The only episode to really feature Hop Sing, it clearly addresses the prejudices against the Chinese. And there is another episode where the man running for sheriff frames a young Chinese boy for murder as he attempts to run the Chinese out of VC. Bonanza's concepts stands up very well to the test of time, though it did have its missteps. For example, Marlo Thomas playing a Chinese girl was pretty bad.

And Pernell Roberts was a social activist in the '60s that wanted his proposed wife to be an Indian and be played by a black actress. I thought that would have been an interesting concept. They ended up with Kathie Browne, who've I've always disliked for some reason. Didn't like her in "Wink of an Eye" (Star Trek) either.

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