Charlie Chan

[dr_hermes]

A lot of people go into seizures of rage at the mention of Charlie Chan, mostly because the long-running series of B-movies had white actors playing an Asian. As much fun as being outraged can be, they're missing the point. Here you had a Chinese-American who was a respected, world-famous detective, bringing killers to justice and showing up the (

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[jamdin]

I remember watching The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan cartoon back in the Seventies. I think that got me started watching the movies. I have yet to read any of the books or comics.

[dr_hermes]

I've read a few of the books, and they are (not surprisingly) not all that much like the movies. Chan is not the central character. He comes in and straightens things out, but most of the story centers asround the problems of rich people with attitudes.