-
THE RETURN OF CHARLIE CHAN
The early 1970s for some reason saw a barrage of TV detectives. Columbo, McCloud, MacMillan and Wife, Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Cannon, Longstreet, Harry O, Banacek.. it's a wonder there were any criminals left in Hollywood Universe. Charlie Chan almost joined the onslaught.
( Read more... ) -
Charlie Chan
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 ( ( Read more... )
