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posted in response to a question from mila_manosevichI really like OWW (the film), and use it in my classes. Although some people don't label it as such, it was in some ways a very Maori production: Both Lee Tamahori (the director) and Riwia Brown (who ( Read more... )

Interesting article in Salon on
attempts by the descendants of African-American slaves to gain recognition by tribal authorities Predictably, it got my goat up a little so here's the usual set of rantings: (NB no hot links in the original ( Read more... )

This is a slightly edited version of a review I did for Amazon on the movie RIZE by David LaChapelle ( Read more... )

I just read this entry from Tze-Ming Mok about a restaurant chain in New Zealand that uses "me so horny" allusions as a "fun" way to market "Asian food".

More ravings soon. Right now I have to go be academic.

Leitaz.

Here's a letter I posted today on Salon.com in response to Stephanie Zacharek's review of the movie

I haven't seen the movie yet, although my girlfriend liked the book and wants to go, so I guess I shall get ready to grit my teeth and go (just like I did with the Passion of the Gibson).

The link to the letters section is here. The names here ( Read more... )

Recently I wrote a peice on the role of fear in US culture. It's still being processed, but I thought again about this earlier peice I did on "kama`aina haoles" in Hawai`i. It's still pretty rough, but I thought people might like to see it ( Read more... )