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Sixteen Candles' Gedde Watanabe On Why He Wasn’t Offended By Stereotypical Role As Long Duk Dong
CinemaBlend via Yahoo News· 1 month agoGedde Watanabe as Long Duk Dong in Sixteen Candles. Japanese-American actor Gedde Watanabe had a...
‘Sixteen Candles’ Actor Gedde Watanabe Says He Didn’t Think Long Duk Dong Role Was “Racist”
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 1 month agoOver the past couple of decades, John Hughes’ Sixteen Candles has been seen in a new light, with...
Gedde Watanabe Says He Didn't Find His “Sixteen Candles” Role Long Duk Dong Offensive at the Time...
People via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe Japanese-American actor, who was born and raised in Utah, says he was just thrilled to see they...
‘Sixteen Candles’ Star Gedde Watanabe Didn’t Initially Realize Long Duk Dong Was a ‘Stereotype’
Indiewire via Yahoo News· 1 month ago"It didn’t really occur to me that it was a stereotype, because there wasn’t really anything out...
Gedde Watanabe Says He Didn’t Consider His ‘Sixteen Candles’ Character ‘Long Duk Dong’ Racist When...
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 1 month ago“Frankly I was like, this is a good job, and I’m going to get paid more doing one week in this movie...
Gedde Watanabe didn't consider his “Sixteen Candles” role racist at the time
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe actor played foreign exchange student Long Duk Dong in the John Hughes flick. Plenty has been...
16 Fascinating Facts About the 'Sixteen Candles' Cast
First for Women via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFew filmmakers had as much of an impact on '80s pop culture as John Hughes. Sixteen Candles, his...
The Cast of “Sixteen Candles”: Where Are They Now?
People via Yahoo News· 1 month agoForty years after the iconic John Hughes teen comedy premiered, see the cast then and now Alamy Michael Shoeffling, Anthony Michael Hall and Molly...
Molly Ringwald’s Honest Quotes About Making Peace With the Problematic Nature of ‘Sixteen Candles’
Us Weekly via Yahoo News· 1 month agoForty years after its release, Sixteen Candles has an undeniable place in the pantheon of American...
‘Sixteen Candles’ 40th anniversary: Revisiting John Hughes’ classic teen movie
Gold Derby via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIt’s been four decades since Samantha Baker bemoaned the fact that everyone had forgotten her 16th...