Following the recent release of 'The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard' movie that opened in theaters last Friday, actor Ken Jeong has embroiled a lot of controversy. In the movie, the car dealership manager makes reference to "Japs" and Pearl Harbor before the actor Ken Jeong is beaten by his co-workers for looking Japanese. In this day and age, it should not be acceptable for public hate crimes, especially in the context of trying to be funny. There could have been various other ways for a comedic effect of 'motivating' the sales members rather than an act of hate crime.
Other recent movies by Ken Jeong such as The Hangover, he embarrassingly portrays an angry Asian crime boss. In the movie, Knocked Up, Ken Jeong plays a short-tempered doctor. "Those who have seen the movie will probably agree that Jeong's character Mr. Chow is quite possibly the most blatantly over-the-top racial stereotype of an Asian man since Mickey Rooney put on 'Yellow Face' makeup to play a 'crazy Jan in the upstairs apartment' for the movie 'Breakfast at Tiffany's.'
What exactly is Hollywood trying to say by making these kind of movies and are moviegoers that pressed for laughs that make it ok for anti-'Political Correctness'?
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