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INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Korean Americans 20 Years After the Riots

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Korean Americans 20 Years After the Riots

By GUY AOKI With the 20th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots almost upon us, I’ve done several interviews with various outlets interested in hearing my recollections of the time and perspective on... 

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Agent Cho’s Girlfriend: A Prostitute

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Agent Cho’s Girlfriend: A Prostitute

By GUY AOKI It’s still one of the things you look for when watching an Asian male regular on TV: Does he get a love interest? In the past, it was more a surprise when one did actually “get lucky”... 

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: You’ve Got to Be Kidding

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: You’ve Got to Be Kidding

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Mar. 22, 2012.) === This column’s title applies to at least three different situations. In 1994, Chinese Canadian Mina Shum wrote and directed a film... 

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: George Takei Out on “Celebrity Apprentice”

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: George Takei Out on “Celebrity Apprentice”

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Mar. 8, 2012.) === Sometimes, I don‘t know why I bother:  The last three seasons, I watched Donald Trump’s reality show for someone in particular... 

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: More Asian Freaks on ‘American Idol’

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: More Asian Freaks on ‘American Idol’

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Feb. 9, 2012.) === “She bangs! She bangs! Ooh baby, she moves! She moves!” It’s been eight years since William Hung auditioned for television’s... 

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: The 20th Annual Wise Guy Awards

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: The 20th Annual Wise Guy Awards

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Dec. 29, 2011.) === In 2011, the biggest news on the television front was Fox’s “Terra Nova’ with multiple Asian regulars — Shelly Conn (Sri... 

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Chin Ho Takes the Fall

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Chin Ho Takes the Fall

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on May 5, 2011.) === Since the first episode of “Hawaii Five-0” last September, we were told that Chin Ho Kelly (Daniel Dae Kim) had been falsely accused... 

APAs on Prime-Time TV: Progress Has Been Made, But More Needs to Be Done

APAs on Prime-Time TV: Progress Has Been Made, But More Needs to Be Done

By Karen K. Narasaki === The Asian Pacific American Media Coalition last week released its 2010 Report Card on Television Diversity. The following statement was issued in Los Angeles by Karen Narasaki,... 

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Cho Gets a Girlfriend, Goes on the War Path

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Cho Gets a Girlfriend, Goes on the War Path

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on March 11, 2010) === For most of his tenure on CBS’s “The Mentalist,” Tim Kang played a mild-mannered but tough police detective with a dry sense... 

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