Books
Sunday, 06 December 2020 by M. Paramita Lin
The Untamed: the Allure of Boys’ Love and Emo, Plus the Entertainment Industry is Not Your Friend
Monday, 23 March 2020 by M. Paramita Lin
What does emo have to do with the Chinese boys’ love drama The Untamed? Plus a long-ass entertainment industry and censorship explainer about the show.
- Published in Things I Like
Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Scissor Seven
Sunday, 02 February 2020 by M. Paramita Lin
Wuxia parody Scissor Seven (or Killer Seven) demonstrates that good hair and a tragic past are the most important assets of an amnesiac assassin.
- Published in Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents Series
Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Beelzebub, plus Lone Wolf and Cub
Wednesday, 31 October 2018 by M. Paramita Lin
Lone Wolf and Cub created the template for the tough guy assassin with a little child in tow, and Beelzebub makes fun of it.
- Published in Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents Series
Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Gokusen and Great Teacher Onizuka
Wednesday, 22 November 2017 by M. Paramita Lin
Yankumi from Gokusen and Onizuka from Great Teacher Onizuka will beat some sense into your delinquent ass.
- Published in Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents Series
Red as Blood, White as Snow: Colour in Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
Wednesday, 11 October 2017 by M. Paramita Lin
What is the colour of vengeance?
- Published in Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents Series
Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Portland Street Blues
Friday, 04 August 2017 by M. Paramita Lin
Out of all the gangster movies, Portland Street Blues is the one that often feels like it has real-life stories of poor and working class people at its core.
- Published in Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents Series
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