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AFU · 08-31-2025, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

The pontificating revolves specifically around characters that evoke “yellow peril” tropes; even the term itself is a trope as Asian cultures are not “yellow.” Characters that are patterned after Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu, which some of the looks for Mandarin can be interpreted as being, have been identified as offensive. It’s also for this reason that Marvel has moved away from their own use of Fu Manchu as a dysfunctional father-figure for Shang-Chi: The Master of Kung-Fu. Wong doesn’t fall into that morass as he doesn’t present a stereotype; he’s just a bald guy wearing a tang-suit. I suppose some could say he resembles a martial artist, maybe even a Shaolin monk, but there isn’t really a negative connotation to that.

Thank you…Learn something new everyday…Really interesting sometimes the drama that goes into the proposal for an action figure….

08-31-2025, 11:42 AM	#39928
AFU Join Date: May 2011 Location: Florida Posts: 1,105	Quote: Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel The pontificating revolves specifically around characters that evoke “yellow peril” tropes; even the term itself is a trope as Asian cultures are not “yellow.” Characters that are patterned after Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu, which some of the looks for Mandarin can be interpreted as being, have been identified as offensive. It’s also for this reason that Marvel has moved away from their own use of Fu Manchu as a dysfunctional father-figure for Shang-Chi: The Master of Kung-Fu. Wong doesn’t fall into that morass as he doesn’t present a stereotype; he’s just a bald guy wearing a tang-suit. I suppose some could say he resembles a martial artist, maybe even a Shaolin monk, but there isn’t really a negative connotation to that. Thank you…Learn something new everyday…Really interesting sometimes the drama that goes into the proposal for an action figure…. __________________ May the figure be with you when you walk out the store...Ha!