Comments on: Charlie Chan: The Case of the Oriental Detective

By: CaptEasy

CaptEasy — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:49:34 +0000

Sidney Hooper Toler was of Scottish ancestry. He was an Actor and the films were fun and entertaining because of his acting skill. Racist? How did that get into the picture?

By: Ima Ryma

Ima Ryma — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 09:25:01 +0000

The fictional sleuth, Charlie Chan,
Solved crimes on the page and the screen.
Best known West-friendly Chinaman,
Seen both positive and obscene.
Viewed as a Chinese character,
Brilliant, amusing and polite,
Or as a foul caricature,
In racial stereotype slight.
The fact of fictional Charlie,
He was a human doing good,
And that’s the way that it should be,
Around the world and neighborhood.

For Charlie Chan, this is no time,
We must be p.c. with all crime.

By: Evelyn Long

Evelyn Long — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 03:25:00 +0000

I remember Charlie Chan and I thought he was a great detective! Thanks
for the reminder.

Evelyn Long

By: JosefineAnne

JosefineAnne — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:32:53 +0000

I saw some of those movies when I was a child (born 1932) and enjoyed them immensely. I was blessed to be raised in a family that did refer to people who were different in racist terms and always eager to meet people of other cultures.

By: Ronald Wilder

Ronald Wilder — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:25:40 +0000

Very interesting, I, too, enjoyed Charlie Chan Character in movies.

By: Bob S.

Bob S. — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:35:30 +0000

I enjoyed the Charlie Chan movies and novels and never thought of him as anything but a fictional character. The trouble today is a lot of people have to make racist remarks, and it shows their intellegence.