Talk:Portrayal of East Asians in American film and theater

message: Added new section for contemporary examples. 
After the Ushi/Ushi Heiku example, I decided to include the President Clinton in yellowface from 1997.
Nemogbr 17:12, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Contemporary Examples

message: I do not wish to edit the article myself, but rather draw your attention to perhaps the most blatant contemporary example of yellowface, a character created by dutch TV and later adopted by danish TV called Ushi, a caricature of a Japanese woman but played by white women. The sole gag running in these highly popular programs is the portrayal of a stereotypic Japanese female journalist. You will find numerous examples on Youtube like these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-4p5bpBlNU, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOD6Lfo6gdw, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v0esqOpW_o, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_OmPdXoGEs, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y0PkBE9PuY
I hope someone will include the example in the article. On a personal note I simply cannot understand why people will cringe at blackface and minstrel shows and yet see nothing wrong with yellowface, which the high popularity of these shows clearly testifies.90.184.16.234 (talk) 22:17, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Ushi/Ushi Heiku - popular blatant yellowface example

message: This article needs history, context, and more sources. I created this article because it was badly needed.--Pinko1977 04:34, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Rob Schneider is genuinely Asian, or half, anyway. Ace of Sevens (talk) 04:39, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Schneider is 1/4 Filipino, a fact often used to defend his yellowface portrayal in Chuck and Larry. At any rate, he donned makeup and prosthetics specifically in order to appear more Asian. If that's not the definition of yellowface, then what is? 68.57.217.103 (talk) 19:54, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yellowface is someone not of Asian descent who plays an Asian.  He is an Asian-American, so it is not "the definition of yellowface".  DNArikawa (talk)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.0.238.15 (talk) 04:26, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  That's actually not what yellowface is at all. Yellowface is when anybody puts on MAKEUP in order to appear more Asian. Doesn't matter if it's Jackie Chan or Schneider, but predominately it has been practiced by white actors. 208.40.230.195 (talk) 18:30, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

text: Decided to split the History of yellowface and added a new section called "Asians in White Screens", as a way to show that there were Asian actors in the early period of Hollywood.
Nemogbr (talk) 19:54, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduction and Filmography 

message: More in depth look in Asian actors in Early Hollywood. 
Nemogbr (talk) 01:15, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Asians in White Screens

message: Renamed from Early Hollywood and Anti-miscegenation Laws
So far only details of 1915 silent film of Madame Butterfly. 
Need more details regarding Sessue Hayakawa and Anna May Wong
Nemogbr 10:52, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Silent Era 

message: Splt from Early Hollywood section to  Classical Hollywood cinema and Anti-miscegenation Laws
Nemogbr (talk) 01:19, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Classical Hollywood cinema and Anti-miscegenation Laws

message: I thought it best to start from the repealment of the anti-miscegenation laws in 1967.
Hays Code was still practised till 1968.
Nemogbr 10:51, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:   Late 20th Century, The 'New Hollywood' and Post-classical cinema 

message: Other reasons why blackface went out of popularity (and which need citations that I don't have):
1) In some cases, it isn't realistic. Either the makeup isn't intended to be realistic ("Holiday Inn"), or the actors just don't have any particularly characteristic negroid features.
2) The purpose of blackface is seen as a racial slight -- even when that isn't necessarily the case. With yellowface, perhaps Asians are offended, but the there is often no *intent* to offend. E.g. "The Shanghai Gesture" ... it was set in China, so it would look silly to have all white people walking around.
3) Chinese and Japanese don't qualify as underprivileged minorities in the last decades in the United States. So, no socially degrading statement necessarily is being made, imitating an Asian.
Are there examples from Japanese and Chinese cinema of "whiteface" that might be appropriate to bring up? Piano non troppo (talk) 03:22, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blackface, yellowface, whiteface 

message: Managed to use Luise Rainier's jpeg from the article.
Nemogbr 00:34, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: The Good Earth

message: I cannot find a jpeg of Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi in wikipedia. Will have to find a free image. Can anyone help or upload?
Nemogbr 00:34, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Breakfast at Tiffany's

message: Decided to use Kung Fu series as a notable example. It is a major case of racebending. 
I was a fan of the series, but how much more awesome would it have been if Bruce Lee was cast for Kwai Chang Caine role. The opportunity missed due to racism. 
Nemogbr 00:34, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Kung Fu (Series)

message: Jonathan Price as the Engineer in Miss Saigon needed to be removed. Miss Saigon is a Musical/Theatre production. It is akin to criticising Lea Salonga, a Filipina songstress, being cast in Les Miserables. She played both Fantine and Eponine. 
(talk • contribs) 14:29, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Miss Saigon 

message: I added Madama Buttefly, because there are many examples in the actual performances of the opera which illustrate the term Yellowface.  I have started by listing two:  the original bast of the premier performance and a very recent example - the 2010 run at the Dallas Opera.  Additionally, the photo is an example.  BrittanyLovesNuts (talk) 02:33, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Inclusion of Madama Butterfly

message: ===Starship Troopers - Juan "Jonny" Rico ===
# (cur) (prev)  16:40, 4 January 2010 Nemogbr (talk | contribs) (84,422 bytes) (Undid revision 335798589 by 94.197.195.150 (talk) Original character is a Filipino male. Juan "Jonny "Rico.) (undo)
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Original character in the book was a Filipino named Juan 'Jonny' Rico. It was claimed that the film makers never read the entire book and the writers were not aware of Heinlein's work. 
They couldn't ask anyone to do research?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nemogbr (talk • contribs) 10:28, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The creators of the film never bothered to finish the actual book, and made it clear that they despised the book. Johnny Rico was a Tagalog-speaking Filipino of some kind, but with that name he could have been of hidalgo ancestry; it never mattered to the characters, which was part of the point of the book. --Orange Mike  |  Talk 02:45, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

text: That's a guess on your part, and has no place in Wikipedia (like most of your guesswork, speculation, and original research. --Orange Mike  |  Talk 20:48, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Um... directly above my response, where you wrote, "More than likely, Juan Rico was a mestizo..."!--Orange Mike  |  Talk 23:51, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

text: Clearly, the character in the film is not East Asian, and therefore it is not an example of yellowface. If the character in the original book is, then the film would be an example of "racebending/whitewashing", then the film should be discussed in the article under a clearly defined "racebending/whitewashing" section. 78.146.90.45 (talk) 16:54, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Just wanted to show my appreciation for you guys managing to include Filipino under the umbrella of yellowface. While honored, I feel I must also point out that it is a perfect example of just how disorganized this over-complicated mad-lib of a page is.
The word "yellowface" itself is silly fluff, but the real problem seems to be that almost every section ping-pongs (See wut I did thar?) between discussing "yellowface" and "whitewashing" as if we really haven't given any thought to the page at all. I think a good idea going forward would be to use existing facts, instead of trying to create new ones. 198.7.245.75 (talk) 06:01, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

text: I decided to remove Chang. Possibly someone just got mixed up or something.--T. Anthony (talk) 02:27, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

text: Note also that Shalhoub is of Middle Eastern descent, not Northern European, even if he is from Wisconsin. He is somewhat racially ambiguous even without makeup. --Orange Mike  |  Talk 18:45, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

text: The above change was reverted by User:Maggiedane with no reason given; I have removed the reference again -- 125.238.255.26 (talk) 07:43, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Individual Yellowface 

message: # (cur) (prev)  16:40, 4 January 2010 Nemogbr (talk | contribs) (84,422 bytes) (Undid revision 335798589 by 94.197.195.150 (talk) Original character is a Filipino male. Juan "Jonny "Rico.) (undo)
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Original character in the book was a Filipino named Juan 'Jonny' Rico. It was claimed that the film makers never read the entire book and the writers were not aware of Heinlein's work. 
They couldn't ask anyone to do research?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nemogbr (talk • contribs) 10:28, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The creators of the film never bothered to finish the actual book, and made it clear that they despised the book. Johnny Rico was a Tagalog-speaking Filipino of some kind, but with that name he could have been of hidalgo ancestry; it never mattered to the characters, which was part of the point of the book. --Orange Mike  |  Talk 02:45, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

text: That's a guess on your part, and has no place in Wikipedia (like most of your guesswork, speculation, and original research. --Orange Mike  |  Talk 20:48, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Um... directly above my response, where you wrote, "More than likely, Juan Rico was a mestizo..."!--Orange Mike  |  Talk 23:51, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

text: Clearly, the character in the film is not East Asian, and therefore it is not an example of yellowface. If the character in the original book is, then the film would be an example of "racebending/whitewashing", then the film should be discussed in the article under a clearly defined "racebending/whitewashing" section. 78.146.90.45 (talk) 16:54, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Just wanted to show my appreciation for you guys managing to include Filipino under the umbrella of yellowface. While honored, I feel I must also point out that it is a perfect example of just how disorganized this over-complicated mad-lib of a page is.
The word "yellowface" itself is silly fluff, but the real problem seems to be that almost every section ping-pongs (See wut I did thar?) between discussing "yellowface" and "whitewashing" as if we really haven't given any thought to the page at all. I think a good idea going forward would be to use existing facts, instead of trying to create new ones. 198.7.245.75 (talk) 06:01, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Starship Troopers - Juan "Jonny" Rico 

message: Despite the Chinese name "General Chang" in the Star Trek movie seems to be a Klingon. If that's right I don't think he counts.--T. Anthony (talk) 15:38, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I decided to remove Chang. Possibly someone just got mixed up or something.--T. Anthony (talk) 02:27, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  General Chang? 

message: I did not remove him from the list, but:
All from his wikipedia entry: Yul Brynner was of Siberian (not sure of the exact ethnic group), Swiss and Mongolian descent, so he was indeed "Asian," though not Thai (or one of the other "oriental" Asian ethnicities). He also spoke Chinese and starred in "The Lute Song" before "The King and I" so Rodgers and Hammerstein likely though of him as Asian. But backing away from specifics for a moment, I think the objection to yellowface rests on white actors stealing work from minorities and using make-up, mannerisms, etc. in a stereotypical way. Though only 1/4 Mongolian, Brynner appeared more Asian than white, with his Mongolian/Siberian almond-shaped eyes, and specialized in exotic roles. From a casting standpoint, most of the filmmakers who hired him probably didn't know his exact ancestry because he did not make it public. Bonniesituation (talk) 19:25, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Including Yul Brynner is quite strict.  

message: Shalhoub's yellowface role is apparently an actor of Korean descent (Fred Kwan) who, in turn, plays a character of Chinese descent (Tech Sargeant Chen). IMO this is meant as a parody of the "all Asians look alike" meme, but technically it is yellowface as Shalhoub is outfitted with heavy eye-makeup. He does not use any stereotypical Asian mannerisms, however.Bonniesituation (talk) 19:46, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Note also that Shalhoub is of Middle Eastern descent, not Northern European, even if he is from Wisconsin. He is somewhat racially ambiguous even without makeup. --Orange Mike  |  Talk 18:45, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added Tony Shalhoub 

message: He was on this list due to having the role of "Kobayashi" in The Usual Suspects, but this was not a Yellowface role. (SPOILERS) The fact that he is *not* Asian but has the name "Kobayashi" is a clue that the name is made up by Verbal in the film, and later on we see that Verbal got it from an object (coffee cup) in the office he spends much of the film in. Postlethwaite has no makeup to appear Asian and actually speaks with a South African accent. Thus, I removed him.
On a more general note, having an Asian name alone is not yellowface.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.235.139.169 (talk) 08:10, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The above change was reverted by User:Maggiedane with no reason given; I have removed the reference again -- 125.238.255.26 (talk) 07:43, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Pete Postlethwaite]] 

message: This article actually seems to cover two quite different topics. 'Yellowface' refers to white actors portraying Asian characters in a stereotypical way, through the use of exaggerated makeup and accents. The more recent trend of characters that were originally Asian being played by white actors in modern adaptations - referred to here as 'whitewashing' or 'racebending' - is something quite different, and deserves a separate article. Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's is an example of yellowface, as are the many versions of Fu Manchu; but something like the film 21 isn't, as the white actors aren't portraying Asian characters. These two different concepts should be covered in different articles rather than being confused together. Robofish (talk) 15:07, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I've re-arranged the article so that the material about 'whitewashing/racebending' is in one small section. I think by having 'whitewashing/racebending' as a sub-section will help the article to focus on its subject of yellowface. 78.146.90.45 (talk) 17:17, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

text: I have answered these accusations in the content noticeboard
Nemogbr (talk) 01:20, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article is about two different topics: Racebending Sub-section 

message: Instead of just adding a tag that this article is poorly organised, please state which parts of the article need improvements. 
The same way that adding a "citation needed" tag would be more helpful than deleting data you do not like. 
Nemogbr (talk) 16:40, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: While I wasn't the one to add the tag, I think it was done to give the small group of people who claim ownership of this page a heads-up that the page pretty much needs to be rewritten as a whole to not be bad. 198.7.245.75 (talk) 06:05, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Start by getting some people who can keep a straight face while addign examples. While this rinky-dink article is filled with loaded adjectives, the Blackface article (about phenomenon not made up on Wikipedia) is generally more mature in its writing style. 198.7.245.75 (talk) 02:50, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poor organisation?  

message: I think the first paragraph of the should make clear the meaning of "Asian" as used in the article. Obviously the article is about east Asian (i.e. oriental) characters being portrayed by white actors, so to use "Asian" by itself is meaningless. Asia includes such countries as India, Afganistan, Uzbekistan etc. 78.146.188.227 (talk) 16:02, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: "Obviously"? Exactly how is this obvious? I don't see sources stating it to be so - just your personal opinion. TheRealFennShysa (talk) 16:16, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  The lack of non-east-Asian examples should have been your first clue. The exclusive focus on east-Asian characters should have been your second.198.7.245.75 (talk) 03:04, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Asian, east Asian 

message: I deleted the section about whitewashing as it has nothing to do with yellowface. That material should be used to make a new article. Binksternet (talk) 07:26, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that it should be split from this article.  I re-added the section and added a split template. -- Al™ 09:18, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: A split of an article is when its content grows too large at the same time as the content can be suitably subdivided. The section you re-added was never a good part of this article, was never technically about yellowface. It was WP:COATRACKed in. There is absolutely no reason to mount it 'live' again until such a time when somebody wishes to make it a new article—if it is up, there may be no motivation to make it into a new article. Binksternet (talk) 14:22, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

text: It might help your case if you tried telling the truth - every time, I've given a reason, which was that a separate and more appropriately titles article exists, Whitewash (censorship), as opposed to your attempts to push your own point-of-view with a new article. Please remember that you do not own any of these pages, and your attempts to call other editors actions vandalism does not reflect well on your "cause". TheRealFennShysa (talk) 15:25, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Whitewashing]] 

message: Didja hear about the new King of Fighters movie? Some rather Caucasoid bloke named Sean Faris is playing Kyo Kusanagi, a supposedly-Asian boy who looks more Western than the series's distinctly Western character Terry Bogard. Do your magic. 198.7.245.75 (talk) 03:00, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: (Also, his father is incredibly Asian. It's a conspiracy! They're trying to convince young Asian men that their fathers would have preferred white children! Get the word out! Tell the wiki-people!!)198.7.245.75 (talk) 03:02, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: [[King of Fighters]] Got sum chum for you piranhas 

message: i dont understand the galaxy quest entry, was it based on a book or something? i put a 'citation needed' on it.  Decora (talk) 18:40, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Taken care of. --Orange Mike  |  Talk 15:44, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  galaxy quest? 

message: This article presents Yellowface as a phenomenon distinct to the United States; the lead specifically only refers to America saying Yellowface is found in "American cinema, American theatre, and American television". However, this is simply not the case as Yellowface is found in many other countries as well. This article has distinct sections on "Madame Butterfly" and "Miss Saigon" both of which originate in Europe. Madame Butterfly (one of the earliest instances in this article) is an Italian opera that originally premiered in Milan with Italian actors in Yellowface. And Miss Saigon one of the most recent examples is a British musical that made its premier in London. Its important to NPOV standards that articles mantain an international perspective where applicable, so I think parts of the article need to be reworked to make it less America-centric. 
Solid State Survivor (talk) 16:03, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: You are absolutely right. I have added a globalize tag to the top. Binksternet (talk) 16:28, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yellowface is not restricted to the United States 

message: I think the last airbender qualifies to be on this list. It gather one of the biggest protest around. --216.237.22.181 (talk) 19:34, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The last airbender? 

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message: I first came across this article a while ago, and I thought it had some problems with its topic; unfortunately, it still does. What's the actual subject of this article: is it 'portrayal of East Asians in Hollywood' (the current title), or is it simply about white actors playing Asian roles? The latter is what most of this article is currently about, but surely the 'portayal of East Asians in Hollywood' also includes Asian characters played by actual Asian actors. At the moment, this article only mentions Asian actors up to The Good Earth in 1937, almost implying that there haven't been any Asian actors in Hollywood since, which seems like something of an oversight. 
Perhaps this article should be split into two articles, one on the phenomenon of white actors playing Asian roles, and one on Asian actors themselves? Robofish (talk) 13:31, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should this article be split or renamed? 

message: Yellowface is theatrical presentation of East Asians through stereotyping.  It is not having a character portrayed by an actor of a different race - otherwise Lawrence Fishburne could not portray Othello .
Also stereotyping is by definition negative.  How can Charlie Chan be yellowface when contrasted with his Number One Son, who is completely Americanized (thus showing that their differences are cultural only, not inborn).  How can Marlon Brando's character in The Teahouse of the August Moon (film) be yellowface when his is the smartest and most humane character in the piece?
BTW, if you are looking for examples of really offensive stereotyping, see Frederick Remington's engraved illustrations to his dispatches from out West.  Indians are uniformly portrayed as vile, skulking, treacherous and unspeakably cruel, while Blacks (principally from the U.S. Army) as portrayed as cowardly, loose-lipped, shambling, simian, and superstitious.  Even their skin tone is that of  blackface players not real African-Americans. They don't even look human, in Remington's portrayal.
Or how about Mark Twain's view  of Native Americans as a group: "His heart is a cesspool of falsehood, of treachery, and of low and devilish instincts .. the scum of the Earth".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.70.198.220 (talk) 17:03, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is 'stereotype'? 

message: there is nothing racist to play someone from a different race, japanese do it all the time, their are many anime adaption where Caucasian characters get played by japanese, not to mention about all the other blue eyed blond anime character which are supposed to be japanese. So this is racist as well?? i quite offended by these double standard thats its only racist if Caucasians do it, like this article hints out.--Shokioto22 (talk) 20:23, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The term yellowface means putting makeup on non-Asians to make them appear Asian. You can differentiate between cases where it's used mockingly and cases where no racism is intended if you like, but it's all yellowface. --holizz (talk) 01:39, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  what for BS article 

message: Buckaroo Banzai should not be listed here. Jamie Lee Curtis plays the white American wife of a Japanese scientist, rather than an Asian woman. Which makes me wonder how this article was cobbled together--if the users here did any scrap of research or simply went around looking for white actors who played characters with "Asian-sounding" names.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.228.89.87 (talk) 04:42, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buckaroo Banzai: No Yellowface to be Found 

message: The article states that Anna May Wong is "considered by many the first Chinese-American movie star", but that's about it as far as firsts involving actual Asians.  The article is lacking more information of this kind.  For example, who were the first Asian male and Asian female to have actual starring roles (as opposed to playing supporting characters) in major studio films, and what were those films?  Was there no one before Lucy Liu and John Cho?  Also, George Takei is mentioned only once, at the very end of the article (currently), in reference to a movie that he's not involved with.  His role in the history of Asians portrayed on screen nowhere to be found.Adrigon (talk) 19:22, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: "Notable firsts" are notably absent from this article

message: Where are all the positive portrayals of East Asians in this article? Why is there no mention at all that East Asians are indeed getting better roles in Hollywood films? There's fewer and fewer typecasting nowadays. Asian males get the girl. Asian females aren't just eye candy. And many of these characters are important if not integral to the plot.
Touchy Feely, The Conjuring, The Wolverine, Up, Europa Report, The Walking Dead, The Sessions, Sunshine, Shanghai Kiss, Letters from Iwo Jima, Lost, RED 2, just to name a few.
All of these Hollywood products have very positive portrayals of East Asians, yet not a word is said about them.
Wake up editors. This looks like angry backlashing over historical injustices than an encyclopedic article.
Lhw1 (talk) 02:41, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biased article that only contains negatives. Needs addition of positives. 

message: Pearlman's character's name, Hannibal Chau, is a pseudonym. He's not supposed to be playing an Asian man. He's an American smuggler, who chose his name from "my favorite historical figure and my favorite Schezuan restaurant." I'm removing the reference to Pearlman's performance because it is in no way supposed to be a portrayal of an East Asian character. Ambiesushi (talk) 18:49, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ron Pearlman in Pacific Rim 

message: The title is 'Portrayal of East Asians in Hollywood', but the actual topic of the article seems to be 'Portrayal of East Asians in Hollywood by white actors'. There's remarkably little content about East Asian actors in Hollywood themselves. The article's original title, Yellowface, was more appropriate for the content of this article. Robofish (talk) 23:02, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The page is now accepting portrayals of East Asians by East Asian actors, for example, Glen Rhee from the Walking Dead is included on the page because his character is played by an East Asian man. So, no. No rename. Amber Workman aka Ambiesushi (talk) 03:41, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

text: I disagree with naming the article "Yellowface", because that name is not sufficiently descriptive.  I would agree with adding "Negative", as in "Negative portrayals of East Asians in Western film and theater". -- Ssilvers (talk) 16:49, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should this article be renamed? 

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message: It would be good if the article clarified whether or not "yellowface" literally includes skin coloring as its name implies, or is merely something like re-shaping the eyes; or does it "sometimes" include skin coloring, or what? 2601:545:8201:6290:84B6:82A7:CD:4F98 (talk) 13:29, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The nature of "yellowface" 

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