Christopher Lee, Peter Sellers, Mickey Rooney, Warner Olandt, Ricardo Montalban Richard Haydn, Marlo Thomas and now Carol Lawrence, giving the Asian performance. I really don't know how else to call it. Arnold Stang would do the Asian bit in another Wagon Train episode as well.
Did Julie Adams once do it as well on The Big Valley? I can't recall. Or was she just a woman caught up in Oriental garb? As 'oriental' is now considered offensive, perhaps that would be the best term to apply to these portrayals. They are undeniably 'oriental' as none of them appear even remotely Asian in any way.
The amusing aspect is trying to figure out what actor or actress is under the garish makeup, trying to give some convincing performance in reinforcing the stereotype.
I couldn't see this 'thing' as Carol Lawrence at all, and watched the entire show to find out.
In a flashback, she is younger and it is even more obvious the person is not Asian. Incredible.
I've given the episode a high rating, without giving it a ten, to highlight it for its performance. It is truly quite a watch.
Plotwise, there's nothing to see. Lawrence's Asian work here is about as grating as Robert Fuller's later turn in the flashback as an old Irish man. I thought he was the same character, Cooper Smith, trying to rescue the old woman's daughter or something.
Did Julie Adams once do it as well on The Big Valley? I can't recall. Or was she just a woman caught up in Oriental garb? As 'oriental' is now considered offensive, perhaps that would be the best term to apply to these portrayals. They are undeniably 'oriental' as none of them appear even remotely Asian in any way.
The amusing aspect is trying to figure out what actor or actress is under the garish makeup, trying to give some convincing performance in reinforcing the stereotype.
I couldn't see this 'thing' as Carol Lawrence at all, and watched the entire show to find out.
In a flashback, she is younger and it is even more obvious the person is not Asian. Incredible.
I've given the episode a high rating, without giving it a ten, to highlight it for its performance. It is truly quite a watch.
Plotwise, there's nothing to see. Lawrence's Asian work here is about as grating as Robert Fuller's later turn in the flashback as an old Irish man. I thought he was the same character, Cooper Smith, trying to rescue the old woman's daughter or something.
