silicon valley’s jian yang: stereotype or anti-hero? - whiteboard on wheels

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Will Data Mining lead to an evil ending?
Silicon Valley geniuses who make apps care more about money than user privacy? ” —
The fifth season of HBO's comedy drama Silicon Valley is facing its own scrutiny: Is Jimmy O playing the coding/scam artist Yang Jian?
Yang, a valuable villain or a racist stereotype?
Last Sunday's episode, incubator was in the incubator.
The four heroes of the series live in the house and have developed their app, Pied Piper-
Standing in front of the whiteboard, he wrote "China Facebook", "China Snapchat", "China Spotify" on the whiteboard ".
"Yang Jian, are you copying all these applications for the Chinese market? ” asked Jared (Zach Woods)
The moral conscience of the program.
"No," said Jian, secretly wiping out the words "Chinese Piper.
"Back in the first season, Jane arrived at the incubator under the courtesy of the time --
Owner, pretentious Elish Buckman (T. J. Miller).
Bachman boasted loudly that Jian was his doorman and spit out a lot of racist things to him and the people around him.
The creators of the series, John altschler, Judge Mike and Dave klinski, are not racists, no, no;
It is speculated that Bachman's attitude conveyed how bad he was.
The problem is further exacerbated by Yang, a comedian who was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to California at the age of 13, playing Jian: a faceless actor, thick freshoff-the-
The accent of the ship and the flash of evil in his eyes. To me (
I'm Lily, of course-white)
Jian was playing a long game from the beginning.
He knows everything and says nothing.
He beat Bachman at every intersection.
For free, show off his success, accept the kimono, then bring it directly into the sink and chop it up in the cloth dispenser.
Now that Miller is no longer on the show, Jane is stepping up the stakes: assuming he takes a 10 per cent share of piman and locks the team out the door, he will get a copy for Bachman
Many experts of Asian descent are involved.
Check out the last May Inkoo Kang article on Wired and many pro/con exchanges on Quora and Reddit).
Different opinions: Jian is a stereotype.
Jian represents the truth about how Silicon Valley in California has marginalized Asians.
Performers try to get rid of racist jokes by having racist characters tell racist jokes.
The "type" of Silicon Valley and Jian's program traffic are legitimate types. And so on.
My point, as a white critic, is: if a character changes, if we see their inner life, if they are an integral part of the plot, not just the plot, but then I saw someone who wasn't just a cliché.
This applies to all roles, even (
Especially)for the so-
Bad food. Anti-
Hero is one of the richest and most memorable characters on TV.
I am not talking about the bad guys who have no difference in hissing;
I'm talking about the real opposite.
Hero, someone who absorbs B. s.
Throw it on them, use it for your own purpose, and stick it to their oppresses.
I think Jian is a real TV counter. hero.
I 'd love to hear what you saw.
Johanna Schneller reports every week about the cultural impact of television.
Usually outside the box on Thursday.