I also saw a lot of Asian/Jewish inside jokes in the film. Maybe it's an east coast thing?
John
· 2 years ago
Bertie - thanks for the links - very interesting and educational. Didn't realize the screenplay for Harold & Kumar were written by two Jews - I always wondered...
I grew up on the East Coast in a somewhat Jewish town, so maybe I was just clueless, since I didn't recognize the Asian/Jewish jokes in the film.
Efren
· 2 years ago
Referring to your comment about SF and its "integration," I think it depends on where you are. In SF proper, there seems to be relatively less integration, where Asians seem to hang out with other Asians, blacks with blacks, etc., at least in more of the middle-class or working-class neighborhoods. This has been my experience living in the Inner Richmond and now close to Visitacion Valley/Bayview. When I was growing up in the South Bay, there seemed to be more integration, but I tended to hang out with people of different races/ethnicities in high school, but I think is probably more because of my personality than a deliberate decision. I hung out with both the nerds (mostly Asian and white), and also with more politically identified people of color (the few blacks and Latinos who were all in the same AP classes I was, and being the only Filipino in these classes, I was one of the more "ethnic" folk). This was back in the late 80s-early 90s, so I'm sure this has changed significantly since then.
John
· 2 years ago
I was thinking more along the peninsula / South Bay rather than San Francisco itself.
jeffat8asians
· 2 years ago
Integration in the South Bay? I suppose it depends on how you define integration, but as I see it, the South Bay is largely segregated. While people work together in their Silicon Valley firms, after work, for the most part, they go back to their ethnic enclaves (disclosure - for the most part, that's what I do). I really noticed this when I started coaching youth sports. I'd go with my mostly Asians group of kids to another school to play a group of mostly and sometimes all group of white kids. I suppose that it is definitely progress that they are at least playing against each other, but contrast is striking.
Bertie
· 2 years ago
Funny, this was just posted yesterday on YouTube by JDub Records, a Jewish-oriented record label:
"Jon Cho and Kal Pen (Harold and Kumar) wish the audiences of JDub and Taglit-birthright israel's The Eight a very happy Hannukah. light up!"
Bo
· 2 years ago
Having lived in SF for a number of years before moving back to NYC, I would have to say that I was really shocked at how segregated SF seemed. Not that NYC is much better but at least we have the subway system in NY. Regardless of where you live, you're forced to ride the subway like everyone else. Riding the subway is the best way to cure anyone of the delusion that everyone is like them. I was really suprised by how segregated the social scene was in SF - I remember walking into a bar in the SOMA district and being confronted by a big swath of white people. The looks I got made me want to leave after 15 minutes.
John
· 2 years ago
So if NYC didn't have a subway system, then NYC would be just as "segregated" as SF?
SF definitely needs better public transportation, that's for sure!
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Also, read this: http://www.countingdown.com/features?feature_id...
Eh, it's not funny if I have to explain. :/
I also saw a lot of Asian/Jewish inside jokes in the film. Maybe it's an east coast thing?
I grew up on the East Coast in a somewhat Jewish town, so maybe I was just clueless, since I didn't recognize the Asian/Jewish jokes in the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUnrwfYGNC8
"Jon Cho and Kal Pen (Harold and Kumar) wish the audiences of JDub and Taglit-birthright israel's The Eight a very happy Hannukah. light up!"
SF definitely needs better public transportation, that's for sure!