“Some Questions for 28 Kisses” tackled the issues of the portrayal of Asian women in the media, their neglect of Asian men, and the topic of interracial dating. From the 28 films he finds, each includes a Caucasian male with an Asian female, each acting in a romantic fashion. These films depict Asian females in stereotypically exotic roles such as sultry masseuses and as seductive slaves. Fulbeck also outlines the fact that the media and many films …showed first 75 words of 329 total…

…showed last 75 words of 329 total…visual media, which can potentially lead to a better representation of Asians in general. Even with progress of representation of Asians in the media, there are still residual effects of the stereotypes and new limits are being built around image of Asians. However yet again the one-dimensional portrayal of Asians is the prevailing characterization of the manner in which the mass media has decided Asians are to be presented to the rest of the world.