Media Entertainment What did Asians do just as good or even better in cinema, television, animations, stage, and music versus the world?

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Posted by: @prau123

@rr , We should appreciate the arts of our neighbors.  There is some cross-over.  For example, Mothra's origin likely originates somewhere in the South Pacific.  The twin miniature fairy ladies that accompany Mothra sing in Malay.  Godzilla and Monster Island (where many other large monsters live) are in some tropical island most likely in the Pacific.  

Also, there is a type of Muay Thai and Silat wuxia with Tony Jaa and Iko Uwais respectively. 

Some of the animation studios are in the Philippines.

What does Godzilla have to do with mainstream culture of a certain people? 

Austronesians have our culture copied by other groups but dues are never given to us because we don't make a fuss about it. 

True, and partly because many Austronesians are unaware of their culture.  One example of this would probably be the food item sago pearls.  Sago pearls were the original tapioca pearls, but tapioca pearls became more popular.  But without sago and the process of making it into sago pearls, there probably would not have been tapioca pearls.  I think in the long run the credits due will be given.   

Most Austronesians are aware that knife fighting and surfing originated from Austronesians and Polynesians. 

It's just, our culture are mainstream to the rest of humanity just like basketball. 

Would I trade knife fighting and surfing for basketball as an accomplishment?  Nah, basketball is great, but knife fighting and surfing are better. 

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That chinese guy who does the gangdam style. 

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That chinese guy who does the gangdam style. 

I suppose he could be part Chinese, but he's listed as South Korean at Wikipedia, and his song "Gangnam Style" was a great achievement.  It's a great song, it was the most viewed song in YouTube at the time and it was the first video to reach the 1 billion view statistic, and it popularized the horse dance (or their version of it).  The song might be credited for introducing K-Pop to the rest of the world especially outside of the Far East.   

As mentioned in my earlier post, Asians have been successful at televised talent shows such as dance talent shows, and I mentioned Jabbawockeez as an example.  Jabbawockeez is not the first ever Asian dance crew, but because of their success in winning America's Best Dance Crew, having a Las Vegas show for several number of years, and all the other things that they do, they've helped pushed the popularity of Asian dance crews in my opinion.  It's that old adage, "if they can do it, so can I".  Now no one works in a vacuum, Jabbawockeez themselves were a part of a growing movement of Asians (in particular, Asian-Americans) interested in dance, dance crews and individual dance and dance crew competitions.  Asian-Americans have had a long history of participation in American funk dances, many of which originate among the African-American community.  Many other groups were also involved in it such as Latinos.  When the 1980s came along, disco music and disco dance had disappeared.  Urbanization had been growing for several decades, especially the urbanization of minorities, and many of these dance styles have their origin from these urban cultures.  Of course many of the styles can trace influences even further back from earlier African-American history and Africa itself.  But the modern forms of many of these funk dances (such locking, popping, break dancing, etc.) are usually credited to the 1970s and some in the 1960s.  But it was in the 1980s that these dances took to national recognition and even world recognition and practice.  It was in the 1980s that these dances were ripe for popularization.  As mentioned earlier, when the 1980s rolled along, disco music and dance disappeared, but urban culture (especially minority urban culture) began to be more influential especially in the form of hip hop and rap music.  If you were living in the cities or at least some major metropolitan area, you were easily influenced by this new urban cultural movement.  Moreover, if you were young, and wanted to dance, these were your only choices.  It was the hip or cool thing to do.  Every generation had their dances that they grew up to when they were a kid or teenager, and for those growing up in the 1980s and 1990s it was these "funk dances".  Asian-Americans were easily caught up in this growing pop culture especially since many live in metropolitan areas, and even those that don't live in or near a large metropolitan area, when you're young you will generally mimic what is popular for your generation in general, but also especially what is popular or hip for your generation of ethnic group.  In the mid to late 1970s up until the early 1980s, it was disco music and dance.  In the late 1950s and through the 1960s, it was the Twist.  There were also other dance styles during those time periods.  

Now the question is, how did Asians and Asian-Americans become so successful in dance crew competitions?  That's a hard question to answer.  But in my opinion, Asians and Asian-Americans were prepared for it, because of their long involvement when the funk dances first became nationally popular in the 1980s.  I was just reading this article written by Eda Yu, How Hip-Hop Dance Groups Have Helped Asian Americans Find Belonging (vice.com) , and the article explains that many Asians in colleges began forming modern hip-hop (funk) dance crews or dance groups.  Other dance groups or dance crews were formed in Asia.  I happen to agree with this.  But also I think Asians are very organized in their approach toward dance crew competitions.  It takes discipline, hard work, and sacrifice to be good at it.  It was also a way (as the article also mentions) for Asians to find a sense of belonging especially among their fellow Asians especially in college.  Since many American colleges and universities have a good Asian population, it's only natural that many of these dance crews would develop.  College dance crews were probably a better alternative to partying, drinking, or gambling. Basically dance crews were just a fun new outlet, and a very sociable one.  It should be mentioned that all Asians have a long history of dance tradition.  So Asians are very familiar with the concept of dance and group dance, and many continue to practice these traditional dances to this day.  I just think Asians were prepared for this dance crew competition phenomenon that exploded in the past two or three decades now, and Asians were lucky to catch it at its beginning.