| Charlie Chan # 2 Contributor(s): Escamilla, Israel (Editor), Publication, Prize (Author) |
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ISBN: 1543298710 ISBN-13: 9781543298710 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2017 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Comics & Graphic Novels | Crime & Mystery |
| Physical Information: 0.14" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.42 lbs) 52 pages |
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| Publisher Description: During the Golden Age of comics the plots and characters were as close to anything-goes as the comics-buying public would allow. Evil was rampant and good was....well, relative at times. The stories were always exciting and colorful, however, and now you can re-live (or, enjoy for the first time).Charlie Chan is a fictional character created by Earl Derr Biggers. Biggers loosely based Chan on Honolulu, Hawaii detective Chang Apana, and conceived of the benevolent and heroic Chan as an alternative to Yellow Peril stereotypes and villains like Fu Manchu. Chan is a detective for the Honolulu police, though many stories feature Chan traveling the world as he investigates mysteries and solves crimes.Chan first appeared in Biggers' novels, then was featured in a number of media. Over four dozen films featuring Charlie Chan were made, beginning in 1926. The character was first portrayed by East Asian actors, and the films met with little success. In 1931, the Fox Film Corporation cast Swedish actor Warner Oland as Chan in Charlie Chan Carries On; the film became popular, and Fox went on to produce fifteen more Chan films with Oland in the title role. After Oland's death, American actor Sidney Toler was cast as Chan; Toler made twenty-two Chan films, first for Fox and then for Monogram Studios. After Toler's death, six films were made, starring Roland Winters.Readers and movie-goers of white America greeted Chan warmly, seeing him as an attractive character who is portrayed as intelligent, heroic, benevolent and honorable in contrast to the racist depictions of evil or conniving Asians which dominated Hollywood and national media. However, in later decades critics took contending views, finding that Chan, despite his good qualities, reinforces condescending Asian stereotypes such as an alleged incapacity to speak idiomatic English and a tradition-bound and subservient nature. Many found it objectionable that he was played on screen by Caucasian actors in yellowface.Film adaptations in the 1990s have been poorly received. The character has been featured in several radio programs, two television shows, and comics.The comic reprints from are reproduced from actual classic comics, and sometimes reflect the imperfection of books that are decades old |