I wonder, too. Maybe he paid for a lot of the expenses already, maybe he's the $10K pledger, maybe... At the end of the day, I think there is prestige is being able to state - "supported by the public". Thereby giving them a leverage in bargaining.
This one has English subtitles but it's not the entire TV show. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fZx5L2d9MzY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
In a rant about the evils of racism you stereotyped the H44L outta all kinds of people. Its easy to do even when you don't mean to. I am from the south I know there are racist, bigoted and down right uneducated fools here but I have also lived and worked in Asia and Europe... Surprise Surprise those same types of people are everywhere. There are also good hearted, caring people everywhere. A piece of sad trivia... have you heard of the brown paper bag test? Imagine the color of a brown paper bag... that color is used among African Americans as a dividing line for beauty... more color than the bag and you are considered lesser. ??? what is up with that??? The stupidity of making imaginary lines to divide us up into groups of more and less is down right disgusting and sad. But it happens over and over ( money, gender, height, skin color, country of origin, clothes, Mason Dixon line, railroad tracks) some of it subtle some not so subtle....We must remain vigilant and call it out when we see it.
Al Jefferson on Jeremy Lin: :grin: "He kicked our butts. After that game, I thought he was going to be a Hall of Famer, the way he did us," Jazz center Al Jefferson said. "I knew he was a great player. He just needed that chance. Once he got it, he just took advantage of it." It's from -'Linsanity' — the movie and the man — makes it to Utah, http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...the-movie-and-the-man-2-makes-it-to-Utah.html
I agree with you, racism is still here probably will always be here. Mono ethnic or whatever you want to call it nations are usually the most racist against minorites. Obviously we have a long history of racism as a country starting probably with Native Americans, slavery and almost all immigrant groups from one time or another have been targeted. The thing I like about Lin's story and the thing I think most people enjoyed and can relate to the most during Linsanity was the underdog story. Yes race is a part of his story, but it's not the only reason he wasn't recruited out of HS, drafted by an NBA team or released by two teams. He's just not an athletic freak like many NBA players and his ball handling skills and jump shot still need a lot of work. He's a NBA player because of his heart, determination, character and a great first step. In his Sundance Q&A Lin talked about his faith, working hard, luck and taking advantage of his opportunities. In general that is what I've been trying to say about Asians in entertainment and sports. We have gotten some opportunities in Hollywood, but for the most part haven't done well in ratings or box office profits. I went to an academic HS in SF. We had an Asian all-city QB on our city championship football team. He went on to play QB for an Ivy League team... I think it was Yale. I cant remember how well he did in college, but I remember news reports of him getting a walk-on tryout with the 49ers for training camp. He kept fumbling the snaps so he never got a chance with the 49ers. During the last 4 years President Obama could've come out and said we're not getting work done in congress because some elements wont support him because of his race and he would've been right. However he chose not to focus on race because it's a divisive subject.
I'm sure he has "unofficially" because one of his brothers is listed as a co producer. I think the film maker wants to control "final cut" so he needs to raise money to repay/cover all expenses. I think for the most part documentaries aren't usually funded my the subject of the film.
It's not possible to separate Lin's underdogness from his race. The only difference is that there are some who recognize it, and people who don't (or refuse to).
Being that he's from the Bay Area and the first Asian-American in the NBA that this social media generation can actually recognize, it's not surprising people were already fans of his. He was also already gaining attention when he played well during his summer league stint and then right after he signed. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7TY2xCy99aU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I'm guessing that California (North and South), NY, Houston, Toronto, and Taiwan would be some of the places that would show the Linsanity documentary in select theaters.
I think people are ultimately trying to address the double-standards but sometimes it gets expressed in an extreme point of view that makes people become defensive rather than showing empathy.
'cause that would be pretty awkward, don't you think? he's already feeling uncomfortable with the thought of watching the film with his teammates (and thankful that they didn't make it to the screening), i really don't think funding it is something he'll be interested in doing. i mean... how big of an ego do you need to have to fund your own documentary???
Yes Lin being Asian is a biggest part for most Asian fans especially in Asia and probably the cause of most of the LOF crap on this forum. But for the white kid in NYC during Linsanity it wasn't about Lin's race. It was about being the last kid picked for basketball in gym class getting a chance to play and hitting the winning shot.
Lin is actually the second Asian American to play in the NBA, but the first Chinese/Taiwanese American to play in the NBA. During the Utah Jazz pregame show against the Rockets they showed video of Lin meeting Wat Misaka from Utah who was the first Asian American to play in the NBA.
Right, but that's why I put that the this generation can actually recognize. Most people don't even know who Misaka was, and that he was actually the first non-White player to ever play (BAA at the time). If we were to include those of mixed heritage, Lin wouldn't even be the 2nd.
My point is that Lin wouldn't have been an underdog in the first place if he weren't Asian. To appreciate Lin, you're consciously or unconsciously acknowledging the race thing. It's just that some people are aware of it and others are not.
There is no way I can agree with that statement. He didn't have the physical size/athletic ability or talent/skills to justify that statement. It doesn't matter what his HS team did in the state championship. I've never seen his HS stats, but I assume he wasn't putting up eye popping numbers that would get him noticed like Jason Kidd did in HS. We'll have to agree to disagree.
Do you know what under dog means? No scholarship, undrafted, traded 3 times was it? That's the definition of under dog. Didn't Lin admit that his race played a role of him not being offered a scholarship? The only guy that saw how good Lin was before draft, was a Fed EX delivery driver In portland. He had the #2 guard behind John Wall.
It makes you wonder, if this film does get picked up for distribution, what kind of launch window would work? If you air it during the season, you might get a boost from general interest in the NBA. But then you also run the risk of how a team plays affecting the box office attendance. It's fine if the team goes on a winning streak. But if the team is in a slump, as happens to most teams at some point in the year, then would that depress viewership while the film is being launched? And then would the inquiries about the film provide an off-court distraction to a team trying to get it together in the middle of a season? Or you could air it during the off-season, so that it creates less awkwardness for players and teams, but then you may miss out on any synergistic effects. And would the off-season reduce interest in a basketball film? I would imagine that most sports documentary films that are released in theaters, if any, aren't usually about an active player and thus have their launch and interest influenced by on court play. Could this be the reason a deal hasn't been reached yet? I think the producers would want to go for as much viewership as possible, which means a theater release first (even if only in limited small art-house theaters), before moving down the revenue food chain of dvds, broadcast, cable, on-demand, etc. But the timing element and uncertainties involved with on court play influencing box office receipts may make distributors hesitate to commit to more than dvd or TV deals. But surely marketers must be chomping at the bit because of the potentially larger reach of the film (Linsanity was a marketing bonanza since it cut across so many demographics and storylines), and the audience response at Sundance seems to have been phenomenal. It would probably be smarter for them to push the film as a character piece and underdog overcoming the odds story (a film with a finished storyline in its own right) rather than as an emphasis on current on-court play, so as to insulate themselves from the uncertainties of a team going through streaks and slumps as is possible in a season. There seem to be a few film critics that liked the film for its story value, and not because they're NBA fans. So it seems the film does have that reach to go beyond the NBA audience, just as Linsanity did.
