August 11, 2006
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Good Skin/Bad Skin and My MySpace
Yesterday I went to a screening of this great film I auditioned for over a year ago called, ”Shanghai Kiss“.
It’s one of those roles that make you sick to the stomach and jealous as heck for having lost out on. But Ken Leung (“X3” -the porcupine looking mutant, “Rush Hour” – the main villain, “Keeping the Faith” – the hilarious karaoke salesman) who booked the role, does such an amazing job with part that all jealousy is replaced with admiration. Once the film gets distribution, you all have to check it out. Even those who aren’t actors will be pained empathizing losing out on such an awesome role. But Ken does it justice and then some — the guy’s got such great acting chops.
Kelly Hu also stars in it and the girl hasn’t aged at all (she was the first Asian American to be crowned Miss Teen USA in 1985). In meeting her for the first time yesterday, I found myself amazed by 
her flawless skin.
And the only comparison I could draw from was when I worked with Scott Wolf on “Party of Five” back in 1998 — and noticed his uncanny, flawless complexion. Seeing Kelly immediately made me think, “Oooh, she’s got ‘Scott Wolf’ skin!” — but that’s neither here nor there.
On the other side of the dermatological scale, I made a disturbing discovery during my trip to Toronto last week. I entered the local Mac’s (a Canadian 7-11) to satiate my Ringolo fix and saw this as a slushy drink: Bloody Zit.
The drink is sour cherry and has got white bits of “chunks” suspended in the middle of the icy beverage– simulating white zit heads floating around.
Yum.
The guy at the counter said it’s been selling like gangbusters and that Mac’s has done millions of dollars in sales. Did that make me want to try it out? Hell No (spoken in a Will Smith intonation from “I, Robot” when he sees a slew of robots about to jump on his car) . Check out this trailer advertising the drink — enjoy that dry heave. Crazy Canuk Kids.
On an unrelated note: All I’ve been hearing these days is “Are you on MySpace?” “You need a MySpace” – so I’ve finally succumbed after seeing folks like Dane Cook build their fan base exponentially like rabbits mating. I still like Xanga’s format better as a journal and… it’s a lot less slutty. But I suppose MySpace is here to stay — so please “Add” me (I just learned what that meant a few weeks ago): www.myspace.com/parryshen
Comments (21)
kelly hu is beautiful
bloody zit… umm… i would have named it something else… did you try it?!?
oh my… ewww… i just saw the trailer for bloody zit… disgusting!!!
if you ever do a top 8 friends list ..you know who to put up there =)
Those bloody zits have been selling here for years. There was kind of a backlash from parents when it first came out, but the kids kept buying it. It won some marketing award too…
I sent you an email a couple days back about an Asian American film community. Did you get it? I hope it didn’t get spammed out…
hahah wow, kinda coolhow the hollywood world (especially for asians) is so small…
haha yes…xanga is slightly less slutty
heya Parry! we hung out when you were in Minneapolis, MN back in April!
Just my latest project- maybe one day it’ll come to the LA Fringe Festival circuit!
The reviews are in: I am f-ing hot, KICK ASS SEXY and yes, TALENTED:
“I found the actor Sandy’Ci Moua the brightest out on stage, and not only because of her rather accurate portrayalof a porn star. She had a lot of energy up there and she was very funny. “ john Stevens
“Hilarious: Clever, witty without being crude (when it would have been really easy to be!). Actors were great and really engaged the audience who was on board the entire production. [At first I didn't think the little Asian girl would be sexy ... boy was I wrong!] ” (Posted on Aug. 8) Nathan Curland
“One of my favorite parts of the show was the personification of porn. Sandy’Ci Moua played an exciting and slightly distracting at times role as Porn. I can’t even write about it. I want you to see it for yourself. Fun show! Yes!” -Fringe Blogger Sara Cura
“…there is some sexy writhing about by Ms. Moua…” Katrina Hicks
“Extremely funny and very well played…” Curt Lund
“The talented and hard-working supporting cast includes Christina Frank, Sandy’Ci Moua (especially fun), and Trevor Hartman.” (Posted on Aug. 4) Ari Hoptman
ONLY 2 SHOWS LEFT!!!: Tomorrow Sat. Aug. 12 7pm & Sun. Aug. 13 at 1pm
Cost: $15.00 cash or check only! Show up 6:30pm to get tickets!
Sex. Porn. Kabuki.
“How can you have a relationship when the only things you know about sex you learned from watching porn?”
In this world premiere comedy, intelligent, socially awkward Dave grows up without ever getting “The Talk” from his parents, so he learns about sex by watching porn: from 80’s teensploitation to European erotic films to the weird, weird world of Adult movies. As Dave “learns” about love from the women in these movies, is it possible for him to have a relationship with real women without completely screwing it up?
http://www.fringefestival.org
http://www.councilofdoomtheatre.com
at the Minneapolis Theatre Garage- in (duh) Minneapolis
Address: 711 Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408 (corner of Frankline and Lyndale- Uptown, off of Hwy 94E at the Hennepin and Lyndale Ave exit)
See you there!!! Call me 651-442-4321 if you are direction-challenged or just want hear my sexy porn voice (ha ha) (NO weird ass Hmonglesters please!) Yall who don’t wanna attend, you’re missing out!
what the hell kinda drink is that?? I got a stomach ache just picturing that haha
ew, i will never ever try that drink!! THAT IS JUST DISGUSTING!!
man.. hearing about it gives me such a bad mental image..
anyhow, Kelly Hu does have great skin.. i’m always jealous of those with nice smooth skin..
sure, you can get great skin from laser surgery, chemical peels, expensive lotions and just drinkings lots of fluid. or it could just be some pretty good family jeans
wow, kelky hu has flawless skin? i think i may be more envious of that than ken leung’s role, haha.
scott wolf…flawless skin… i wouldn’t have thought that guys really looked for that, but i guess if it’s right in front of you you cant help but notice. Happy that you’re on MySpace, but don’t become a myspace whore, i’ll add you when i get home. =)
hey, we’re Canucks! not Canuks — but anyways, I agree… that commercial is quite digusting and the drink doesn’t sound much better!
ew. bloody zit… the things they think of! hey! you met my cousin nadine (aka crazynade) at that premiere
so happy to hear that the film did well… i was in toronto (tho i didn’t read ur “ringolos” entry til i came back already. *snaps*) for 10 days right when “The Motel” came out in LA and was very disappointed that it only had a week run. *sigh* hopefully “Shanghai Kiss” will get a good run here in LA.
welcome to myspace tho… i must warn you it’s addicting… but i totally agree with you, i
xanga. much more personal and very much less of the slut-factor.
i wish you all the best~!
I loved “Better Luck Tomorrow”. It was a brilliant balance between your character being all brain, explaining everything, and your cousin in the movie being all emotion, always acting instinctively and impulsively. I’ve long wished for Asians to be in roles where they are just as American as anyone else, Better Luck Tomorrow was a giant step towards that. Now for the bad news …. too much makeup on your xanga file photo……….
Hi Parry!
It’s Nadine! I went to another Asian American screening last night (“My Life…Disoriented”), and was looking for ya! I ran into all these other people, but no Parry! Hrmph! Next time…
Nadine
Kelly Hu, hapa sellout
why?
1.
Didn’t Maxim ask her whether Sammo Hung is “hung”? And she said “he’s Asian, what do you think”?
She will say anything to please her white masters.
2.
What a disgrace. I remember watching a show one time, can’t remmeber if it was Letterman, Leno or Canon. Well, she was a guest on it and if I can recall correctly, had her dog with her. Somewhere along the line she made some joke about Asians and it goes something like “We’ve been known to eat anything.” The audience starts cracking up and you see this stupid Asian hoe sitting there giggling/laughing with them.
3.
People of Hawaii refer to her as Kelly Who
I gotta like this letter: “if you want to stop bearing the burden of
‘representing’ Asian folk, you better start working your ass off to eliminate
and eradicate racism, rather than promote it.
- by Julia Oh “
http://www.modelminority.com/article555.html
I think that commerical was so bad. who the hell thought of that anyway? what a turn off ><”! When i’m at macs i wouldnt even think of trying that crap.
You’re finally catching up with the times…HAHA.jk
hey it was cool seeing you on the set of “veronica mars”. i was too afraid of getting kicked off the set if i tried talking to you. but i was the only other asian dude there.