Did anyone see American Experience on PBS last night?

[Leslie]

It was a story about the half Vietnamese, half white girl who was in search of her birth mother and found her and went to visit her family in Vietnam.

[mhd]

i saw just a little bit of it, the part when she says she is closing the door on her vietnamese family

[Bill Blake]

Lets discuss it on our next date

[statuskuo]

no, but i did catch the movie "Catfish in Black Bean sauce".

[ April 08, 2003, 12:34 PM: Message edited by: statuskuo ]

[mhd]

Originally posted by statuskuo:
no, but i did catch the movie "Catfish with Black Bean sauce". damn, i saw parts of that too, nice how true love prevails,

[statuskuo]

this is why i say "STEP!"
http://www.junglecity.com/images/updates/movie/catfish2.jpg

[Bill Blake]

And this is why I SAY STEP! http://www.unixcore.com/~statuskuo/temp/dhp4i.jpg

[statuskuo]

BizaaannnnED!

[Leslie]

Originally posted by mhd:
i saw just a little bit of it, the part when she says she is closing the door on her vietnamese family If they repeat it, please try and watch it.

[Leslie]

Originally posted by statuskuo:
this is why i say "STEP!"
http://www.junglecity.com/images/updates/movie/catfish2.jpg Okay I saw that movie - hysterical when the mothers started to fight - I was on the floor graemlins/rofl.gif

[Leslie]

Chairman did you at least see the 3 part series on the Chinese in America on PBS 2 weeks ago?

[Ronnie Ron]

I missed that, but if it comes back on ill deff, try to check it out.

[mhd]

Originally posted by Leslie:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by mhd:
i saw just a little bit of it, the part when she says she is closing the door on her vietnamese family If they repeat it, please try and watch it. </font>[/QUOTE]thanks, i will look out for it

[Ronnie Ron]

Leslie,

Check you PM's

R.R.

[statuskuo]

Originally posted by Leslie:
Chairman did you at least see the 3 part series on the Chinese in America on PBS 2 weeks ago? bought the DVD. it will be broadcasted on the Kuo. quite educational.
damn that dennis kearny for being the catalyst in driving the chinese laborers out of the country-- doomsday for the chinese cuisine in america. thank LBJ for signing the bill to lift the Exclusion Act: (my interpretation)The Emancipation of the Chinese Cuisine.

[alex zen]

Originally posted by Leslie:
It was a story about the half Vietnamese, half white girl who was in search of her birth mother and found her and went to visit her family in Vietnam. i saw it. she really bugged out when her fam asked for money. she should have tried to work thru it.

[DJ Timmy Richardson]

Originally posted by Leslie:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by statuskuo:
this is why i say "STEP!"
http://www.junglecity.com/images/updates/movie/catfish2.jpg Okay I saw that movie - hysterical when the mothers started to fight - I was on the floor graemlins/rofl.gif </font>[/QUOTE]Is that Sanaa&gt;&gt;???????

[Leslie]

Originally posted by alex zen:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Leslie:
It was a story about the half Vietnamese, half white girl who was in search of her birth mother and found her and went to visit her family in Vietnam. i saw it. she really bugged out when her fam asked for money. she should have tried to work thru it. </font>[/QUOTE]I was really apalled by the way she handled the situation but then she was only a product of her upbringing and probably was not well prepared as to what to expect. The whole situation with her birth mother was bizarre.

Yes Timmy that's Sanaa. Got to give that sista her props she is very fly and very single at the moment...her and Omar Epps called it quits...

[Koffy Brown]

Have they repeated it yet?

[jimmymack-2000]

I saw it too - I think it was called "Daughter from Danang" or something. I, too, was kinda surprised and shocked that she started freaking.

Regardless of whether or not it is part of Vietnamese culture to talk about and ask for money so cavalierly (can anyone confirm?), that woman is only where she is today because her mother sacrificed an awful lot and gave her away.

I realize Heidi/Hiep (the American woman) is a Navy wife, which means she ain't exactly rolling in it, but I'll bet that a US$100 moneygram every other month would mean the world to her family in Vietnam... graemlins/jpshakehead.gif

[Leslie]

Originally posted by jimmymack-2000:
I saw it too - I think it was called "Daughter from Danang" or something. I, too, was kinda surprised and shocked that she started freaking.

Regardless of whether or not it is part of Vietnamese culture to talk about and ask for money so cavalierly (can anyone confirm?), that woman is only where she is today because her mother sacrificed an awful lot and gave her away.

I realize Heidi/Hiep (the American woman) is a Navy wife, which means she ain't exactly rolling in it, but I'll bet that a US$100 moneygram every other month would mean the world to her family in Vietnam... graemlins/jpshakehead.gif Ya know it all goes back to upbrining and how she was told tonever speak about where she came from and to basically forget about that part of her life. That is some sick stuff to do to a child. No wonder she's as messed up as she is and could not see that if she sent $50 every two months the difference it would make in the lives of her BLOOD family in Vietnam. I am in complete agreement that she owed her birth mother that for giving her up and allowing her to be taken to America to end up having the "priviliged" life she has here. However, at least her blood family in Vietnam have a true sense of family in that they all have struggled together and have stuck together. This woman's adoptive mother won't even speak or acknowledge her now - what kind of sick shit is that? I was also a bit taken back about how she got tired of spending time (she was there for 7 days) with the woman that brought her here - her mother and how she was hanging onto her. If that was my child that I had not seen in 22 years- you should see me when I don't see my Goddaughter for a week! - she was a true American - selfish and self centered. I hope she saw the broadcast and took a good look at herself. I wonder what her daughters would think of here when they are old enough to see this and comprehend what exactly went down. She is even denying them the opportunity to know a part of themselves. The ending really bothered me. I applaud PBS for their "unedited" view of the trip and how things really went down.

[mhd]

Originally posted by Leslie:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by jimmymack-2000:
I saw it too - I think it was called "Daughter from Danang" or something. I, too, was kinda surprised and shocked that she started freaking.

Regardless of whether or not it is part of Vietnamese culture to talk about and ask for money so cavalierly (can anyone confirm?), that woman is only where she is today because her mother sacrificed an awful lot and gave her away.

I realize Heidi/Hiep (the American woman) is a Navy wife, which means she ain't exactly rolling in it, but I'll bet that a US$100 moneygram every other month would mean the world to her family in Vietnam... graemlins/jpshakehead.gif Ya know it all goes back to upbrining and how she was told tonever speak about where she came from and to basically forget about that part of her life. That is some sick stuff to do to a child. No wonder she's as messed up as she is and could not see that if she sent $50 every two months the difference it would make in the lives of her BLOOD family in Vietnam. I am in complete agreement that she owed her birth mother that for giving her up and allowing her to be taken to America to end up having the "priviliged" life she has here. However, at least her blood family in Vietnam have a true sense of family in that they all have struggled together and have stuck together. This woman's adoptive mother won't even speak or acknowledge her now - what kind of sick shit is that? I was also a bit taken back about how she got tired of spending time (she was there for 7 days) with the woman that brought her here - her mother and how she was hanging onto her. If that was my child that I had not seen in 22 years- you should see me when I don't see my Goddaughter for a week! - she was a true American - selfish and self centered. I hope she saw the broadcast and took a good look at herself. I wonder what her daughters would think of here when they are old enough to see this and comprehend what exactly went down. She is even denying them the opportunity to know a part of themselves. The ending really bothered me. I applaud PBS for their "unedited" view of the trip and how things really went down. </font>[/QUOTE]this is exactly how i felt from the little bit i saw, very sad, but typical, in a way. reminded me of AI artificial intelligence when the mom just took her "child" to the woods and left him there