Talk:The Hundred Days of the Dragon
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I am hesitating with this plotline:
A Chinese scientist invents a serum combined with a metallic mold which allows to change the look of a face. The first test is undergone by a Chinese agent because the Chinese government plans to takeover America by infiltrating and substituting all the Officials at the White House. During the campaign trail, William Lyons Selby is gunned down and replaced. And his duplicate is finally elected.
This is my question, Should I precise the term "chinese" or not? Is not this offending for the chinese? JKleo 10:44, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
- The plot synopsises seems to be copied from a website by 'Monsieur Vincent'. Has he given his permission for them to be used? As for the issue of "Chinese"... I don't think the nation is specified in the episode (maybe I missed it though). When I watched it, it seemed to be to be a general yellow peril paranoia episode and full of stuff that really wouldn't be appropriate today. - Motor (talk) 11:43, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
- Having just watched the DVD of this episode: the episode implies China, but simply says "an oriental country." We could say the country is China, but add that anti-chinese attitudes were commonplace in the west at that time. Perhaps a brief mention of this attitude needs putting in. PS - this episode was broadcast a year after the first Manchurian Candidate film, which needs putting in. Totnesmartin 18:12, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
- Many of the Wikipedia episode guides list Monsieur Vincent's webpage as an external link. However, the link is broken. Clicking on the link will give you a "Page non trouvée" (Page not found) message. All of these links should be deleted. Another note: anti-Chinese attitudes may or may not have been commonplace in the West in 1963, but one should remember that it had been only 10 years since the US had fought the ghastly Korean War with the Chinese, and that the Chinese government of the time was agressively anti-western. China's communist government had executed millions of its own citizens for political reasons, and was pursuing a policy aimed at expanding its system of government into neighboring countries - hence the plot. (I'm old enough to remember the way China used to be.) Another way to put it is the old joke: Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're *not* out to get me. Therefore, I think it quite appropriate not to add any latter-day, hindsight-is-20/20 attempts at explaining its context (which would constitute original research anyway), and to leave the page the way it is - avoiding controversial opinions and sticking to only facts about the episode, as seems to have happened after your 2007 discussion.Rodney420 (talk) 15:01, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
- Or ... you might say "hindsight is 2020". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:6000:AA40:1EF2:222:69FF:FE4C:408B (talk) 22:18, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
- Many of the Wikipedia episode guides list Monsieur Vincent's webpage as an external link. However, the link is broken. Clicking on the link will give you a "Page non trouvée" (Page not found) message. All of these links should be deleted. Another note: anti-Chinese attitudes may or may not have been commonplace in the West in 1963, but one should remember that it had been only 10 years since the US had fought the ghastly Korean War with the Chinese, and that the Chinese government of the time was agressively anti-western. China's communist government had executed millions of its own citizens for political reasons, and was pursuing a policy aimed at expanding its system of government into neighboring countries - hence the plot. (I'm old enough to remember the way China used to be.) Another way to put it is the old joke: Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're *not* out to get me. Therefore, I think it quite appropriate not to add any latter-day, hindsight-is-20/20 attempts at explaining its context (which would constitute original research anyway), and to leave the page the way it is - avoiding controversial opinions and sticking to only facts about the episode, as seems to have happened after your 2007 discussion.Rodney420 (talk) 15:01, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
Anachronism
[edit]In 1963 there was no "Mao Zedong". There was Mao Tse Tung. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.89.176.249 (talk) 03:47, 11 January 2019 (UTC)