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I recently saw this movie due to a friend's recommendation. Never saw it before. Amazed that the story of two "escorts" made it past the 1961 censors. But I was absolutely horrified at the extremely offensive portrayal of a Japanese man by Mickey Rooney. Was there really no one being offended by this at the time? Was there no controversy at the time it came out?

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racism and racial tolerance has been evolving for hundreds of years......and will be evolving for hundreds more.......

 

some articles on the racism angle in the movie......

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._Y._Yunioshi

https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-80668

https://www.mercurynews.com/2008/08/22/asian-activists-say-breakfast-at-tiffanys-is-a-racist-film/

https://www.history.com/news/yellowface-whitewashing-in-film-america

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I recently saw this movie due to a friend's recommendation. Never saw it before. Amazed that the story of two "escorts" made it past the 1961 censors. But I was absolutely horrified at the extremely offensive portrayal of a Japanese man by Mickey Rooney. Was there really no one being offended by this at the time? Was there no controversy at the time it came out?

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It's been so long since I saw "Breakfast at Tiffany's" that I barely even remember the Mickey Rooney character. But I do remember the timeless Audrey Hepburn and hunky George Pappard (he didn't age all that great). I also remember loving the movie, mostly because of Ms. Hepburn. I'll have to watch it again one of these days, maybe just fast-forward through the Mickey Rooney scenes, not because the character is offensive but because he's trying way too hard to he funny. Comedy shouldn't be a Herculean labor.

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It's been so long since I saw "Breakfast at Tiffany's" that I barely even remember the Mickey Rooney character. But I do remember the timeless Audrey Hepburn and hunky George Pappard (he didn't age all that great). I also remember loving the movie, mostly because of Ms. Hepburn. I'll have to watch it again one of these days, maybe just fast-forward through the Mickey Rooney scenes, not because the character is offensive but because he's trying way too hard to he funny. Comedy shouldn't be a Herculean labor.

George Peppard was at his hottest in “The Blue Max”, playing Lt Bruno Stachel.

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