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Ong Chi Seng Didn't he just GET ON YOUR NERVES???!!!

posted 19 years ago by Bloody_Wonder
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Didn't he just GET on your nerves with his mild-manned voice, his iritating smile and the way he was trying to get Bette into trouble...for money...Calling the other oriental people 'friends' ("My friend's, Sir")!!!It was so funny him trying to pull it off

He got so much on my nerves that I just wanted to kill him...It would have been a better plot (even though this plot is terrific!) if Leslie killed him instead of the other man....

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[–] arman0612 14 years ago

Yes, Leslie should have killed him!

[–] dmnemaine 14 years ago

Just another example of the racism of the time period -- the idea that Asians are sneaky, clever, manipulative people who can't really be trusted, even though they put on a meek and mild exterior.

[–] Godfrey2 14 years ago

Isn't this the actor who eventually played Jimmy Chan to Sidney Toler's Charlie Chan? I think it was Keye Luke for Warner Oland and then Sen Yung - later billed as Victor Sen Young...?

[–] FranLovesBetteD 12 years ago

LOL, glad to realize I'm not alone in this.

I too think he was utterly obnoxious.

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[–] Eponymous-too 12 years ago

I completely disagree. He was the most interesting character in the movie, and he was by far the smartest. Every scene he is in is a stellar one.

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