You know after the scene where that cool Chinese dude (Frankie???) crashed the truck and got into trouble with his parents and grandfather? When Sport goes into the shop and buys some stuff and when he was about to pay with his money, the Chinese girl says something like "You got it or not?" Isn't that a tad stereotypical? Is this how Americans perceive Asian-owned businesses, in a way?
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Don't be so over-sensitive. A lot of people are loose with words.
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What did the Frankie scene have to do with the one of Sport in the grocery store? The fact the clerk is Asian has no significance.
shareIts the same store, so it kinda does have significance. But I digress, to me it seems like she is just a teenager. i always assumed she was Frankie's sister and fell under the "American style cool" and that's just her attitude
shareWhat I found interesting about the whole dynamic was that the grocery store seemed kinda uncharitable to me after that. But then there is the end scene with the "delivery boy" who is giving away food to unfortunate children and the Asian woman who comes in to help.
Who knows if the children were worse off than Sport, but i just thought it was an interesting way to show things. The teenage daughter probably knows about the food they give away to the less fortunate, but she is very uncaring towards Sport's plight.
I've always wondered, is a customer automatically seen as a source of income. But charity, done out of the goodness of one's heart to be kept separate?
I must say for a kids movie, it sure brings up a lot of deep concepts for me.
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