re: Why no hullabaloo about an Asian American playing Norma Desmond?
Posted by: AlanScott 02:34 am EDT 06/17/24
In reply to: re: Why no hullabaloo about an Asian American playing Norma Desmond? - krebsman 01:28 am EDT 06/17/24

I didn't mention her because she was never the kind of star in silents (or, for that matter, in sound films) that Hayakawa was in the 1920s. Most of her roles in silents were supporting roles. She was famous, but Hayakawa was a huge star with leading roles in silents.
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