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Mad genius, comedian, actor, and freelance voiceover artist broadcasting from the distant shores of Lake Erie (he/him)

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    1. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 4 Sep 2020

      Arthur Chu Retweeted Marie Myung-Ok 명옥 Lee

      The story of The Prestige was loosely based on the story of Chung Ling Soo, one of the most famous stage magicians of the 19th century and an utterly shameless race faker (he has a brief cameo in the first act of the movie)https://twitter.com/MarieMyungOkLee/status/1301607543538683910 …

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      Marie Myung-Ok 명옥 LeeVerified account @MarieMyungOkLee
      How come no one ever fakes being Asian?
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    2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 4 Sep 2020

      It inspired The Prestige because it was just such a truly elaborate and offensive scam He and his wife were both in on it and both pretended to be Chinese at all times in public, wearing yellowface makeup and "exotic" clothing, speaking in a thick accent, etc

      2 replies 2 retweets 111 likes
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    3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 4 Sep 2020

      He wasn't just a fake Chinese guy He was *specifically* ripping off another magician, Ching Ling Foo, who actually was Chinese Stealing his whole act, top to bottom, including his ethnicity

      2 replies 6 retweets 126 likes
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    4. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 4 Sep 2020

      Ching Ling Foo had offered a $1,000 prize to anyone who could figure out the secret of his famous disappearing goldfish bowl trick (which is referenced in the movie) A young white man named Bill Robinson tried to claim the prize, but Ching ignored him

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    5. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 4 Sep 2020

      And, as often happens with white men in the performing arts, he took it kind of personally

      2 replies 0 retweets 86 likes
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    6. MayaScientist‏ @MadScientist212 4 Sep 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect

      I'm just now reading up on this on wikipedia, and it's kind of amazing. "You snubbed me, so now I will spend the rest of my life pretending to be Chinese and steal your name and act for my own" is some pretty amazing obsession.

      2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
    7. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 4 Sep 2020
      Replying to @MadScientist212

      Yes, the main way in which the Chung Ling Soo saga inspired The Prestige is the picture it paints of magicians as bizarrely petty and vindictive human beings

      2 replies 1 retweet 21 likes
      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 4 Sep 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @MadScientist212

      Which, you know, might be an unfair stereotype, but, well, Randy Pitchford

      4:01 AM - 4 Sep 2020
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        2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 4 Sep 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @MadScientist212

          Mitch Hurwitz, creator of Arrested Development, actually is also a stage magician, and created the character of Gob to roast his fellow magicians as hard as he could "We Demand to be Taken Seriously" is way too accurate a burn to ever live down

          1 reply 2 retweets 22 likes
        3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 4 Sep 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @MadScientist212

          For my sins, I used to be really into stage magic and harbor thoughts of being a magician someday I remember reading a book by Derren Brown that just goes into hilarious self deprecation about what kind of person makes magic their career

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