Was ‘Sixteen Candles’ Racist? Gedde Watanabe Didn’t Think So At The Time

Was ‘Sixteen Candles’ Racist? Gedde Watanabe Didn’t Think So At The Time

John Hughes movies as a rule haven’t aged well — just ask Molly Ringwald about Breakfast Club. But few characters are more problematic than Long Duk Dong, the horny Asian exchange student in Sixteen Candles played by Gedde Watanabe. […]