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Japanese Americans have a bad taste from ‘The Goods’

This past week was, of course, the AAJA Convention in Boston, which brought out the nostalgia in me — especially on Facebook, where so many people I’ve met from past conventions posted about the parties, the workshops, the speakers and of course, having fun with old friends. One issue arose, however, that didn’t come out of the convention, but did get discussed — the new movie, “The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard.” The treatment of the Asian guy in the movie is not getting any love from Japanese Americans.

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