For example, the movie starts with Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) got stopped by a security guard at his high school entrance’s metal detector. There are no metal detectors in any of Arizona’s pubic schools, especially in Phoenix metro area. I know this is because I live here.
The most humorous part of this film is Little Bow Wow, or should I call him by his grown up stage name – Bow Wow (Shad Gregory Moss), was nicknamed “Twinkie”.
Among the homosexuals, “twinkie” or “twink” is used to describe a young or young-looking male, usually of slender build, only slightly muscular, with little or no body hair.
Among the Asians, “twinkie” is usually referring to someone who is biologically Asian, yet tries very hard to be accepted as White. The reference comes from Hostess’ snack, where it is Yellow on the outside and White on the inside. “Twinkie” to Asians is like calling a Black person “Oreo”.
Since majority of the filming crew were Asians, including Taiwanese-American director Justin Lin (林詣彬), I don’t know if “twinkie” was just an inside joke.
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It was a cool movie. The real Drift King, Tsuchiya even made a cameo appearance. I heard they really hired pro drifters (one of them is Rhys Millen) to do the drifting stunts. So the drifts came out really good.
ReplyDeletein australia, our version of twinkie is to be called a banana. The opposite of a banana is a fob (fresh off the boat) and in between, if you're a white wannabe asian, you're a hard boiled egg.
ReplyDeleteConversely if you're an chinese wannabe black, you're a chigger, like leehom.