{"id":94579,"date":"2025-12-28T21:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T05:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=94579"},"modified":"2025-12-28T21:56:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T05:56:00","slug":"name-that-asian-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2025\/12\/28\/name-that-asian-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"Name That Asian Actor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Didya know <strong>Darren Criss <\/strong>is Asian?&nbsp; No?&nbsp; Me neither.&nbsp; Apparently 50% of his ethnicity is a mix of Chinese, Filipino and Spanish.&nbsp; I suppose that makes him <em>Asian-ish<\/em>, which may be how he got cast as a Korean robot in <em>Broadway<\/em>\u2019s <strong><em>Maybe Happy Ending<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 and if you find me a robot who can provide a happy ending, I don\u2019t care what ethnicity it is!&nbsp; Criss won the <em>Tony<\/em>, talked about \u201cacceptance\u201d, and then left the show.&nbsp; He was replaced by <strong>Andrew Barth Feldman<\/strong>, who like Criss is not Korean (nor is he a robot, for that matter).&nbsp; He is, however, the boyfriend of the leading lady \u2013 which may have given him the edge.&nbsp; People got their robotic panties in a tizzy \u2013 how could a non-Korean play the role?&nbsp; The role previously played by a non-Korean.&nbsp; Suddenly Criss wasn\u2019t leaving the show \u2013 he was just going on vacation.&nbsp; If the Asians want to get upset about something, perhaps start by going after the non-Korean Criss.&nbsp; Oh, yeah, he\u2019s a name and got the show produced in the first place!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\" alt=\"colorbar1\" width=\"500\" height=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <strong><em>Ask Billy<\/em><\/strong> question that stuck out was when I was asked about <strong>Anthony Boyle<\/strong>\u2019s nude scene in <strong><em>House of Guinness<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; Was that really his semi-fluffed phallus?&nbsp; Anthony answered the question for me.&nbsp; \u201cIt\u2019s not a prosthetic.&nbsp; It\u2019s my own body\u201d.&nbsp; Oh, yes, the body is also impressive.&nbsp; Every inch of it can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.BillyMasters.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BillyMasters.com<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\" alt=\"colorbar1\" width=\"500\" height=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>When we\u2019re ending with a bang, it\u2019s time to wrap up another year of columns.&nbsp; I don\u2019t know about you, but I\u2019m eagerly awaiting 2026 \u2013 it couldn\u2019t be any worse (famous last words).&nbsp; But whatever the news, you\u2019ll find a unique perspective on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/\">www.BillyMasters.com<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 the site that can answer the question, \u201cWhy did Dame Joan cross the street?\u201d&nbsp; If you\u2019ve got a question of your own, send a note to <strong><a href=\"mailto:Billy@BillyMasters.com\">Billy@BillyMasters.com<\/a><\/strong> and I promise to get back to you before Tyler Perry\u2019s next accuser comes forward (which has already happened \u2013 but we\u2019ll tackle that next week).&nbsp; Until next year, remember, one man\u2019s filth is another man\u2019s bible.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Didya know Darren Criss is Asian?&nbsp; No?&nbsp; Me neither.&nbsp; Apparently 50% of his ethnicity is a mix of Chinese, Filipino and Spanish.&nbsp; I suppose that makes him Asian-ish, which may be how he got cast as a Korean robot in Broadway\u2019s Maybe Happy Ending \u2013 and if you find me a robot who can provide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94579"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94580,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94579\/revisions\/94580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}