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When I first saw an ad for ABC Family's new show Samurai Girl, I'll admit my interest was piqued: An Asian-American woman starring in a prime time show? And she's not Lucy Liu? Progress! But Samurai Girl may ultimately disappoint. I haven't seen the show, but in the commercial, lead character Heaven, 19, says to some white guy, "I need you to train me." Yuck. The Wall Street Journal reports that Samurai Girl began as a series of books written by "Carrie Asai" — not a person but a group of writers employed by Alloy Entertainment, producers of Gossip Girl. The books sold less than 100,000 copies in the U.S. — Gossip Girl sold more than 5.5 million copies — but a three-part miniseries was pitched — and sold — to ABC Family anyway. The actress playing Heaven, Jamie Chung, who was on Real World; San Diego is Korean-American. Playing Japanese. No big deal. "It's just like how Mel Gibson played a Scotsman in Braveheart," Ms. Chung says. More »
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