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Charlie Chan Redux - Special Off-Ramp Podcast 9-15-10

Charlie Chan was immensely popular, but fell out of favor as a sort of Chinese Uncle Tom. Here is Warner Oland as Charlie Chan in a scene from "Charlie Chan in Paris."
Charlie Chan was immensely popular, but fell out of favor as a sort of Chinese Uncle Tom. Here is Warner Oland as Charlie Chan in a scene from "Charlie Chan in Paris."
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Yunte Huang, author of "Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History" in conversation.
Yunte Huang, author of "Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History" in conversation.

Yunte Huang, author of "Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History" in conversation.

Hero or villain? Rethinking Charlie Chan with Yunte Huang, author of Chan's "untold story"

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Hero or villain? Rethinking Charlie Chan with Yunte Huang, author of Chan's "untold story"

Yunte Huang comes to Vroman's Books in Pasadena Friday, September 24, to talk about "Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History." Listen to this extended interview with Off-Ramp host John Rabe. (For more information about the reading, go to vromansbookstore.com.)