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I. Y. Yunioshi is a fictional character in Truman Capote's 1958 novella ''Breakfast at Tiffany's''. Mickey Rooney's portrayal of Mr. Yunioshi in the 1961 film version of ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' has been the subject of extensive critical commentary and review since 1990. ==Critical response== The 1961 ''New York Times'' review of the film said that "Mickey Rooney's bucktoothed, myopic Japanese is broadly exotic." In 1990, ''The Boston Globe'' described Rooney's portrayal as "an irascible bucktoothed nerd and an offensive ethnic caricature". In 1993, the ''Los Angeles Daily News'' wrote that the role "would have been an offensive stereotype even played by an Asian; the casting of Mickey Rooney added insult to injury". More recent characterizations include "cringe-inducing stereotype", "painful, misguided", "overtly racist", "inexcusable case of yellowface",〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://watchmojo.com/video/id/11841/ )〕 "one of the most egregiously horrible 'comic' impersonations of an Asian (Mr. Yunioshi) in the history of movies",〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= The Movies, Race, and Ethnicity: Asian Americans: Videotapes in the Media Resources Center, UC Berkeley )〕 and a portrayal "border() on offensive" that is a "double blow to the Asian community – not only is he fatuous and uncomplimentary, but he is played by a Caucasian actor in heavy makeup." The portrayal was referenced in the 1993 film ''Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story'' as an example of Hollywood's racist attitudes about Asians that Bruce Lee's success as a movie star would challenge. Specifically, when Lee and his girlfriend Linda Emery (portrayed in the film by Jason Scott Lee and Lauren Holly, respectively) watch ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' in the theater, where despite laughing at the character, Linda suggests they leave midway through the picture after she notices that Bruce is upset at Rooney's stereotypical depiction of an Asian man. A free outdoor screening in Sacramento, California, scheduled for August 23, 2008, was replaced with the animated film ''Ratatouille'' after protests about the Yunioshi character. The protest was led by Christina Fa of the Asian American Media Watch. A screening was shown August 11, 2011 at Brooklyn Bridge Park's "Movies with a View" series in New York. Due to protests from a multi-ethnic group organized by an online petition at Change.org, the screening also included a short statement by the organizers which acknowledged and validated community concerns about Yunioshi and a brief documentary about Rooney's character and the portrayal of Asian Americans in other films that was edited from a DVD extra for the anniversary DVD.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://blog.angryasianman.com/2011/08/breakfast-at-tiffanys-screening-will.html )〕 An editorial in the ''New York Daily News'' by columnist Jeff Yang offered an alternative view regarding the protests: "Far from boycotting the movie or even begrudgingly accepting it, I think it should be mandatory viewing for anyone who wants to fully understand who we are as a culture, how far we've come and how far we still need to go." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「I. Y. Yunioshi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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