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Samurai Girl

August 26th, 2008 Posted in links and stuff, ramblings

It’s always surprising to see a former resident from the overpopulated “reality TV world” actually crossover and become legit. As you know, the streets over in “reality TV world” are lined with casualties of those that have long used up their 15 minutes of fame. But every now and again, someone squeezes through and this time it’s none other than the korean-american from Real World: San Diego, Jamie Chung. Apparently she has been working pretty steadily since her time on the MTV reality show, making appearances on shows like Veronica Mars, Greek and even CSI: NY. But now she’s hit the big time starring in the ABC Family miniseries Samurai Girl. The six-episode miniseries which begins September 5th is based on the popular series of books by Carrie Asai. Personally, I’m not so keen on seeing another asian stereotype (i.e. samurais, ninjas, martial arts) being perpetuated by a TV show but since asians are severely under-represented in the media, I suppose we just have to take what we can get.

Samurai Girl promo

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