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May 15th, 2008, 10:50 AM
Damn, was looking through a list of many prominent East Asian American entertainers, and noticed that even those East Asians in the entertainment field are highly educated and have impressive academic credentials. Check this out:
Rick Yune: UPenn Wharton graduate, former hedge fund trader, now pursuing acting full-time.
Roger Fan: Brown University graduate, worked in Wall Street before becoming an actor
Georgia Lee: Harvard graduate, former management consultant at McKinsey (arguably the most prestigios company in the US to work for), now full-time indepedent filmmaker
Masi Oka: Brown University graduate, 180 IQ, former digital effects artist, now full time actor
Vic Chao: Stanford graduate, former Silicon Valley bigshot, now a full-time actor
Ming Lo: Harvard and Stanford Business school graduate, also former management consultant at McKinsey, now a full time actor and photographer
Yul Kwon: Stanford and Yale Law school graduate, worked at McKinsey, yet another East Asian alumnus of McKinsey now pursuing entertainment
Have there been any white people out there pursuing acting full time who had both Ivy League credentials and a background at prestigious Wall Street firms?
Do you think that having Ivy League credentials and a background in Wall Street (or other white collar profession) will give you an upper hand in the world of acting and performing arts?
It seems like if you're East Asian and want to go into entertainment, even there, you need to have strong academic credentials (in contrast to most white actors, who were struggling waiters, unemployed, etc. prior to acting).
Rick Yune: UPenn Wharton graduate, former hedge fund trader, now pursuing acting full-time.
Roger Fan: Brown University graduate, worked in Wall Street before becoming an actor
Georgia Lee: Harvard graduate, former management consultant at McKinsey (arguably the most prestigios company in the US to work for), now full-time indepedent filmmaker
Masi Oka: Brown University graduate, 180 IQ, former digital effects artist, now full time actor
Vic Chao: Stanford graduate, former Silicon Valley bigshot, now a full-time actor
Ming Lo: Harvard and Stanford Business school graduate, also former management consultant at McKinsey, now a full time actor and photographer
Yul Kwon: Stanford and Yale Law school graduate, worked at McKinsey, yet another East Asian alumnus of McKinsey now pursuing entertainment
Have there been any white people out there pursuing acting full time who had both Ivy League credentials and a background at prestigious Wall Street firms?
Do you think that having Ivy League credentials and a background in Wall Street (or other white collar profession) will give you an upper hand in the world of acting and performing arts?
It seems like if you're East Asian and want to go into entertainment, even there, you need to have strong academic credentials (in contrast to most white actors, who were struggling waiters, unemployed, etc. prior to acting).