by Paul Ogata | Oct 7, 2014 | Blog
Many of you have asked for an update on the Qantas situation. So here we go. To catch you up on what happened: 1) I flew to Australia on Qantas and encountered a racist flight attendant. 2) I complained about it on my website/Twitter/Facebook. 3) Qantas suggested I...
by Paul Ogata | Oct 1, 2014 | Blog
Who’s in charge of Ebola in Africa, anyway? My dad? His medical advice was always, “Rub some dirt on it and walk it off.” That’s bad advice for when an 8-year-old impales himself in the foot with a sharpened pencil, and I’m pretty sure...
by Paul Ogata | Sep 28, 2014 | Blog, Shows
History lesson: if you liked Pacific Rim and its kaiju monsters, you would have loved the old tokusatsu TV shows. The original Godzilla films begat these awesome/silly Japanese superhero TV series, which then begat the Idris Elba blockbuster of 2013. But what are...
by Paul Ogata | Sep 4, 2014 | Blog
Allow me to tell you about the racist Qantas Airways flight I just took. Fifteen hours is a long time to be wedged into the iron maiden known as a modern airplane economy-class seat. That’s how long it takes to fly from Los Angeles to Australia, where I’m...
by Paul Ogata | Aug 26, 2014 | Blog
We’ve heard quite a bit about “white privilege” recently, so allow me to shed some light on a similar set of unearned sociopolitical advantages: height privilege. Taller people, I’m pointing (upwards) at you. It’s the kind of privilege...
by Paul Ogata | Aug 11, 2014 | Blog
Once there was this hero, who saved me from an existence of spiritual subsistence. The first time I saw Robin Williams’ masterpiece, A Night at the Met, I was hooked. On laughing. On the possibility of riotous, beautiful chaos. On the even more delicious...
