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I. Y. Yunioshi is a fictional character in Blake Edwards's 1961 American romantic comedy film Breakfast at Tiffany's, which George Axelrod adapted for the movie based on the 1958 novella of the same title by Truman Capote.
Nov 9, 2019 · Breakfast at Tiffany's' Mr. Yunioshi as portrayed by Mickey Rooney ...more.
“The role would have been an offensive stereotype even played by an Asian; the casting of Mickey Rooney added insult to injury,” the Los Angeles Daily News published in 1993. Once into the 2000s, more tangible actions came from outcries about the portrayal in Breakfast At Tiffany’s.
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards, written by George Axelrod, adapted from Truman Capote's 1958 novella of the same name, and starring Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly, a naïve, eccentric café society girl who falls in love with a struggling writer while attempting to marry for money.
Dec 1, 2017 · This article studies Breakfast at Tiffany’s (dir. Blake Edwards, US, 1961) to examine the constitutive role Mickey Rooney’s yellowface performance of Mr. Yunioshi plays in shoring up the infamous brand of white femininity embodied by Audrey Hepburn’s Holly Golightly.
Aug 20, 2018 · Mickey Rooney's portrayal in 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' is often cited as offensive and a well-known example of yellowface.
This article studies the production decisions around Mickey Rooney’s yellowface performance of Mr. Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffany’s (dir. Blake Edwards, US, 1961), as well as theorizes how his presence cannot be excised from the film.
