"The Mask of Fu Manchu" is a badly dated film with an over the top performance by Boris Karloff. Myrna Loy as Fah Lo See, Fu Manchu's daughter, manages to outdo Karloff, by turning in an ever worse performance by just standing around and not doing anything at all. Years later, she must have, or should have been, embarrassed by being in this picture. In 1972 the film's re-release was met with protest from the Japanese American Citizens League, which stated that "the movie was offensive and demeaning to Asian-Americans".
Other reviewers have written that "The Mask Of Fu Manchu is every bit as racist in its attitudes as The Birth Of A Nation" or that "it's racist." Others have been more coy by writing "those who have strong "politically correct" tendencies, you MIGHT want to find a different picture to watch," which is code for it is racist, but that is OK with me.
Other reviewers have written that "The Mask Of Fu Manchu is every bit as racist in its attitudes as The Birth Of A Nation" or that "it's racist." Others have been more coy by writing "those who have strong "politically correct" tendencies, you MIGHT want to find a different picture to watch," which is code for it is racist, but that is OK with me.