A shot of Tila Tequila anyone?

As I was hooked up on " a shot of love tila Tequila", I of course suffer intense guilt and shame about obsessing over a dumb reality show that looks more staged than Divorce Court.

If you don't know who is Tila Tequila, she is the one person who has the most friends on myspace, amounting to about 1.4 millions friends as of now. Her real name is Tila Nguyen, Vietnamese American.

and her reality show is about her choosing a partner from 16 boys and 16 girls, because she is Bisexual.

Asian, bisexual, fight. ambulance, cat fight, dog fight,boobs and asses. P v.s.P ( go figure) formula for an addictive mind destressor right?

So why am I so fascinated? Why am I googling tila Tequila at 11pm?

If you have an open mind, i think finally, finally, we have an Asian American celebrity who can truly transcend their ethnicity and become American American. When you look at Asian actresses, they scream Asian to you, they are chosen, from a lot of other Asian, to be THE ASIAN CHICK on TV. Look at Sandra Ooh, Lucy Liu....they are amazing actresses but do asian chicks all have small eyes like them?

When you look at that Tila Tequila bitch, you think, ya, big tits: maybe fake, bisexual: definitely fake, singing:, really sucks, like a 5 years old faking a chipmunk voice. But afterall, she is not that 'oriental' looking lady with slanty eyes and has a crazy mother or always doing kung fu kicks on screen. She is just a slut, or a smart business woman selling her sluttiness in a very entertaining way.

As I am bombarded by Halloween costume that says "oriental delight," " sexy geisha dream' and "Chinese princess." ( i didn't know that you can go as "asian" for halloween.) I am impressed by the individuality that Tila Tequila brings onto the screen. Those guys and girls in "A shot at love" does not drool over her like she is some delicious sushi bowl...or more precisely, a juicy piece of vietnamese spring roll, but just a (apparently) sassy, bitchy, emotional, narcissistic girl who doesn't give a damn and very generous about clevege publicity. It doesn't occur to me that they want to get her laid because of her beautiful little asian ass but rather, the WAY she shakes her ass.

and that is truly an example of transcendence of one's race. And to see her doing that it means that it is possible. Her personality, or skeptically speaking commerciailly constructed personality raise above stereotypes and prejudice. Asian American artists very often either struggle very hard to assert their American-ness or resort/choose to celebrate their Asian-ness through their art. I am not saying Tila Tequila is an artist, but the fact that she emerged so purely as a person, is amazing, as she does it so effortlessly.

As you know, I like to see things through a racial perspective. Maybe I am a little racist, but WE ALL ARE, just admit it. I am the kinda person who count out the ethnicity on TV commercial and tell you that they are missing a Hispanic person. Yet I am blown away by this stupid reality show in which, no matter how critical I am, I cannot find one trace of racialism or racism in it.

Yet again, how she will be exploited in the future is unknown, and that will be a sad case. Will Play boy make her wear transparent kimono holding a samurai sword? and I heard that she is one of those Asian hooter girls in " I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry", that outrageously racist and sexist movie under the false pretend of celebrating gay rights. In fact, my cynical mind think that is how she would become.

Here she is :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJJAHPg-Des