Eastwood stars in Gran Torino as Walt Kowalski, an embittered, curmudgeonly widower and Korea War veteran who spews racial slurs such as “gook,” “zipperhead,” “dago,” and “spook ...

It's been more than a decade since Bee Vang starred alongside Clint Eastwood in the 2008 film "Gran Torino ... "And I no longer wonder what people mean when they ask me why I can’t take ...

Gran Torino follows Walt Kowalski (Eastwood), who ... And I no longer wonder what people mean when they ask me why I can’t take a joke. Covid-19 has removed all doubt.” ...

Gran Torino is utterly predictable: You know Thao is somehow going to manage to soften Walt’s crusty exterior (although he’ll never be able to stop him from calling him ”zipperhead”) and ...

Eastwood doesn’t have one in “Gran Torino,” whose title refers to the ... hero become a friend to the Hmong neighbors doesn’t mean he isn’t risking another kind of racism.

In 2008, "Gran Torino" became the first major U.S. film to feature Hmong American actors. Among them was Bee Vang, then a 15-year-old newcomer who portrayed Thao Lor, a neighbor to Clint Eastwood ...

Kowalski becomes a reluctant father figure to Thao and his precocious sister, Sue (Ahney Her), whom he calls “zipperhead ... In the end, “Gran Torino” can’t quite decide what to be ...

Zipperhead is a racial slur referring to Asian people. Clint Eastwood’s character in “Gran Torino” uses the racial slur. The term has other definitions, describing narrow-minded people.

“Gran Torino” actor Bee Vang published an op-ed ... “And I no longer wonder what people mean when they ask me why I can’t take a joke,” Vang said. “Covid-19 has removed all doubt.” ...

In 2008, "Gran Torino" became the first major U.S. film to feature Hmong American actors. Among them was Bee Vang, then a 15-year-old newcomer who portrayed Thao Lor, a neighbor to Clint Eastwood ...