the weng weng overture
Most things online about the late 2’9″ Filipino action star Weng Weng creep me out because they tend to smack just ever so faintly of racist exoticizing, but I have to admit I do really like this Weng Weng rap, by The CHUDs:
The lyrics are on their site if you’d like to sing along plus you can buy Weng Weng shirts—and if you still haven’t had enough Weng Weng, the Australian guerilla filmmaker Andrew Leavold‘s currently working on a documentary called The Search For Weng Weng, billed as the “ultimate history of Filipino B-films, and chronicles Leavold’s obsessive quest to find the truth behind the midget James Bond of the Philippines.”
I know the New York Asian Film Festival doesn’t screen documentaries but I’m hoping they make an exception for this one, I’d really love to see it!
[ via YesButNoButYes ]